Sentences with phrase «life history theory»

This new paradigm draws on a branch of ecology known as life history theory.

Del Giudice's model of sex - specific attachment patterns demonstrates the usefulness of infusing life history theory with principles of sexual selection.

According to Nepomnaschy, the study findings contradicts life history theory which predicts that producing a higher number of offspring accelerates the pace of biological aging.

However, life history theory suggests that these themes, and their counterparts, including cooperation, generosity, and gender similarities, represent two sides of the same coin — all are consequences of reproductive trade - offs made throughout development.

Evolutionary Life History Theory (LHT) is a powerful framework that can be used for understanding behavioral strategies as contingent adaptations to environmental conditions.

PAR models are also consistent with broader life history theory (Charnov, 1993) in suggesting that enhanced pro-inflammatory tendencies in young adulthood may be triggered by adverse social circumstances during childhood even if such adjustments carry with them the cost of longer - term negative health implications (cf. Belsky et al., 1991; Gibbons et al., 2012).

According to life history theory, fast reproduction tends to occur in environments with high extrinsic mortality.

Research interests: adaptive benefits of social bonds, juvenile social behavior, life history theory

Del Giudice provides an extension of the life history theory of attachment that incorporates emerging data suggestive of sex differences in avoidant male and preoccupied female attachment patterns emerging in middle childhood.

Life history theory (Charnov, 1993) provides a broad framework for hypothesizing two mechanisms that may relate parenting to inflammation, particularly parenting during periods that are characterized by rapid developmental change such as late childhood and early adolescence.

Keywords: evolutionary psychology, life history theory, unpredictability, reproductive strategies