Social Adjustment:

Terms Related to Social Adjustment

• Ocular Adaptation

  The adjustment of the eye to variations in the intensity of light. Light adaptation is the adjustment of the eye when the light threshold is ...

• Social Science

  Disciplines concerned with the interrelationships of individuals in a social environment including social organizations and institutions. Includes Sociology and Anthropology.

• Institutionalized Person

  The caring for individuals in institutions and their adaptation to routines characteristic of the institutional environment, and/or their loss of adaptation to life outside the ...

• Psychosocial Deprivation

  The absence of appropriate stimuli in the physical or social environment which are necessary for the emotional, social, and intellectual development of the individual.

• Social Environment

  The aggregate of social and cultural institutions, forms, patterns, and processes that influence the life of an individual or community.

• Therapeutic Social Club

  Organizations which provide an environment encouraging social interactions through group activities or individual relationships especially for the purpose of rehabilitating or supporting patients, individuals with ...