Abnormal Psychology Chapter: PTSD and Evolutionary Psychology

<p>Railway Spine</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Human-engineered disasters</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A susceptibility to stress that overwhelms our normal defense against threats</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Five</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To keep us from spending energy on activities that are unlikely to contribute to our fitness</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When people have a lower opinion of themselves and their prospects for success</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Suicide rates should increase with age as reproductive value declines</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To negotiate greater investment from others</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To serve as a deterrent to prevent harm and promote self-preservation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To alter our thinking, behavior, and physiology in advantageous ways</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>We are more likely to fall off cliffs, end up with snakes in our beds, and get lost</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>15% of the population</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because it is not optimal due to the distressing nature of anxiety</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because they are dangerous and cause bodily damage</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A principle that states the cost of getting killed is higher than the cost of responding to false alarms</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Those who have too little anxiety</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It can increase reproductive fitness</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>80%</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bipolar disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Robert Schumann</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because it conveys a creative advantage to those who carry the gene</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1%</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To expel foreign material from the respiratory tract</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increased risk of pneumonia</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An endless arms race</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Defenses are beneficial, while defects are harmful</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To determine the appropriate treatment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increased risk of disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It enables them to avoid the imminent arrival of the cat</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It would make them more susceptible to the cat's attack</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It would make eating and breathing more difficult</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It would require a major redesign of everything</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Managing the symptoms to improve quality of life</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It would prevent them from detecting the cat's odor</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It provides resistance to malaria</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Predisposition to back problems</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They have hidden benefits</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A gene that benefits fathers at the expense of mothers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Design compromises</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Understanding the hidden benefits of apparent design flaws</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Human bodies have not adapted to novel environments</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Population migration and skin cancer</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They were harmless in natural environments</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The body is a bundle of careful compromises between different physiological processes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fatty diets increase the risk of heart disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Symptoms of disease, such as a dusky hue and deep cough.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A defect is a happenstance result with no particular utility, while a defense has a specific function.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Artificial light increases the risk of cancer</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Natural selection has not had time to eliminate them</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The immune system is compromised by the body's careful compromises between different physiological processes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The body's careful compromises between different physiological processes limit its ability to regenerate tissue.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The immune system is compromised by the body's careful compromises between different physiological processes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To combat infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are more likely to die</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because it can make people sicker and even die</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Body temperature is carefully regulated and increases when infected</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They seek out a place warm enough to raise their body temperature</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To combat infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are more likely to recover</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fever enhances the immune response</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>People are more likely to get sicker and even die</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To increase body temperature</p> Signup and view all the answers