Definitions

Chaplin

Structural or functional change which enhances the organism’s survival value. 1

English & English

Change in structure or behaiour that has survival value; any beneficial change to meet environmental demand.2

Jung

…man can meet the demands of outer necessity in an ideal way only if he is adapted to his own inner world, that is, if he is in harmony with himself. Conversely, he can only adapt to his inner world and achieve harmony with himself when he is adapted to the environmental conditions.3

References

  1. Dictionary of Psychology ↩

  2. A Comprehensive Dictionary of Psychological and Psychoanalytical Terms ↩

  3. A Primer of Jungian Psychology, p. 75 ↩