Maladaptive

Thus, we see more and more people—“” in Woodley of Menie’s words—with maladaptive instincts such as xenophilia, anti-ethnocentrism and anti-natalism, and these people influence even non-carriers to behave in a maladaptive way through means of persuasion.

But as we unravel more of Ashleigh’s trauma, we discover other maladaptive patterns.

Escapism that seeks out positive experiences is called adaptive, while escapism that avoids negative experiences is called maladaptive escapism.

Inevitably, this user could not withstand the IMMA trash can’s constant criticism and maladaptive feedback, and returned it for a partial refund.

The change in the brain’s structure is maladaptive.

There is not a human that walks this earth who doesn’t have some kind of maladaptive way of dealing with stress.

In contrast, maladaptive humour types (aggressive and self-defeating) are associated with poorer overall psychological wellbeing, emphasis on higher levels of anxiety and depression.

Indeed, cognitive-behavioral therapists counsel their clients to become aware of maladaptive thought patterns, the nature of which the clients previously had not been conscious.

In general, this style of parenting is associated with maladaptive outcomes.

It also appears that the structure of histones has been evolutionarily conserved, as any deleterious mutations would be severely maladaptive.

It has been shown that maladaptive parental behavior has an important role in the development of eating disorders.

Kin selection was originally developed to explain apparent altruistic acts which seemed to be maladaptive.

Mainstream CBT helps individuals replace "maladaptive..

Those that appear adaptive are retained, while those that appear maladaptive are culled.

To Balkin, whether memes become harmful or maladaptive depends on the environmental context in which they exist rather than in any special source or manner to their origination.