Psychology and Personal GrowthDesigned for undergraduate courses in the Psychology of Adjustment, Personal Growth, Personal Development, and various helping professional pre-service programs (e.g. social work, occupational therapy, education). This established collection of readings text uses articles and photo-essays to apply psychology to personal growth and development. The text guides students in learning about themselves and interacting with society. Its six major themes: identity, human communication, growth dynamics, feelings and emotions, human relationships, and leading a quality life, provide a thought-provoking look at how psychology influences personal development. - More than half the readings are new. - The book has been tailored to allow professors to use the text in a semester-long course. - New content on gender roles, adulthood, communication, emotional development, quality of life, and personal relationships. - A greater variety of works, including essays and poems, diversify the material and perspectives presented to the student. - A new Instructors Manual and Test Bank is available. - Follow-up sections after each article provide a structure for discussion and interpretation. - Applied acti |
Contents
The Basic Relationship Abe Arkoff | 9 |
Rubricizing Nelson Goud | 17 |
One Foot out the Door Sydney Lewis | 25 |
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Abraham Maslow adult anger angry anxiety Applied Activity asked assertion Auffmann aware become behavior Carl Rogers choose Clifford Stoll communication Copyright disclosure Discuss dreams emotional emotional intelligence Erroneous Zones example experience express eyes father fear feel felt Follow-Up friends gender Georgia O'Keeffe girl Goud growth happen hear human ideas identity Internet Romance intuition John Gottman Joneses journal Judith Viorst keep kids kind listening lives loneliness lonely look marriage Maslow means Meghan Daum ment never one's ourselves parents person play problem psychological realize relationship response Rogers role rubricizing self-actualization self-disclosure sense skills social someone Sometimes student subpersonalities talk tell things thought tion Tom Keating turn understand walk Warner Burke Wayne Dyer woman women worry write