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Helps readers apply psychological insights to their own lives.
The eleventh edition of Psychology for Living: Adjustment, Growth, and Behavior Today is designed for students interested in applying psychological insights and principles to their own lives. The text helps readers achieve a better understanding of themselves and others.
The scope of Psychology for Living draws material from the major perspectives of psychology, including the psychodynamic, ecological, cognitive-behavioral, and humanistic viewpoints. The goal of the text is based firmly on increasing readers’ understanding as well as their knowledge about adjustment, in order that they may continue learning and growing on their own.
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Karen Duffy is a Distinguished Service Professor—emerita, at the State University of New York College at Geneseo. She received her Ph.D. in social and personality psychology from Michigan State University. Dr. Duffy served as a family mediator for the New York Unified Court System. She has also served on the executive committee and as the chief instructor for the training insti-tute for the New York State Employee Assistance Program (EAP), as well as on the board of di-rectors for a shelter for domestic violence and on an educational committee for a family planning agency. She has consulted to a variety of work settings on stress management, EAPs, and other work issues. She is a member of the American Psychological Society. Dr. Duffy has written sev-eral other books, including Community Mediation: A Handbook for Practitioners and Research-ers and Community Psychology. She also edits several hard-copy and web-based annual editions for another publisher, on topics including psychology of personality, social psychology, intro-ductory psychology, and adjustment. She has held two Fulbright Fellowships to St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia. While in Russia, she worked with AIDS International, several children’s shelters, and other community agencies. More recently, she completed a hu-manitarian aid trip to Mongolia.
Steven J. Kirsh is a Professor of Psychology at The State University of New York at Geneseo. Dr. Kirsh’s primary areas of research focus on the influence of violent media on emo-tion recognition and social information processing. He has published Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research (2006) and Media and Youth: A Developmental Perspective (2010) as well as numerous scientific articles and book chapters.
In this Section: 1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. Brief Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Self-Direction in a Changing World
Chapter 2: The Puzzle of Childhood
Chapter 3: Affirmative Aging — Adulthood
Chapter 4: Seeking Selfhood
Chapter 5: Toward Better Health
Chapter 6: Taking Charge
Chapter 7: Managing Motives and Emotions
Chapter 8: Making and Keeping Friends
Chapter 9: Leader or Follower?
Chapter 10: At Work and Play
Chapter 11: Sexuality
Chapter 12: Love and Commitment
Chapter 13: Stress
Chapter 14: Understanding Mental Disorders
Chapter 15: If You Go for Help
Chapter 16: Good Grief and Death
PART 1: Introduction
Social Change
The Challenge of Self-Direction
Themes of Personal Growth
PART 2: Becoming
Perspectives on Child Development
Key Foundational Elements of Childhood
Chapter 3: Affirmative Aging—Adulthood
Adult Development
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions—Early Adulthood
Same Old, Same Old?—Middle Adulthood
Aging Gracefully—Late Adulthood
What Is Self-Concept?
The Components of the Self
Core Characteristics of Self-Concept
The Self-Concept and Personal Growth
Body Image
Health and the Mind–Body Relationship
Coping with Illness
Promoting Wellness
Personal Control
Decision Making
Decisions and Personal Growth
Understanding Motivation
Understanding Emotions
PART 4: Being Social
Meeting People
Keeping Friends
When It’s Hard to Make Friends
Chapter 9: Groups: Belonging, Following, and Leading
Kinds of Groups
Creating and Joining Groups
What Goes on in Groups?
When Groups Go Wrong
Group Leadership
At Work
At Play
PART 5: Being Intimate
Sexuality and Shared Partnerships
Sexual Responsiveness
Sexual Orientation
Practical Issues
Love is a Many Splendored (and Defined) Thing
Finding Love
Marriage and Other Committed Relationships
Adjusting to Intimate Relationships
Divorce and Its Consequences
PART 6: Facing Challenges
Chapter 13: Stress!
Oh No!—Understanding Stress
Yikes!—Reactions to Stress
Phew!—Managing Stress
Psychological Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders
Other Disorders
Applying This to Yourself
Psychotherapy: What is it? Who Uses it?
Insight Therapies—The Talking Cure
Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies
Other Approaches to Treatment
How Well Does Therapy Work?
Finding Help
Chapter 16: Death, Dying, and Grief
Death and Dying
Life and Death in Perspective
Bereavement and Grief
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