FUNCTIONAL SELECTION

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N., Pam M.S.
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the survival over time of a person's capacities that are more useful to the person and are coupled with the disappearance of capacities that are less useful.

FUNCTIONAL SELECTION: "Functional selection chooses useful capacities."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. PAIRED-ASSOCIATES LEARNING
  2. ALL-OR-NONE LAW
  3. DIRECT SELECTION
  4. CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE
  5. SUSPICIOUSNESS
  6. SPONTANEOUS REMISSION
  7. PRCMORBID ABILITIES
  8. BATESIAN MIMICRY
  9. CRYSTALLIZED ABILITIES
  10. SELECTION
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "FUNCTIONAL SELECTION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/functional-selection/ (accessed September 20, 2021).
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