Pathways to Personal Growth
Adjustment in Today's World
Published on 10. July 1998
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-0-205-13955-2 (ISBN)
Description
Pathways to Personal Growth: Adjustment in Today's World is a substantial revision of Worchel and Goethal's Adjustment: Pathways to Personal Growth. The personal and social factors involved in learning about ourselves, setting personal goals, taking control of our lives, and becoming a contributing member of society are main issues examined by this text. The general focus on identifying the basic issues facing people as they attempt to adjust to today's society is maintained.
This text is written in a student-friendly manner that combines conversation with clear descriptions of theories and research. It is illustrated with current examples and cases based on the authors' experiences as psychological researchers and practitioners. The authors have succeeded in their goal of writing a textbook that identifies the most important issues of adjustment, illustrates the relevant literature on the issues, is readable and engaging for students, and makes learning an enjoyable experience.
This text is written in a student-friendly manner that combines conversation with clear descriptions of theories and research. It is illustrated with current examples and cases based on the authors' experiences as psychological researchers and practitioners. The authors have succeeded in their goal of writing a textbook that identifies the most important issues of adjustment, illustrates the relevant literature on the issues, is readable and engaging for students, and makes learning an enjoyable experience.
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Content
Each chapter concludes with "Summary," "Critical Thinking Questions," and "Matching Exercise."
1.Adjusting to Our World.
Case Narrative: Leo Beuerman.
What Is Adjustment?
The Changing Landscape: A Challenge to Adjustment.
Understanding Our Physical and Cultural Environments.
Learning about Adjustment.
Organization of This Book.
Learning to Learn.
2.The Developing Personality.
Case Narrative: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Understanding Personality.
Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality Development.
Behavioral Approaches to Personality Development.
Humanistic Approaches to Personality Development.
Trait Approaches to Personality Development.
Combining Forces: What We Learn from All the Approaches.
3.Self-Discovery in Adolescence and Adulthood.
Case Narrative: Eleanor Roosevelt.
Self-Definition and Change.
Adolescence.
Adulthood.
Health and Happiness in Adulthood.
4.Gender.
Case Narrative: Nancy Lieberman-Cline.
What Is Gender?
Are Males and Females Really Different?
Are U.S. Men's and Women's Lives Different?
How Does Gender Differentiation Arise?
Gender and Social Interaction.
Where Do We Go from Here?
5.In Sickness and in Health: Stress, Health, and Coping.
Case Narrative: Gia Carangi.
Stress: The Thief of Health.
Stress and Health.
Coping with Stress.
Lifestyles That Promote Health.
6.Struggling for Control.
Case Narrative: Kurt Cobain.
Perceptions of the Locus of Control.
Self-Control in Everyday Living.
Eating Disorders.
Substance Abuse and Dependence.
Control in Personal Relationships.
7.Psychological Disorders.
Case Narrative: Maxine Mason.
Psychological Disorders and Adjustment.
Diagnosis: What Is "Normal"? What Is "Abnormal"?
Schizophrenic Disorders.
Mood or Affective Disorders.
Stress and Anxiety Disorders.
Dissociative Disorders.
Personality Disorders.
8.Psychotherapy.
Case Narrative: Sybil.
What Is Psychotherapy?
Types of Psychotherapy.
Biological and Physical Therapies.
Change and Healing across Time and Cultures.
9.Getting to Know and Like Others.
Case Narrative: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Perceiving Others.
Interpersonal Attraction: Who We Like and Why.
10.Becoming Intimate.
Case Narrative: Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov.
What Is Love?
Forming and Maintaining a Relationship.
Initiating a Relationship: Sampling.
Building a Relationship: Bargaining.
Evaluating a Relationship.
Making a Commitment.
Marriage, Enduring Relationships, and Divorce.
11.Human Sexuality.
Case Narrative: Madonna.
Sexual Behavior: Then and Now.
The Human Sexual Response.
Sexual Behavior: What, When, and How Often.
Factors Affecting the Joy of Sex.
Birth Control.
Pornography.
Sexual Dysfunctions.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
12.Living in Families.
Case Narrative: The Kennedys.
What Is a Family?
What Makes a "Happy" Family?
The Family Life Cycle: How Families Grow with Their Members.
Other Family Transitions.
When Families Need Help.
13.Coming Together: The Psychology of Group Behavior.
Case Narrative: Cesar Chavez.
Joining with Others.
Self versus Group: The Ultimate Dilemma.
The Structure of Groups.
To Influence.
Conformity: Power in Numbers.
Minority Influence: The Power of the Few.
