This refers to his AGIL scheme; adaptive function; goal attainment; integration and latency. The adaptive function is the function "whereby a system adapts to its environment" (Functionalism, Neofunctionalism, Conflict Theory)
. that our sense of self is shaped and defined by the groups that we are part of and by their way of giving us feedback and reputation" (Theory, Theories, and Theorists) This in turn leads to view about the social construction of the self