According to Charles Darwin, Emotions

question 237

Multiple Choice

According to Charles Darwin, emotions:

• A)are a primitive form of thinking, or cognition, that still influence decision-making among modern humans.
• B)reflect evolutionary adaptations that help people and animals survive and reproduce.
• C)can only be experienced and expressed by humans; nonhuman animals lack the capacity to feel or express emotion.
• D)are merely instinctual responses that play no role in survival or reproduction.

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Definitions:

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