Why Groups Can Make Bad Decisions: Groupthink.
Intergroup Relations: From within to Between.
14.Working.
Case Narrative: James Heriot.
Our Jobs and Our Lives.
Why Work?
Choosing a Career.
Employee Selection.
On the Job.
Stress and Crisis in Careers.
Women at Work.
Discrimination in the Workplace.
Retirement.
15.Living with Our Environment.
Case Narrative: Herman Lehmann.
The Environment and Human Behavior.
Physical Space and Behavior.
Other Environmental Influences.
Making Our Way through Our Environment: Cognitive Maps.
Guardians of the Environment: Being a Good Partner.
Glossary.
References.
Index.
1.Adjusting to Our World.
Case Narrative: Leo Beuerman.
What Is Adjustment?
The Changing Landscape: A Challenge to Adjustment.
Understanding Our Physical and Cultural Environments.
Learning about Adjustment.
Organization of This Book.
Learning to Learn.
2.The Developing Personality.
Case Narrative: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Understanding Personality.
Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality Development.
Behavioral Approaches to Personality Development.
Humanistic Approaches to Personality Development.
Trait Approaches to Personality Development.
Combining Forces: What We Learn from All the Approaches.
3.Self-Discovery in Adolescence and Adulthood.
Case Narrative: Eleanor Roosevelt.
Self-Definition and Change.
Adolescence.
Adulthood.
Health and Happiness in Adulthood.
4.Gender.
Case Narrative: Nancy Lieberman-Cline.
What Is Gender?
Are Males and Females Really Different?
Are U.S. Men's and Women's Lives Different?
How Does Gender Differentiation Arise?
Gender and Social Interaction.
Where Do We Go from Here?
5.In Sickness and in Health: Stress, Health, and Coping.
Case Narrative: Gia Carangi.
Stress: The Thief of Health.
Stress and Health.
Coping with Stress.
Lifestyles That Promote Health.
6.Struggling for Control.
Case Narrative: Kurt Cobain.
Perceptions of the Locus of Control.
Self-Control in Everyday Living.
Eating Disorders.
Substance Abuse and Dependence.
Control in Personal Relationships.
7.Psychological Disorders.
Case Narrative: Maxine Mason.
Psychological Disorders and Adjustment.
Diagnosis: What Is "Normal"? What Is "Abnormal"?
Schizophrenic Disorders.
Mood or Affective Disorders.
Stress and Anxiety Disorders.
Dissociative Disorders.
Personality Disorders.
8.Psychotherapy.
Case Narrative: Sybil.
What Is Psychotherapy?
Types of Psychotherapy.
Biological and Physical Therapies.
Change and Healing across Time and Cultures.
9.Getting to Know and Like Others.
Case Narrative: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Perceiving Others.
Interpersonal Attraction: Who We Like and Why.
10.Becoming Intimate.
Case Narrative: Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov.
What Is Love?
Forming and Maintaining a Relationship.
Initiating a Relationship: Sampling.
Building a Relationship: Bargaining.
Evaluating a Relationship.
Making a Commitment.
Marriage, Enduring Relationships, and Divorce.
11.Human Sexuality.
Case Narrative: Madonna.
Sexual Behavior: Then and Now.
The Human Sexual Response.
Sexual Behavior: What, When, and How Often.
Factors Affecting the Joy of Sex.
Birth Control.
Pornography.
Sexual Dysfunctions.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
12.Living in Families.
Case Narrative: The Kennedys.
What Is a Family?
What Makes a "Happy" Family?
The Family Life Cycle: How Families Grow with Their Members.
Other Family Transitions.
When Families Need Help.
13.Coming Together: The Psychology of Group Behavior.
Case Narrative: Cesar Chavez.
Joining with Others.
Self versus Group: The Ultimate Dilemma.
The Structure of Groups.
To Influence.
Conformity: Power in Numbers.
Minority Influence: The Power of the Few.
Why Groups Can Make Bad Decisions: Groupthink.
Intergroup Relations: From within to Between.
14.Working.
Case Narrative: James Heriot.
Our Jobs and Our Lives.
Why Work?
Choosing a Career.
Employee Selection.
On the Job.
Stress and Crisis in Careers.
Women at Work.
Discrimination in the Workplace.
Retirement.
15.Living with Our Environment.
Case Narrative: Herman Lehmann.
The Environment and Human Behavior.
Physical Space and Behavior.
Other Environmental Influences.
Making Our Way through Our Environment: Cognitive Maps.
Guardians of the Environment: Being a Good Partner.
Glossary.
References.
Index.