From an evolutionary perspective,pleasure ________ the likelihood of survival and reproduction because it ________.

A) increases;promotes adaptive behaviors
B) decreases;interferes with adaptive learning
C) decreases;promotes negative behaviors
D) increases;interferes with responses to pain

Pleasure

A positive emotional response or feeling of enjoyment resulting from fulfilling a desire or achieving a goal.

Adaptive Behaviors

Behaviors that are learned or modified in response to changes in environment, allowing an individual or species to survive and reproduce.

Survival

The act of continuing to live or exist, especially in spite of challenging conditions or threats.