(1) Arachnophobia, a form of this bias that is familiar to many people, works in the opposite way: if they encounter a spider, they recoil.

(2) If you have mild arachnophobia, you might get your parents to remove a spider for you, if you discover one in the living room.

(3) If you have moderate arachnophobia, you dont dare go into the living room if there was a spider there yesterday.

(4) Some said they couldn't sleep with the light off, and many were terrified of spiders after seeing "Arachnophobia."

(5) I must have looked equally troubled when, in a burst of enthusiasm, my friend signed us up for a guided hike into the Grand Canyon (forget his arachnophobia; my fear is heights! ).

(6) Bernd_Schneider: The same with the really visible, acrophobia and Arachnophobia.