Human Adaptation and Its Failures

1st Edition - January 1, 1968
Author: Leslie Phillips
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 3 0 4 2 - 9
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 5 3 6 7 - 1
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 6 3 4 9 - 6

Human Adaptation and its Failures focuses on the nature of psychopathology and its relation to normal behavior. The book first offers information on key concepts, including… Read more

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Human Adaptation and its Failures focuses on the nature of psychopathology and its relation to normal behavior. The book first offers information on key concepts, including environmental factors in adaptation, nonadaptive behavior patterns, and a critique of approaches to normal and psychiatrically impaired behaviors. The text then surveys the development from biological organism to adult social being; social competence and societal expectations; and measurement of social competence. Topics include early experience and psychological development, social status as a way of life, social, moral, and intellectual development, and sex differences in social competence. The manuscript takes a look at social competence, adaptive potential, and psychological development and adaptive potential and adaptive failure. The publication also examines the definition and measurement of adaptive failure, conceptual issues in adaptive failure, and pathological behavior style and life-style. The text is a dependable reference for readers wanting to study human adaptation and its failures.

Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1/Some Key Concepts Environmental Factors in Adaptation Nonadaptive Behavior Patterns A Critique of Current Approaches to Normal and Psychiatrically Inpaired Behaviors The Plan of This Book References 2/From Biological Organism to Adult Being Psychological Development Early Experience and Psychological Development Social Status as a Way of Life References 3/Social Competence and Societal Expectations Intellectual Development Social Development Moral Development Societal Expectations References 4/The Measurement of Social Competence The Current Scale of Social Competence Earlier Scales of Social Competence Reliability of Measurement Sex Differences in Social Competence Other Approaches to Competence References 5/Social Competence, Adaptive Potential, and Psychological Development Competence and Performance under Stress Competence and Psychological Development Performance under Stress and Psychological Development References 6/Adaptive Potential and Adaptive Failure Prevalence of Disorder Severity of Disorder Outcome of Disorder A Final Comment References 7/The Definition and Measurement of Adaptive Failure Major Forms of Pathology Problems in Classification Problems in Reliability References 8/Conceptual Issues in Adaptive Failure Attitudinal Set and Behavioral Style Symptom Patterns as Behavior Styles Behavior Style and Psychiatric Diagnosis References 9/Pathological Behavior Style, Psychological Development, and Outcome to Pathology Pathological Behavior Style and Psychological Development Behavior Style and Outcome in Disorder The Process-Reactive Distinction and Psychological Development References 10/Pathological Behavior Style and Life-Style Sphere Dominance and Life-Style Sex Identity and Life-Style Summary References 11/Culture, Life-Style, and Pathology Psychological Development, Behavior Style, and Culture Crosscultural Differences in Pathology Culture Change and Pathology References 12/The Social Bases of Adaptation and Failure The Group Pressures for Conformity The Behavior Deviations Research on Isolation and Pathology Limitations of the Sociological Framework References 13/The Interactionist View on Adaptation and Failure Types of Environment Implications for Corrective Programs References Appendix Author Index Subject Index

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