Adaptive vs. Maladaptive — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Adaptive and Maladaptive
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Adaptive
Characterized by or given to adaptation
Mutation is ultimately essential for adaptive evolution in all populations
Maladaptive
Marked by faulty or inadequate adaptation.
Adaptive
Relating to or exhibiting adaptation.
Maladaptive
Not assisting or promoting adaptation.
Adaptive
Readily capable of adapting or of being adapted
An adaptive worker.
Adaptive clothing for children with special needs.
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Maladaptive
Showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation to a new situation.
Adaptive
Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
Maladaptive
Showing inadequate or counterproductive evolutionary adaptation to an environment or its changes.
Adaptive
Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
Maladaptive
Showing faulty adaptation
Adaptive
(psychology) Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.
Adaptive
Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting.
Adaptive
Having a capacity for adaptation;
The adaptive coloring of a chameleon
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