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Lect. 6. Psyc. 307
selective pressures
Question | Answer |
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selective pressures that jeopardize survival | starvation, exposure, murder |
physical hostile forces | climate, terrain, weather |
most deaths in modern history | floods |
biological threats | microbes, predators, chemical weapons, murder |
weather threats | heat, flood, lightning |
chemical weapons | scorpions, spiders, snakes, plants |
fear response | freeze, fight, feint, flight |
perception tuning | see world in ways that promotes survival and reproduction (ex. notice angry faces) |
preferred environments | clear (vs cluttered), water, greenery, calm |
diet is biologically sourced | related to most easily identified adaptations |
selective pressure not to be eaten | physical traits (horns, hide, thorns,quills), chemical weapons (poison vs immunity) |
food EPMs | hunger, hunting, gathering, scavengering, grazing, |
judicious food selection | preferences (calories, nutrients), aversions (poisons) |