Editing Arachnophobia (section)

===Cultural===
An alternative view is that the dangers, such as from spiders, are overrated and not sufficient to influence evolution.{{Attribution needed|date=June 2018}} Instead, inheriting phobias would have restrictive and debilitating effects upon survival, rather than being an aid. For some communities, such as in [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Cambodia]], spiders are included in traditional foods. This suggests arachnophobia may, at least in part, be a cultural rather than genetic trait.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://webs.wichita.edu/depttools/depttoolsmemberfiles/psychology/publications/Wagener%20&%20Zettle%20Paper.pdf |title=Targeting Fear of Spiders With Control-, Acceptance-, and Information-Based Approaches |author1=Wagener, Alexandra L. |author2=Zettle, Robert D. |year=2011 |journal=The Psychological Record |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=77–91 |doi=10.1007/BF03395747 |s2cid=44385538 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614031029/http://webs.wichita.edu/depttools/depttoolsmemberfiles/psychology/publications/Wagener%20%26%20Zettle%20Paper.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Fears, Phobias, and Preparedness: Toward an Evolved Module of Fear and Fear Learning|url=http://instruct.uwo.ca/psychology/371g/Ohman2001.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://instruct.uwo.ca/psychology/371g/Ohman2001.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|pmid=11488376|year=2001|last1=Ohman|first1=A|last2=Mineka|first2=S|volume=108|issue=3|pages=483–522|journal=Psychological Review|doi=10.1037/0033-295X.108.3.483}}</ref>

Stories about spiders in the media often contain errors and use sensationalistic vocabulary, which could contribute to the fear of spiders.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The global spread of misinformation on spiders |author1=Mammola, Stefano |display-authors=etal |year=2022 |journal=Current Biology |volume=32 |issue=16 |pages= R871–R873|doi=10.1016/j.cub.2022.07.026|pmid=35998593 |s2cid=251727654 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2022CBio...32.R871M |hdl=10400.3/6470 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>