Psychology and Personal Growth

by Goud, Nelson; Arkoff, Abe

• ISBN13: 9780205335015
• ISBN10: 0205335012
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

"Psychology and Personal Growth" Nelson Goud and Abe Arkoff 7/e © 2006 With this newly revised, updated, and reorganized seventh edition, Nelson Goud and Abe Arkoff have made an outstanding personal growth and development text even better. Incorporating insightful articles from a wide range of sources, "Psychology and Personal Growth," Seventh Edition, guides students in learning about themselves and how they interact with society. The seventh edition features new material on identity, communication, feelings and emotions, and human relationships, as well as numerous new end-of-chapter activities to reinforce major concepts.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Thanks	xiii
And More Thanks	xviii
SECTION ONE IDENTITY	1	(72)
Introduction and Overview	1	(4)
The Search for Identity: A Modern Problem	5	(4)
Carl Rogers
The Basic Relationship	9	(8)
Abe Arkoff
Rubricizing	17	(5)
Nelson Goud
Mindfulness Jon	21	(1)
Kabat-Zinn
Suddenly I'm the Adult?	22	(3)
Richard Cohen
One Foot out the Door	25	(3)
Sydney Lewis
The Monster	28	(3)
Len Smith
Ending the Battle between the Sexes	31	(9)
Aaron R. Kipnis
Elizabeth Herron
On Being a Man	37	(2)
Sam Keen
From Both Sides	39	(1)
Lillian Rubin
Boy in Blue Tutu	40	(2)
Lisen Stromberg
X: A Fabulous Child's Story	42	(7)
Lois Gould
Occupational Exploration Christopher	48	(1)
A. Schaefer
Woodworker	49	(3)
Craig Mosher
Don't Look Too Closely	52	(5)
Nels Goud
Thoreau on Work	55	(2)
Henry Thoreau
If I Were a Car, I'd Be a Lemon	57	(8)
Denise Karuth
Think ``People First'' Ohio Public Images/Public Images Network	64	(1)
To a Body, with Love	65	(8)
Abe Arkoff
Applied Activities
Are You a Adult?	67	(1)
Roles and Authenticity	67	(2)
A New Identity	69	(1)
Gender Roles: Positive and Negative	69	(1)
Men and Women: A Dialogue	70	(1)
Symbolic Identity	71	(1)
(See also Significant Other Perception Inventory in Section Four) Personal Goals-Identity	72	(1)
SECTION TWO HUMAN COMMUNICATION	73	(64)
Introduction and Overview	73	(2)
Interpersonal Communication	75	(5)
Warner Burke
To Hear and to Be Heard	80	(7)
Carl Kogers
John Steinbeck on Listening	84	(1)
A Teacher Hears	85	(2)
Self-Disclosure	87	(9)
Nelson Goud
You Just Don't Understand	96	(4)
Deborah Tannen
Awakening Intuition	100	(4)
Frances Vaughan
Nature and Uses of Dreaming	104	(3)
Ernest Hartmann
Personal Journaling as a Life Companion	107	(6)
Lou Beeker-Schultz
Assertive, Nonassertive, and Aggressive Behavior	113	(7)
Arthur J. Lange
Patricia Jakubowski
King of the Purple Tree	120	(17)
Nels Goud
Applied Activities
Sender-Receiver Exchange	124	(2)
Point of View	126	(1)
The World of	127	(1)
Effective Communicator Checklist	128	(1)
He Said, She Said	129	(1)
Communication Medley	130	(1)
Intuition History	130	(1)
Problem-Solving: Rational and Intuitive Strategies	131	(1)
Intuitive Problem-Solving through Guided Imagery	132	(1)
Journal Beginnings	133	(1)
Lifestories	134	(1)
Personal Goals-Human Communication	135	(2)
SECTION THREE GROWTH DYNAMICS	137	(58)
Introduction and Overview	137	(4)
The Meaning of Persona) Growth	141	(6)
Abe Arkoff
Uniqueness	147	(4)
Nelson Goud
Self-Actualizing and Beyond	151	(4)
Abraham Maslow
Herbie	155	(3)
Tom Keating
