One of the neo-Freudian theoretical perspectives on the workings and principles of the human psyche. This approach, along with the genetic or hereditary approach, was formulated by the English psychoanalyst Edward Glover in the early 1940s. was formulated by English psychoanalyst Edward Glover in the early 1940s. as well as Sigmund Freud’s original developments in the field of metapsychology. The adaptive approach postulates the influence of various psychological and social factors on the human psyche. According to this approach, any decisions a person makes. even neurotic ones (such as claiming). depend on the individual’s experience of interacting with the environment.