So, the claim about a phobia is that there's a bad association between, say dog and fear, or between airplanes or snakes and some bad response.

比如说，恐惧症就是在狗和恐惧之间,或是在飞机，蛇和一些糟糕反应之间，存在着消极的联结。

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