Content Analysis of the Adaptation Phenomenon
Author(s)
Anastasia A. Dorzheeva, Post-Graduate Student of the Department of Pedagogy, ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5352-8840, Pedagogical Institute, Irkutsk State University
1 K. Marx St, Irkutsk, Russia, 664003, tel.: +7(3952)240700, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract.
Introduction. Modern rapidly changing society requires significant adaptive abilities of a person because the success of both professional and cognitive activities depends on the degree of adaptation. The paper aims to conduct the content analysis of the phenomenon of adaptation.
Materials and methods. The philosophical and psychological-pedagogical literature was analyzed, and subsequent generalization was made to accomplish this objective.
Research result. The study indicates that adaptation is a process of changing to fit the environment, which can occur at various levels: biological, physiological, psychological, social, social-psychological, and social-pedagogical. Adaptation is an individual process based on the examination of the needs and motives of a person. Furthermore, there is a difference between adaptation as a process and adaptability as a result. There are also several types of adaptation: alloplastic and autoplastic, as well as external and internal.
Conclusion. The findings have indicated the main features, approaches, and varieties of the adaptation process; and the characteristic of the phenomenon of adaptation within various forms and categories.
Keywords: adaptation, content analysis, social adaptation, behaviorism, humanistic psychology, psychoanalysis, Russian psychology.
For citation: Dorzheeva A. A. Content Analysis of the Adaptation Phenomenon. Pedagogicheskiy IMIDZH = Pedagogical IMAGE. 2020; 14(3): 346-356.
UDС: 159.99
DOI: 10.32343/2409-5052-2020-14-3-346-356