When Do Adaptive Developmental Mechanisms Yield Maladaptive Outcomes?

This article discusses 3 ways in which adaptive developmental mechanisms may produce maladaptive outcomes. First, natural selection may favor risky strategies that enhance fitness on average but which have detrimental consequences for a subset of individuals. Second, mismatch may result when organis...

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Publicado en:	Developmental Psychology Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 628 - 643
Autores principales:	Frankenhuis, Willem E., Del Giudice, Marco
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Psychological Association May2012
Materias:	Behavior disorders Adaptability (Personality) Ecology Evolutionary theories Risk-taking behavior Disease risk factors Developmental psychobiology Phenotypes Fetal development
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