Getting Unstuck: Joyfully Recreating Your Life	158	(6)
Harold H. Bloomfield
Robert B. Kory
Advice to William Somebody	164	(5)
Poe Ballantine
Left Behind	168	(1)
Jenny Montgomery
Vital Moments	169	(6)
Nelson Goud
Courage	173	(2)
Rollo May
The Lesson of the Cliff	175	(5)
Morton Hunt
Small Terrors, Secret Heroics	180	(7)
Amy Gross
Just a Regular Kid Fifth	185	(2)
grade teacher
The Pace of Growth	187	(2)
John Knowles
Nikos Kazantzakis
No One's Perfect	189	(6)
Daphne Haygood-Benyard
Applied Activities
Evolution of a Person	190	(1)
Stretching Limits	190	(1)
Trait Exaggeration	191	(1)
Strengths Recognition	191	(1)
First Time	192	(1)
Depression Checklist	192	(2)
Personal Goals Growth Dynamics	194	(1)
SECTION FOUR HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS	195	(54)
Introduction and Overview	195	(2)
Shoulders	197	(6)
Nels Goud
Human Relationships Statistics	199	(2)
Intimate Relationship Choices	201	(2)
Abe Arkoff
Making Marriage Work John Gottman and	203	(9)
Nan Silver
Sometimes It Rains	210	(2)
Thomas R. Keating
Are Money Fights Ruining Your Marriage?	212	(5)
Dianne Hales
Internet Romance	217	(5)
Meghan Daum
Kinds of Friends	221	(1)
Judith Viorst
Lamenting the Fading of Friendships	222	(2)
Mark Murrmann
The Human Potential of Whip Gimby	224	(4)
Nels Goud
Parents	228	(8)
Martin Shepard
Eye for Sale	234	(2)
Bob Greene
The Missing Halloween	236	(2)
Nels Goud
Think Nanny	238	(11)
Stephen D. Regan
Applied Activities
Significant Other Perception Inventory	240	(2)
(See also Symbolic Identity in Section One) Love Maps	242	(1)
Sexuality Quiz	243	(3)
Heroes, Heroines, and Role Models	246	(1)
Personal Goals-Human Relationships	247	(2)
SECTION FIVE EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS	249	(56)
Introduction and Overview	249	(3)
What's Your Emotional I.Q.?	252	(4)
Daniel Goleman
Worry	256	(3)
Wayne Dyer
The Positive Face of Anxiety	259	(3)
Daniel A. Sugarman
Lucy Freeman
The Causes of Loneliness	262	(7)
William A. Sadler, Jr.
You Never Know	269	(2)
Nels Goud
Little Joys	271	(3)
Abe Arkoff
Anger	274	(4)
Wayne Dyer
Jealousy and Envy: The Demons within Us	278	(8)
Jon Queijo
My Tyrant	283	(3)
Tom Peyton
Sarcasm and Apathy Graduate student and teacher	286	(2)
On the Death of a Father	288	(3)
Sanford Colley
Loss and Mourning	291	(14)
Judith Viorst
Applied Activities
Well-Being Gauge	295	(4)
Emotional Charades	299	(1)
Emotions and Perception	299	(1)
Listening to Emotions	300	(1)
How Do You Feel?	301	(1)
Nonverbal Observations	302	(1)
Anger Management	302	(2)
Personal Goals-Emotions and Feelings	304	(1)
SECTION SIX A QUALITY LIFE	305	(60)
Introduction and Overview	305	(4)
Having the Time of Your Life	309	(7)
Nels Goud
Time Quotes	314	(2)
Active Solitude	316	(7)
Carin Rubenstein
Phillip Shaver
Personality and Money Orientations	320	(3)
Robert Sullivan
The Last Leaf	323	(5)
O. Henry
Teachers in the Forest	328	(7)
Nelson Goud
Nature Quotes	333	(2)
The Dying-Readiness/Freedom-to-Live Test	335	(9)
Abe Arkoff
Personal Death Awareness (PDA)	340	(4)
J. William Worden
William Proctor
The Happiness Machine	344	(6)
Ray Bradbury
Silicon Snake Oil	350	(5)
Clifford Stoll
Ten Symptoms of Computer Addiction	353	(2)
James Fearing
Who Will Play Your Music?	355	(10)
Michael Jones
Applied Activities
The Someday List	360	(1)
Talking to Wise Persons	361	(1)
Evolution of a Person #2	362	(1)
Personal Goals-A Quality Life	362	(3)
Epilogue	365