Personal Growth and Behavior 2000-2001

by Duffy, Karen G.

• ISBN13: 9780072365726
• ISBN10: 0072365722
• Edition: Yearly Ed.
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College

Table of Contents

To the Reader	iv
Topic Guide	2	(2)
Selected World Wide Web Sites	4	(2)
UNIT 1 Becoming a Person: Seeking Self-Identity
Overview	6	(20)
The Last Interview of Abraham Maslow	8	(5)
Edward Hoffman
Making Sense of Self-Esteem	13	(3)
Mark R. Leary
Raising Kids' Self-Esteem May Backfire, Experts Warn	16	(1)
Maggie Fox
Private Lives: Discipline and Knowing Where to Draw the Line	17	(2)
Jan Parker
Jan Stimpson
Who Are the Freudians?	19	(4)
Edith Kurzweil
The Stability of Personality: Observations and Evaluations	23	(3)
Robert R. McCrae
Paul T. Costa Jr.
UNIT 2 Determinants of Behavior: Motivation, Environment, and Physiology
Overview	26	(34)
Is It Nature or Nurture?	28	(2)
Marc Peyser
Anne Underwood
The Gender Blur	30	(4)
Deborah Blum
Optimizing Expression of the Common Human Genome for Child Development	34	(5)
Bernard Brown
Autism Is Likely to Be Linked to Several Genes	39	(3)
Hugh McIntosh
The Personality Genes	42	(2)
J. Madeleine Nash
Revealing the Brain's Secrets	44	(4)
Kathleen Cahill Allison
Traumatic Memory Is Special	48	(4)
Lynn Nadel
W. Jake Jacobs
The Biology of Joy	52	(5)
Jeremiah Creedon
Faith & Healing	57	(3)
Claudia Wallis
UNIT 3 Problems Influencing Personal Growth
Overview	60	(32)
The Seven Stages of Man	62	(3)
Constanza Villalba
Fetal Psychology	65	(5)
Janet L. Hopson
Clipped Wings	70	(6)
Lucile F. Newman
Stephen L. Buka
Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do	76	(3)
Judith Rich Harris
How Well Do You Know Your Kid?	79	(3)
Barbara Kantrowitz
Pat Wingert
Invincible Kids, U.S. News & World Report, November 11, 1996	82	(4)
Live to 100? No Thanks	86	(3)
Susan L. Crowley
Is There Life after Death?	89	(3)
Brendan I. Koerner
UNIT 4 Relating to Others
Overview	92	(54)
The EQ Factor	94	(5)
Nancy Gibbs
Face It!	99	(7)
Deborah Blum
The Moral Development of Children	106	(7)
William Damon
Friendships and Adaptation across the Life Span	113	(3)
Willard W. Hartup
Nan Stevens
The New Flirting Game	116	(4)
Deborah A. Lott
The Science of a Good Marriage	120	(4)
Barbara Kantrowitz
Pat Wingert
Shattered Vows	124	(8)
Shirley Glass
Social Anxiety	132	(6)
Joannie M. Schrof
Stacey Schultz
Don't Face Stress Alone	138	(3)
Benedict Carey
Go Ahead, Say You're Sorry	141	(3)
Aaron Lazare
A Fistful of Hostility Is Found in Women	144	(2)
Abigail Zuger
UNIT 5 Dynamics of Personal Adjustment: The Individual and Society
Overview	146	(28)
Where Bias Begins: The Truth about Stereotypes	148	(3)
Annie Murphy Paul
Media, Violence, Youth, and Society	151	(7)
Ray Surette
Psychopathy, Sociopathy, and Crime	158	(10)
David T. Lykken
The Lure of the Cult	168	(2)
Richard Lacayo
Work, Work, Work, Work!	170	(4)
Mark Hunter
UNIT 6 Enhancing Human Adjustment: Learning to Cope Effectively
Overview	174	(41)
What You Can Change and What You Cannot Change	176	(8)
Martin E. P. Seligman
Think Like a Shrink	184	(3)
Emanuel H. Rosen
The Doctor's In, the Patient's Not/Even When They Think It Would Help Them, Many People Resist Counseling	187	(2)
Carol Polsky
Chronic Anxiety: How to Stop Living on the Edge	189	(3)
Harvard Health Letter
Up from Depression	192	(3)
Jeff Kelsey
The Clustering and Contagion of Suicide	195	(3)
Thomas E. Joiner Jr.
Addicted	198	(4)
J. Madeleine Nash
Personality Disorders: Coping with the Borderline	202	(7)
Patrick Perry
Finding Strength: How to Overcome Anything	209	(6)
Deborah Blum
Glossary	215	(10)
Index	225	(3)
Article Review Form	228	(1)
Article Rating Form	229