TY - JOUR
T1 - Fearful apes or nervous goats? Another look at functions of dispositions or traits
AU - Krstić, Vladimir
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2023/5/1
Y1 - 2023/5/1
N2 - In his article, Grossmann argues that, in the context of human cooperative caregiving, heightened fearfulness in children and human sensitivity to fear in others are adaptive traits. I offer and briefly defend a rival hypothesis: Heightened fearfulness among infants and young children is a maladaptive trait that did not get deselected in the process of evolution because human sensitivity to fear in others mitigates its disadvantageous effects to a sufficient extent.
AB - In his article, Grossmann argues that, in the context of human cooperative caregiving, heightened fearfulness in children and human sensitivity to fear in others are adaptive traits. I offer and briefly defend a rival hypothesis: Heightened fearfulness among infants and young children is a maladaptive trait that did not get deselected in the process of evolution because human sensitivity to fear in others mitigates its disadvantageous effects to a sufficient extent.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X22001959
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X22001959
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85159704310
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 46
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
M1 - e68
ER -