title: [Target function of human adaptation: developing the ideas by Vsevolod Ivanovich Medvedev].
abstract: The article is aimed at further development of the ideas by V.I. Medvedev regarding the specific of human adaptational processes described in his monograph Human Adaptation (Adaptatsiya cheloveka, St. Petersburg: Institute of the Human Brain, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003, 584 p.). The key point is the statement that "human adaptation is a process that ensures the achievement of a particular objective". The article specifies and develops this statement drawing upon a cross-disciplinary approach to the issue of adaptation (including biological, psychological, and social adaptation) and basing on the results of a number of empirical researches.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Zarakovskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D012426:Russia; D012917:Social Adjustment