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adaptive behavior
Also known as: adaptive functioning, adaptive behaviors
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Evolutionary Psychology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 3 facts
quoteThe evolutionary function of the human brain is to process information in ways that lead to adaptive behavior; the mind is a description of the operation of a brain that maps informational input onto behavioral output.
quoteImitation is useless as a strategy for adaptive behavior unless the individuals being imitated have themselves already solved the problem of adaptive regulation of behavior.
claimEvolutionary psychologists distinguish between adaptive behavior and the cognitive mechanisms that are adaptations for producing adaptive behavior.
Neurodiversity in Practice: a Conceptual Model of Autistic Strengths ... link.springer.com Jul 25, 2023 2 facts
claimIntervention approaches that match autistic strengths—such as attention to detail, analytical/logical reasoning, pattern recognition, and hyper-systematizing—with preferred interests like technology-based vocational training have successfully supported adaptive behaviors, social skills, intrinsic motivation, executive functioning, identity formation, mental wellbeing, and quality of life.
claimIntervention approaches that match autistic strengths—such as attention to detail, analytical/logical reasoning, pattern recognition, and hyper-systematizing—with preferred interests like technology vocational training have successfully supported adaptive behaviors, social skills, intrinsic motivation, executive functioning, identity formation, mental wellbeing, and quality of life, according to Diener et al. (2016), Jones et al. (2018), and Lee et al. (2022).
Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory link.springer.com Sep 14, 2022 2 facts
claimThe capacity for negative valence functions primarily to enable efficient adaptive behavior rather than to represent the world or internal states.
claimThe pathological complexity thesis aims to transform the concept of negative valence enabling adaptive behavior into a precise scientific hypothesis and a framework for ethological studies of consciousness.
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
quoteJohn Tooby and Leda Cosmides argued: "The psyche evolved to generate adaptive rather than repetitive behavior, and hence critically analyzes the behavior of those surrounding it in highly structured and patterned ways, to be used as a rich (but by no means the only) source of information out of which to construct a 'private culture' or individually tailored adaptive system; in consequence, this system may or may not mirror the behavior of others in any given respect."
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceThe paper 'A scale to measure nonattachment: a buddhist complement to western research on attachment and adaptive functioning' was published in the Journal of Personality Assessment in 2010 (Volume 92, pages 116–127).
The Importance of Play for Children - National Institute for Play nifplay.org 1 fact
referencePlay enhances adaptive and prosocial behaviors by increasing the production of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which is crucial for brain development (Panksepp, 1998; Burghardt, 2005).
The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org Nov 25, 2024 1 fact
referenceIto et al. (2022) constructed neural network models from brain data to reveal representational transformations that are linked to adaptive behavior.