Why the adaptationist perspective must be considered: The example of morbid jealousy.

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Summary

The "harmful dysfunction" analysis is applied to morbid jealousy, including a discussion of this disorder as an end on a continuum of normal jealousy or a discrete entity, and an adaptationist perspective using balancing selection, specifically antagonistic pleiotropy, is explained.

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article
Published
2006-08-01
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Jealousy, Perspective (graphical), Psychology, Delusional disorder, Psychoanalysis

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