Why is Adaptive Behavior an Important Concept?
Adaptive behavior is a different conceptthan intelligence. Adaptive behaviors are learned behaviors that reflect anindividual's social and practical competence to meet the demands of everyday living.
To meet the demands of their environments, each person must learn a set of skills. As environments change, people must learn new skills in order continue to meet the environmental demands.
Making a phone (or video) call is an example of adaptive behavior that changed over time.The skills needed to make a call today are very different from the skills that were required 20 years ago.
