The Baldwin Effect is "maladaptive" in cases where language changes more quickly than the module.    From Wordnik.com.  [Babel's Dawn] Reference

And they say their study clearly suggests too much Internet use could be linked to "maladaptive" behaviors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Children with ADHD sometimes also exhibit persistent serious conduct problems, such as maladaptive aggressive behaviors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

It is a maladaptive, painful, often useless reaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [mental illness - Anil Dash] Reference

I mean, we ` re not saying the guy ` s not maladaptive.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 31, 2006] Reference

For aberrant behavior to be a "mental illness" it has to be maladaptive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

Ignoring her may be the only way to extinguish her maladaptive behavior.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coulter Clarifies "Faggot" Remark] Reference

They display passive, maladaptive behaviors and can even sabotage service.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making the Most] Reference

Chronic assessment as defined by the measure of assessment is maladaptive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Timothy A. Pychyl - Why are you so impulsive?] Reference

History is also the story of the complete collapse of maladaptive societies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rumination on Ruin and Renewal] Reference

"This is a deeply entrenched pattern of maladaptive behavior," says Wechsler.    From Wordnik.com.  [DRIVING KIDS FROM DRINK] Reference

October 27th, 2009 at 9: 15 pm zach: entryway, maladaptive, or just a path not taken.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biomolecular Networks] Reference

Less than a chapter left to go, and the maladaptive brain chemicals have come to help.    From Wordnik.com.  [and now, the moment you have all been waiting for.] Reference

Can we consider the convoluted arrangement of the inside of a snail to be maladaptive?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tangled innards of a snail or how we know the intelligent designer was a klutz] Reference

Again, maladaptive states can evolve because of this form of correlation among traits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evolution] Reference

Codependency is generally seen as a set of maladaptive patterns in relating to others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Tian Dayton: The Biology of Codependency] Reference

The crucial question is whether it has become maladaptive, even toxic, in today's world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clay Farris Naff: Is Religion Good for Us? Former Dawkins Acolyte Now Says Yes!] Reference

Any business would be hard-pressed to survive if obliged to make consistently maladaptive choices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncle Sam Goes Car Crazy] Reference

The false self is an adaptive (though actually maladaptive) reaction to a dysfunctional situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Tian Dayton: Creating A False Self: Learning To Live A Lie] Reference

The classic maladaptive behaviors of the addict - Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, etc., are.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blake Fleetwood: My Name is Paris and I am an Alcoholic.] Reference

This "pro-American" vision is maladaptive to the realities of today's world and our own changing society.    From Wordnik.com.  [Douglas LaBier: Are Policies That Serve the Common Good Un-American?] Reference

Lastly, particular religious beliefs and practices may be ecologically adaptive, maladaptive, or neutral.    From Wordnik.com.  [Religion, nature and environmentalism] Reference

How does one assess if someone is using a maladaptive defense that is a symptom of an underlying pathology?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference

The classic maladaptive behaviors of the addict - we are talking about you Paris, Lindsay, and Britney, are.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blake Fleetwood: Lindsay: 28 days in Rehab is a Joke!] Reference

The classic maladaptive behaviors of the addict -- we are talking about you Paris, Lindsay, and Britney, are.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blake Fleetwood: Narcissism and Grandiosity: What We Can Learn from Lindsay Lohan] Reference

That is the sine qua non of mental illness: persistent maladaptive behavior at odds with societal expectation.    From Wordnik.com.  [ARE THE NEOCONS REALLY PATHOLOGICAL LIARS AND THIEVES?] Reference

A maladaptive personality trait is distressing for you, and can be pretty distressing for your loved ones too.    From Wordnik.com.  [spiral] Reference

I mean, my psych. teacher is such a nice loveable man who has 25 years of experience with maladaptive patients.    From Wordnik.com.  [nisayon Diary Entry] Reference

According to some of these theories, religious belief is false but adaptive; according to others it is false and maladaptive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Religion and Science] Reference

My last point before I end this preview rant - evolutionary psychology cannot explain the maladaptive behaviors of people in society.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference

People can move away from these maladaptive practices but they require large shifts in daily behaviour that might be awful for some time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Creationist admits to being "a deceiver and a liar" - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

The vast majority of evolutionary pathways are never explored, either because there is no entryway, maladaptive, or just a path not taken.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biomolecular Networks] Reference

In writing a post about Ms. Lohan's recent drug relapse, I reviewed the literature on the classic maladaptive behaviors of the alcoholic and drug addict.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blake Fleetwood: Forget Lindsay....Bush Should Be in Long-Term Rehab for his "Stinkin Thinking"] Reference