FEAR OF UNKNOWN AS A MANIFESTATION OF ANCIENT FEAR OF PREDATORS
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https://doi.org/10.31732/2663-2209-2021-64-217-228Keywords:
nervous system, fear of the unknown, predator, mammal, unconscious, consciousness, defense mechanism, evolutionAbstract
The article substantiates the relevance of psychological research of human psyche development in the process of evolution. The study of scientists of the problem of formation and development of the system of fear in man with evolutionary perspective, as well as the specifics of functioning of this system in the discovered and not discovered territory is analyzed. The main points of view on the problem of functioning of the system of fear of human beings are identified. Studies are studied, the purpose of which is to form a theoretical base for optimization of the level of stress of personality. It was revealed that the system of fear of human is identical to systems of many mammals and originates in ancient times when the Earth was filled with predatory animals and reptiles. The aim of the article is to describe the influence of "known" and "unknown" information (stimuli) on the formation of the nervous system and its features in the evolutionary perspective. With the help of universal sources of creative expression to analyze the process of personal growth through the expansion of the sphere of "known". Studies in the field of neuropsychology, which show the work of these mechanisms by research of the nervous system of mammals and human beings. It was revealed that the nervous system was formed according to external reality stimuli and the need to adapt to it. In accordance with these studies, identification and the similarity of certain mechanisms of work of the nervous system with the products of human creative activity was carried out. The assumption is made based on the theoretical basis of the study on the use of psychotherapeutic methods to expand the sphere of conscious and reduce the level of stress of personality. The ways of development of the studied theory and ways of its theoretical and practical application are proposed.
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