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THEORETICAL CHAPTER
Introduction
Meaning of Adjustment
'Meaning of Personality
THEORETICAL CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION
and adjustive failure occur'. One major reason may he that the
they must look at them from two points. One is the aspects of
ment.
MEANING OF ADJUSTMENT
a) Concept of adjustmenti
nued to he concerned witli the problem of physical adup tat ions and
b) Definitions of Adjustment;
Symondst
*i\djusttiaent can be defined as a satisfac-
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tory relationship of an organism to its environment". Accord
factory 11fe",^
has not prepared him to plag^ the roles of his assigned status
status for which his experience prepared him and his fundamental
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c) procesB of Adjustmentt
a'Tgressive behaviour.
lationship with the world around him various factors affect the
process.
needs are aroused and then satisfied by which srni itai iance of
attempt and can unoppose the harrier situation and suffer from
the home, school, society and the people with whom he works,
family upto certain age lives only in home and latter after
he may Join for a Job and he must make adjustment to his vocation
his marital status. Thus based on this there are areas of adjust
followiiiii linoB.
1. Dominance - Acceptance,
3. Dominance - Ambivalence
k. Submissive - Acceptence,
5. Submissive - iiejection.
6. Submissive - Ambivalonce,
7. Inconsistent - Acceptance,
8. Inconsistent - li e Jection.
9. Inconsistent - Ambivalence.
convent,
ci'iticizes child,
- threatens punishment,
- nags child,
suited,
criticizes child,
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carss for childs needs to an unusual degree.
the Broken ho||es have appreciably more problems than from nor
mal homes. They are under BKire tensions and their adjustments
are poorer. They rate lower on the personality scales than the
boys and girls from the complete homes and they have more social
on ago, the younger one will be denied a chance for various acti
Home adjustment is also affected by the size of the family and the
the children from the middle class family enjoy,^ The middle
periences.
nized for what one is rather than for what other think one should
tion.
vent the child from engaging in social intercourse with his phy
lessness.
1, Previous experience,
3, Vocational security,
6, Nature of work,
such as,
1. Ibid.
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MEANING OF PERSONiVLITY
a) Concept of Personality:
ing. First used among the ancients for the dramatic mask, it
soon became the name for the individual role. It was when the
came into being . The w>rd personality and person have invari
can call his, not only his body and his psychic powers, but his
P^fi^ltions of Personalityt
dual can reveal his personality in the way he does any of these
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things.
the demands on him of the various areas of his present and future
life with other gfoups In their conmunlty. Not only should they
ed personality".^
2. Ibid., p.^lti.
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of each pupil.
the shy young person but also the one who by his aggressive
activities.
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1. Ibid., p.436 .