Psychology and the Challenges of Life ─ Adjustment and Growth

Nevid and Rathus offer this involved adaptive psychology text, including journaling prompts and interactive highlight modules relating psychological concepts to contemporary issues faced by students. The updated edition incorporates technological awareness into both the material and the writing style. The first chapter introduces the discipline of psychology and ways of measuring adjustment. After this, the book begins introducing theory with chapters on personality, stress, the connections between psychological factors and physical health, and modulation of health-related behaviors. Constructions of self, social influence, psychopathology, and psychotherapy are then discussed. The last large cluster addresses one-on-one relationships, covering interpersonal attraction, communication in relationships, gender & sexuality. The last two chapters discuss the changes of adolescence and adult identity formation, and challenges both innate and constructed in the workplace environment. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)