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134. Maps of Meaning 06: Story and Metastory (Part 2)

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Anxiety and the Violation of Expectancy

The general notion is s that the violation of an expectation produces anxiety, andthat's a pretty good model. So promise produces hope, slash pleasure, curiosity, all the incentive reward related emotions sort of fit in that box. And then undesired outcome produce threat theyre threats, and they produce anxiety. If you give animals anti anxiety agents like bensodisapenes or alcohol or barbituats, they do respond less to the violation of expectancy,. it does dampen the response....

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