Instinctive Fear
What it is: "It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus
which is perceived as a risk of significant loss of health, wealth,
status, power, security or of anything held valuable. In short, fear is a
motivating force arising from the ability to recognize danger leading
to an urge to confront it or flee from it, (fight or flight). Fear can be a manipulating and controlling factor in an individual's life." - Wikipedia
Instinctive fear is arguably the most primal fear that we have, it is the mechanism that we have evolved with in order to survive, at its most basic definition, it is the fear of becoming a meal for a bigger, stronger predator.
Examples: Big cats (Lions, Tigers, Puma, Leopard), other large carnivores (Bears, Wolves)
(the fear of becoming a meal and eaten by a bigger and stronger predator)
Case Study: Living in an area where it is common for big cats to prey upon humans for meals.
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