ADJUSTMENT

Dr.P. Marishkumar,
Associate Professor
General
• Adjustment, in psychology, the behavioral
process by which humans and other
animals maintain an balance among their
various needs or between their needs and
the obstacles of their environments.
Classification of Adjustment
• In general, the adjustment process involves
four parts:
• (1) a need or motive in the form of a strong
persistent stimulus,
• (2) the thwarting or nonfulfillment of this need,
• (3) varied activity, or exploratory behaviour
accompanied by problem solving, and
• (4) some response that removes or at least
reduces the initiating stimulus and completes
the adjustment.
Definitions
James Drever
• Adjustment means the modification to
compensate for or meet special needs
• Shaffer
• Adjustment is the process by which a living
organism maintains a balance between its
needs and circumstances that influence the
satisfaction of these needs.
• Adjustment is the interaction between a
person and his environment .
 Meaning

• Process by which living organism maintain a

balance between it’s need and the circumstances
• Continual process by which a person varies his
behavior to produce a more harmonious relationship
between himself and environment
• Psychological survival in much the same way as
biologist uses the term adaptation to describe
physiological survival
• Adjustment is a continual is the outcome of the
individual’s attempt to deal with stress and meet
his needs also his efforts to maintain
harmonious relationships with the environment.
• Psychological survival in much the same ways
as biologist uses the term adaption to describe
physiological survival.
Perspective of Adjustment:
• Psychologist have viewed adjustment from
two important perspective
• Adjustment as achievement – means how
• efficiently an individual can perform his
duties under different circumstances
• Adjustment as process – it explains the
ways and means of an individuals
adaptation to his self and environment
without reference to the quality or it
outcomes
Characteristics of Adjustment:
• Adjustment helps us to keep balance
between ours needs and the capacity to
meet these needs.
• Adjustment implies changes in our thinking
and way to the demands of the situation
• It gives us ability and strength to desirable
changes in the state of our environment
Conti...
• Adjustment is phsychosociological as well
as psychological
• • It is multidimensional
• • Adjustment learn us happiness and
contentment
Well Adjusted person
• Free from physical ailment.
• Psychological comfort. No psychological
diseases or depression, anxiety
• Social acceptance
• Self understanding about assets & limitation
• Self respect
• Balanced level of aspiration
• Strong will power
• Healthy attitude and interest
• Emotionally controlled
• Intellectually developed
Spheres of Adjustment
• Personal adjustment
- Adjustment to physical development and
health
- Adjustment with regard to mental
development and health
- Emotional adjustment
- Sexual adjustment
- Adjustment with respect to the individual
needs
• Social adjustment
- Home and family adjustment
- Adjustment with friends and relatives
- Adjustment with neighbors and other
members of the community
Occupational adjustment
• No regret about the choice of work or occupation
• Demonstrate of job satisfaction through the
performance of duties
• Satisfied with working condition
• Get along well wit colleagues and official world
• Positive attitude towards the work
• Engaging in bringing necessary improvement
and modification in in work