How Might an Evolutionary Psychologist Explain the Fact That People

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Multiple Choice

How might an evolutionary psychologist explain the fact that people tend to enjoy high-fat food?

• A)When food was scarce in our ancestral past,people who ate high-fat food tended to obtain the calories that they needed to survive and,ultimately,reproduce.
• B)High-fat food activates areas in the brain corresponding to reward.
• C)Over one's lifetime,many interpersonal relationships revolve around eating these "comfort" food items.
• D)Although eating high-fat food resulted in great mortality rates among our ancestors,the availability of medication today allows people to consume larger amounts of high-fat food.

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