The sudden and unexpected display of parentalfrightis supposed to be frightening for the infant who is unaware of its cause.
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Afterwards, it may 'follow' some invisible object in its cage and even 'attack' it, or it may display rage behaviour, orfright.
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The latter takes very seriously the idea that thefrightindeed has a cause.
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Repeated experiences offrightwithout solution should be inherently disorganizing, and, effecting emotion and attention as well, cannot be "resolved" at the behavioral level.
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In this context the parent had been, by definition, a direct source offrightfor the infant.
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Eight students (36.4%) feels that they didn't do well enough due to nervousness and stagefright.
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According to our author, the effect of the venom on vital organs had at first been inhibited, but then thefrightnullified this inhibitory factor.
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They instilled suchfrightin us that no one complained.
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Progressing fromfrightto hardness to fatalism in the face of unspeakable horrors, her letters are the products of mature observation and analysis.
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Why particular anomalous manifestations of parentalfrightare also likely to lead to disorganization in the offspring is a subtle and initially confusing problem.
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Thus, a state of "frightwithout solution" will be created.
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Today a person'sfright, astonishment, anger, excitement, sadness, aggressiveness and similar psychological states are regarded as important.
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The interviews also revealed that stagefrightcan be transient and unpredictable.
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The wife was dead withfright.
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Almodvar has described the film as a horror story without screams or frights.
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