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How could fear, food preferences, sexual desire, and jealousy have evolved to motivate behavior?

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Development of adaptation in the organism to the environment for survival is examined.

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How could fear, food preferences, sexual desire, and jealousy have evolved to motivate behavior?

Evolution is a basic cycle for the development of adaptation in the organism to the environment for survival.

Biological needs, such as food and sex drive ensure that survival.

Motivations for these drives, directly affect the arousal and their fulfillment leads to satiation and provide the organism with the ability to survive.

Fear, hunger and sexual drive are all motives that ...

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