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Stimulus Preparedness
Understand the model, recognise it in a stem, separate the look-alikes, then apply it.
01Memory anchor
**FIRE** — the four hallmarks of a PREPARED (biologically privileged) fear association: **F**ast, often one-trial acquisition · **I**mmune (relatively) to extinction · **R**esists rational/verbal correction — the fear persists even when the person knows it's irrational · **E**xperience not required — can be acquired vicariously or informationally, with no direct personal harm needed.