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.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2006-08-01
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 11
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Keywords
Jealousy, Perspective (graphical), Psychology, Delusional disorder, Psychoanalysis
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