01:920:240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bungee Jumping, Parachuting, Social Anxiety Disorder
9 Aug 2016
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Ocd: the right order, excessive of washing of hands. Environment time covers thousands of years of the human genome no gas no electricity. People are face with harsh environments with no control. Many predators but no powerful weapons to fight them. Genes develop to ancient no modern times aka fear. Emotions act as if we still live in prehistoric times. Riley understand pressure from the students and feels anxious even though she faces no actual danger. Riley seems irrational which may indict a anxiety disorder. The way people are designed to be = anxious when approached my strangers. Mismatch between genes and environment = because of the difference of environment millions of years ago. Poisonous spider had to react centuries ago instinct to get aware or you would get bitten. Like tastes for calories but remain with us. Hooked up to brains and people find proof of fear based on sensors in the brain.
