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- Advocates of adaptationism or “adaptationists” view natural selection among individuals within a population as the only important cause of the evolution of a trait; they also typically believe that the construction of explanations based solely on natural selection to be the most fruitful way of making progress in evolutionary biology and that this endeavor addresses the most important goal of evolutionary biology, which is to understand the evolution of adaptations.
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Mar 13, 2018 · Adaptation theory, also known as survival theory or survival of the fittest, is an organism's ability to adapt to changes in its environment and adjust accordingly over time.
Apr 5, 2017 · This collection of forty original essays reflects on the history of adaptation studies, surveys the current state of the field, and maps out possible futures that mobilize its unparalleled ability to bring together theorists and practitioners in different modes of discourse.
- Semantic Networks and Spreading Activation explains the creation and use of schemas. Sometimes when we are faced with new information, we can simply fit it into our current schema; this is called assimilation.
- Schemas, Assimilation, and Accommodation explains Piaget’s theory of constructing schemas through adaptation. Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development.
- Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development explains the structure of the four stages and major cognitive developments associated with each stage.
- The Surprisingly Logical Minds of Babies discusses how even babies think like little scientists. Substage Six: Mental Representations (18th month to 2 years of age)
In his theory of cognitive development, Jean Piaget proposed that humans progress through four developmental stages: the sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage, and formal operational stage.
Jul 22, 2010 · “Adaptationism” refers to a family of views about the importance of natural selection in the evolution of organisms, in the construction of evolutionary explanations, and in defining the goal of research on evolution.
The idea of an evolutionary adaptation comes from the notion of adaptation to the natural environment, the back bone of Lamarck’s theories (1809) and influenced by Buffon and Maupertuis. Lamarck saw in living beings the capacity to stick to “influent circumstances” (the set of the external actions that are implemented today in the notion ...
Apr 5, 2017 · Chapter 5 is an introduction to one of the most contentious concepts in adaptation studies: fidelity, or the idea that a given aesthetic object—traditionally, in adaptation studies, a film—reflects a faithful understanding of its source—traditionally, a literary text, especially a novel, play, or short story.
