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Originally Posted by Chris SUI JURIS
In primitive conditions when coming into contact with something dangerous, the mind/body would create the optimum state for survival – a panic attack.
This type of learning is not of the intellectual or rational type. If we had to think, “Yes,this would be a good time to have a panic attack" our species would probably have died along time ago.
This type of learning takes place at an emotional level so that the response can bypass the ‘rational thinking brain’ In the past, an immediate phobic response to a predatory or poisonous animal would have been pretty useful.
Si we evolved with the ability to become phobic. In today’s world this learning mechanism often works in an inappropriate way.
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I don't be thinking so. It's really much more simple, and can be summed up as: Random mutation, selective retention. I don't believe "learning" is involved. Although I can vaguely agree with your final statement. For example, a liking for fats and sugars is a survival advantage which has outlived its day.
Maybe some consideration should be given to archetypes and the collective unconscious ... but, I'll leave that up to someone who has more interest in psychology, particularly Jungian, than I do.