drink, the way we walk, we talk, are behavior. The construction of a bridge, the composition of a song are behavior. The fantasies of a child, the dreams of a adolescent, the illusions of an alcoholic are behavior. Although we are all familiar with human behavior, a little do we understand or we can explain about it.Since our infancy we learn about behavior through the experiences and the knowledge that we get by observing other people or having relations with them. Living in society leads us to watch and try to explain the way people behave. But that is not always easy. Sometimes we cannot understand even ourselves. Psychology comes to give answers to all this uncertainty.Therefore, according to modern psychology, the term behavior means all the conscious, unconscious, verbal, mental and kinetic expressions of ourselves. Psychology uses statistic researches so as to distinguish the normal behavior from the abnormal one. Such a thing is very difficult because every society has its own behavior standards, and, consequently, an act that is normal according to one society, may be abnormal according to another. For example, polygamy is not permitted in Europe, but it is permitted in certain societies in Africa. So, the judgement of a behavior must bear in mind the social environment in which it takes place .Self-adjustmentA man is self-adjusted when he lives in harmony with himself and his environment. In other words, self-adjustment is the condition where man keeps balance between his needs and the restrictions of the society. Self-adjustment concerns man as biologic and social being. In developed societies social self-adjustment is regarded as most important than the physiological one. The procedure of self-adjustment involves a motive, the obstacles met at the attempt of satisfying the motive and the ways of reaction so as to overcome the obstacles. The existence of these obstacles causes stress. Man, at his attempt to cope with this ...
