handicap principle

(noun)

a theory that suggests that animals of greater biological fitness signal this status through a behavior or morphology that effectively lowers their chances of survival

Related Terms

Examples of handicap principle in the following topics:

  • Sexual Selection

    • This idea is known as the handicap principle.
    • This male bird of paradise carries an extremely long tail as the result of sexual selection.The tail is flamboyant and detrimental to the bird's own survival, but it increases his reproductive success.This may be an example of the handicap principle.

  • Social Security and Tax Reform

    • It established a permanent system of universal retirement pensions (Social Security), unemployment insurance, and welfare benefits for the handicapped and needy.
    • But for the first time, the federal government took responsibility for the economic security of the aged, the temporarily unemployed, dependent children, and the handicapped.
    • The bill established the persisting principle that retained corporate earnings could be taxed.

  • Toward a Welfare State

    • The Act established a permanent system of retirement pensions (Social Security), unemployment insurance, and welfare benefits for the handicapped and needy children in families without father present (the latter under the program known as the Aid to Dependent Children, ADC).
    • Although it is important to keep in mind that the SSA benefits did not cover all Americans falling into the categories included in the document, it was the first time when the federal government took responsibility for the economic security of the aged, the temporarily unemployed, dependent children, and the handicapped.
    • The bill established the persisting principle that retained corporate earnings could be taxed.

  • The Second New Deal

    • However, this was the first time the federal government took responsibility for the economic security of the aged, the temporarily unemployed, dependent children and the handicapped.
    • The bill established the principle that retained corporate earnings could be taxed.

  • Reinforcement Principles

  • Basic Principles of Operant Conditioning

  • Personal Biases

    • Personal biases toward information, intelligence, gender, ability, handicap, race, or other closely held beliefs are detrimental to decision-making processes and are often hard to counteract.

  • The Ford Administration

    • Despite his reservations about how the program ultimately would be funded in an era of tight public budgeting, Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, which established special education throughout the United States.
    • Ford expressed "strong support for full educational opportunities for our handicapped children," according to the official White House press release for the bill signing.

  • The Ford Inauguration

    • Despite his reservations about how the program ultimately would be funded in an era of tight public budgeting, Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, which established special education throughout the United States.
    • Ford expressed "strong support for full educational opportunities for our handicapped children," according to the official White House press release for the bill signing.

  • Civil Rights of People with Disabilities

    • Prior to the 1960s, individual disability groups had advocated for social reform; schools for the deaf and blind were organized as early as 1817, and the American Federation of the Physically Handicapped was formed in 1940 to advocate on behalf of people with physical limitations.