PSYCH 3EV3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Inclusive Fitness, Etiology, Suicidal Ideation
18 Oct 2017
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Self-critical thoughts which develop over time (perhaps not automatic) They commonly occur in depression and can be better understood in a social context. Automatic thoughts develop with feedback from social environment. Self-critical thoughts develop with feedback form the environment and may be adaptive for analysing yourself and your abilities. Can also help protect you from making a social mistake. Suicidal thoughts are also adaptive if you believe you are worthless and burdening your kin, your continued existence will have a negative effect on inclusive fitness. Understanding self-critical thoughts as part of the etiology of depression. Burdensomeness probably increases with age, particularly after reproductive years. Can explain suicide: we survive by being valuable to other people, so much of human psychology is determining how valuable we are to other and how we can become more valuable. We are constantly trying to determine how valuable we are to other people, because having close social networks is key to survival.
