Contrary to earlier statements implying that frail people discontinue oral care behavior because their impairments render them apathetic [ 31] (p.200), our findings, in the light of the Motivational Theory of Life Span Development, suggest that this discontinuation by many frail elderly may be interpreted as an expression of adaptive development.
Impairments that are less severe than those studied here (e.g., learning disabilities) can influence a child's adaptive development, school success, and quality of life [ 34].
When interpreted according to the Motivational Theory of Life Span Development, discontinuation of oral care by frail elderly could be viewed as a manifestation of adaptive development.
This analysis provides feedback to the software developers thus enabling an adaptive software development methodology through monitoring (the code's performance), analysing (identifying energy hotspots), planning (potential changes to the code to improve its performance) and executing (recompiling the code enabling further monitoring).
The biopsychosocial factors that interfere with a mature development of the Self and those aspects that hamper an adaptive personality development are also highlighted.
To her, the "adaptive" response or the "adaptive development" is a necessity in the current conditions.
Our preliminary results suggest strong nonlinear path dependence and complexity in three areas: adaptive development processes, co-evolutionary societal transactions and near equilibrium development trajectories, with significant implications for anticipating and managing positive development outcomes.
It is argued that adaptive development methods seem to best fit research projects, that typically have unclear upfront and changing requirements.
Consistent with qualitative HD theory and empirical reality, our HDD model finds complexity and nonlinear path dependence in three areas: adaptive development processes, social co-evolutionary transactions and near equilibrium development trajectories.
