PSY346H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Guppy, Sexual Selection, Visual Cortex
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Slide2) evolutionary value of anxiety : certain levels of emotions such anxiety, depression and love are adaptive. Going to be looking at neurological basis of disorders. Anxiety disorders are not the most common type if disorders ( most of us have some anxiety about something happening. Levels of anxiety are normal and they exist in most of us in a certain capacity. Anxiety is favoured for because it is beneficial to be afraid of things, it"s a warning sign that your life may be in danger and you should avoid that danger to save your life. Slide3) the adaptiveness of the fight or flight" response fearful. Avoiding threats in adaptive in the sense that you are less likely to expose yourself to environment dangers can be a good thing. Guppies show different levels of fear different levels of willing to take a risk. A lot of behaviors in these guppies have been shaped because of their environment.
