Filled with comprehensive, balanced coverage of classic and contemporary research, relevant examples, and engaging applications, this text shows you how psychology helps you understand yourself and the world, and uses psychological principles to illuminate the variety of opportunities you have in your life and your future career. While professors cite this bestselling book for its academic credibility and the authors’ ability to stay current with ’’hot topics,’’ students say it’s one text they just don’t want to stop reading. The text and associated workbook are highly readable, engaging, and visually appealing, providing you with a wealth of material you can put to use every day. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
A textbook on the psychological issue of adjustment that encourages students to assess popular psychology resources.
Filled with comprehensive, balanced coverage of classic and contemporary research, relevant examples, and engaging applications, this book shows you how psychology helps you understand yourself and the world-and uses psychological ...
A student guide complete with programmed review items (fill-in-the-blank) quiz boxes, and a self-test (20 multiple-choice questions; 15 true-false questions) for each chapter of the text.
Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 80s
Students and instructors alike find the text and associated workbooks to be a highly readable, engaging, visually-appealing package that provide a wealth of personal applications. This is no ordinary applied psychology book.
Filled with coverage of classic and contemporary research, relevant examples, and engaging applications, this text shows students how psychology helps them understand themselves and the world - and uses psychological principles to ...
Includes exercises designed to help form a realistic picture of one's personal qualities and capabilities.
This is the first book to overtly consider how basic evolutionary thinking is being applied to a wide range of special social, economic, and technical problems.
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