Contemporary Evolutionary Psychologists Tend to View Emotions As

question 242

Multiple Choice

Contemporary evolutionary psychologists tend to view emotions as:

• A)likely to disrupt goal-directed behavior, distracting people from their long-term goals and causing them to make poor decisions.
• B)primitive instinctual responses that were adaptive in prehistoric times but tend to be maladaptive in modern times.
• C)less important than motives and goals.
• D)the product of evolution, helping people adapt to challenges in their environments.

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