Human Adjustment with In-Psych CD-ROM

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-07-311191-9
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Medienkombination, Englisch, Format (B × H): 228 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1451 g

In this new text for Psychology of Adjustment courses, John Santrock presents psychology as a research-based science that can be applied successfully to improving personal adjustment. Providing numerous opportunities for self-evaluation and strategies for adjustment, Human Adjustment helps students cope effectively with the challenges they face.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Santrock, John W

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Adjusting to Life Chapter 2 Personality Chapter 3 The Self, Identity, and Values Chapter 4 Stress Chapter 5 Coping Chapter 6 Social Thinking, Influence, and Intergroup Relations Chapter 7 Communicating Effectively Chapter 8Close Relationships and Love Chapter 9 Adult Life Styles Chapter 10 Achievement, Careers, and Work Chapter 11 Emerging Adulthood, Adult Development, and Aging Chapter 12 Gender Chapter 13 Sexuality Chapter 14Psychological Disorders Chapter 15 Therapies Chapter 16 Health

Über Autor(innen)

Santrock, John W
John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He taught at the University of Charleston and the University of Georgia before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches developmental psychology and educational psychology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and introductory psychology at the undergraduate level. Dr. Santrock's research on father custody is widely cited and used in expert witness testimony to promote flexibility and alternative considerations in custody disputes. His research has included publication in the Journal of Educational Psychology that focus on the contextual aspects of affectively-toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He recently was a member of the editorial board of Developmental Psychology and his publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: CHILD DEVELOPMENT, Eighth Edition; LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT, Seventh Edition; CHILDREN, Sixth Edition; PSYCHOLOGY, Sixth Edition; and EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.