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- noun Plural form of
maladaptation .
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Examples
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The environment changed so that what were good adaptations have become maladaptations.
Can Billions of Parents Be Wrong?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Disturbances in environments cause maladaptations; progressive adaptation only has meaning in reference to that which is stable.
Ernst Mach Pojman, Paul 2009
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According to those advocates, physiological and metabolic maladaptations result from those suboptimal genetic adaptations, which in turn contribute to many of the so-called diseases of civilization.
Archive 2007-03-01 Christopher O'Brien 2007
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It seems clear that natural selection has offered diminishing returns for humans, starting at some point in history when human environmental modifications first overcame inherited maladaptations.
Dr. West, meet Dr. Tinkle, Creationist eugenicist - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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It seems clear that natural selection has offered diminishing returns for humans, starting at some point in history when human environmental modifications first overcame inherited maladaptations.
Dr. West, meet Dr. Tinkle, Creationist eugenicist - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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According to those advocates, physiological and metabolic maladaptations result from those suboptimal genetic adaptations, which in turn contribute to many of the so-called diseases of civilization.
More Egnor Fallout Christopher O'Brien 2007
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Cũng như các nhà quảng cáo sử dụng vật liệu khêu gợi tình dục để khai thác tình dục của chúng tôi và maladaptations grab sự chú ý, nhà quảng cáo của chúng tôi, học giả, và các chính trị gia cũng lạm dụng động lực của chúng tôi đối với hạnh phúc để thuyết phục chúng tôi.
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These are maladaptations of our emotional reactions, for example experiencing fear in a situation that we cognitively recognize as non-threatening.
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Just as advertisers use sexually suggestive material to exploit our sexual maladaptations and grab our attention, advertisers, pundits, and politicians also abuse our motivations toward happiness to persuade us.
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Đây là những phản ứng tình cảm maladaptations của chúng tôi, ví dụ như trải qua nỗi sợ hãi trong một tình huống mà chúng ta nhận ra năng nhận thức như không đe dọa.
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