Neophobia

Introduction

Neophobias are fears of the unknown that predispose people to avoid this unknown, contrary to their instinctive desire for knowledge and habituation. Phobophobias are fears caused by the fear of being them or fears of fears themselves - conditions when fear causes fear.

Basic data

The name **neophobia** comes from two Greek words “neos” - new, fresh and “phobos” - fear, and “neo-” in this case does not indicate the novelty of the phenomenon, but its unusualness, unusualness, which ancient Greece did not could watch.

Probably, the author of the term “Neophobia”, which means “fear”, expressed his point of view about the characteristics of children's fears. Any child’s fear of the unknown is the need to protect himself from