2008 Volume 6 Issue 2 Pages 2_15-2_21
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between preschooler's adaptive behavior (quasi- adaptive behavior) and environment. The preschool teachers were asked for describing preschooler's behavior at kindergarten. Descriptions of quasi- adaptive behavior were classified from the point view of function; behavior and places (scene) and its meaning. As a result of classification and correspondence analysis to examine relations of places and behavior, four groups were extracted. Those four groups were interpreted as "scene of stress for peer relationships (= free play scene)", "scene of stress for social situation (= separation and reunion scene)", "individual characteristic", "scene of stress for teacher's instructions (= class activity scene)" from its functional meaning. Then the difference in strength quasi- adaptive behavior group by 3 scene ("free play scene", "separation and reunion scene", "class activity scene") was analyzed. The findings indicated that behavior group of "social adaptation" was higher strength at class activity scene. The examination of the viewpoint on a basis of psychological "field" perspective was important and it has power for understanding preschooler's adaptive behavior.
