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Pre-adjustment of adult attachment style to extrinsic risk levels via early attachment style is neither specific, nor reliable, nor effective, and is thus not an adaptation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Johannes Hönekopp
Johannes Hönekopp
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Sport Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom. [email protected]
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Abstract

The mechanism proposed by Del Giudice by which adult attachment style is adapted to the extrinsic risk in the local environment via attachment style during the early years does not fulfill important criteria of an adaptation. The proposed mechanism is neither specific, nor developmentally reliable, nor effective. Therefore, it should not be considered an adaptation.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 31
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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