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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2006

Judith A. Easton ,
Lucas D. Schipper  and
Todd K. Shackelford
Judith A. Easton*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL33314www.toddkshackelford.com
Lucas D. Schipper*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL33314www.toddkshackelford.com
Todd K. Shackelford*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL33314www.toddkshackelford.com
*
jeaston1@fau.edu
lschippe@fau.edu
tshackel@fau.edu
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Abstract:

We describe delusional disorder–jealous type (“morbid jealousy”) with the adaptationist perspective used by Darwinian psychiatrists and evolutionary psychologists to explain the relatively common existence and continued prevalence of mental disorders. We then apply the “harmful dysfunction” analysis to morbid jealousy, including a discussion of this disorder as (1) an end on a continuum of normal jealousy or (2) a discrete entity.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , August 2006 , pp. 411 - 412
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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