Individual Specialization, Collective Adaptation and Rate of Environmental Change.

Brent, S. B.

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Publication Date: 1978

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Individual Specialization, Collective Adaptation and Rate of Environmental Change

Brent, S. B.

Human Development, 21, 1, 21-33, 78

A dialectical approach is used to explore the relationship between individual specialization, collective adaptation, and rate of environmental change for both higher and lower organisms. The nature-nurture controversy and the "generation gap" are discussed in terms of this interrelationship. (BD)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Biological Influences, Conceptual Schemes, Environmental Influences, Generation Gap, Group Behavior, Nature Nurture Controversy, Specialization

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