**The criticism for this approach is it's subjective and arbitrary to decide if a behavior is adaptive or maladaptive, depending on psychosocial, cultural factors.** - The extent to which a behavior or behavior pattern is viewed as more or less adaptive or maladaptive depends on a number of factors, such as the goals the person is trying to accomplish and the social norms and expectations of a given situation.  What works in one situation might not work in another. What appears adaptive to one person might not appear so to another. What is usually adaptive in one culture might not be so in another (see Lopez & Guarnaccia, this volume)