Human Adjustment with In-Psych CD-ROM / Edition 1

by John Santrock

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780073111919
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date:	04/18/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

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 educational psychology every year at the undergraduate level. In 2006, John received the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in teaching award. His research has included publications 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 has been a member of the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 13th Ed; Life-Span Development, 14th Edition; Adolescence, 14th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 4th Edition.

Table of Contents

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 8
Close 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 14
Psychological Disorders

Chapter 15
Therapies

Chapter 16
Health