PSYA02H3 Chapter 16: LIFESTYLE, STRESS, AND HEALTH - TEXTBOOK NOTES
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Chapter 16: l i festyle, stress, and h ealt h. Cultural evolution: lifestyle choices and consequences: cultural evolution the adaptive change of a culture to recurrent environmental pressures, cultural evolution is driven mainly by psychological forces. The law of effect states that behaviours that produce favourable consequences tend to be repeated, and those that produce unfavourable consequences tend not to be repeated. Cultural practices and customs that result in reinforcement tend to be maintained, if not elaborated: many unhealthy behaviours have reinforcing consequences in the short run and damaging consequences in the long run. Many unhealthy behaviours are maintained because they tend to be available on a version of revolving credit instead of buy now, pay later, it takes the form of enjoy now, suffer later. www. notesolution. com. It is a behavioural adaptation that helped our ancestor flight or flee from wild animals and enemies. This continued state of arousal can lead to chd and other physical problems. www. notesolution. com.
