Psychology and Personal Growth

Psychology and Personal Growth

Author: Nelson Goud

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780205261024

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A collection of essays, articles, excerpts from longer works, drawings, and photo-essays selected to apply psychology to personal development, organized by themes of identity, human communication, growth dynamics, feelings and emotions, human relationships, and a quality life. Discussion questions f


What Doesn't Kill Us

What Doesn't Kill Us

Author: Stephen Joseph

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 046502792X

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Surviving a traumatic experience is difficult and takes time to move on from, but this book makes the argument that with proper care and understanding, survivors can grow and reshape their lives in a positive way. For the past twenty years, pioneering psychologist Stephen Joseph has worked with survivors of trauma. His studies have yielded a startling discovery: that a wide range of traumatic events-from illness, divorce, separation, assault, and bereavement to accidents, natural disasters, and terrorism-can act as catalysts for positive change. Boldly challenging the conventional wisdom about trauma and its aftermath, Joseph demonstrates that rather than ruining one's life, a traumatic event can actually improve it. Drawing on the wisdom of ancient philosophers, the insights of evolutionary biologists, and the optimism of positive psychologists, What Doesn't Kill Us reveals how all of us can navigate change and adversity- traumatic or otherwise-to find new meaning, purpose, and direction in life.


Psychology and the Challenges of Life

Psychology and the Challenges of Life

Author: Jeffrey S. Nevid

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-11-23

Total Pages: 1241

ISBN-13: 0470383623

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A long-respected standard in the psychology of adjustment, Psychology and the Challenges of Life, Eleventh Edition has been thoroughly updated and contemporized to provide students the ability to reflect on how psychology relates to the lives we live and the roles that psychology can play in helping us with the challenges we face. Authors Jeffrey Nevid and Spencer Rathus explore the many applications of psychological concepts and principles used to meet the challenges of daily life, while encouraging students to apply concepts to themselves through active learning exercises, self-assessment questionnaires, and journaling exercises.


Psychology, Human Growth and Development for Social Work

Psychology, Human Growth and Development for Social Work

Author: Emma Zara O'Brien

Publisher: Red Globe Press

Published: 2020-04-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 135200965X

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Introduction -- The brain and behaviour -- Communication and relationships in social work -- Approaches to psychology -- Human growth and development -- Disabilities -- Mental health -- Well-being and environmental stressors -- Abuse and trauma -- Social psychology.


Handbook of Developmental Psychology

Handbook of Developmental Psychology

Author: Jaan Valsiner

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2003-02-28

Total Pages: 718

ISBN-13: 9780761962311

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Comprehensive and authoritative this handbook pushes back the frontiers of the study of human development in one single volume. It makes an ideal reference for experienced individuals who wish to update their understanding and remain at the cutting edge of developmental psychology.


Principles of Developmental Psychology

Principles of Developmental Psychology

Author: George Butterworth

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2014-01-02

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1317758781

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Developmental psychology is concerned with the scientific understanding of age-related changes in experience and behaviour, not only in children but throughout the lifespan. The task is to discover, describe, and explain how development occurs, from its earliest origins, into childhood, adulthood, and old age. To understand human development requires one not only to make contact with human nature but also to consider the diverse effects of culture on the developing child. Development is as much a process of acquiring culture as it is of biological growth. This book reviews the history of developmental psychology with respect to both its nature and the effects of transmission of culture. The major theorists of the late 19th and early 20th century, Piaget, Vygotsky and Bowlby are introduced to provide a background to contemporary research and the modern synthesis of nature and nurture. This brief textbook is suitable as an introduction to developmental psychology, both at A level and for beginning undergraduate students. It aims to be of interest to psychologists, educationalists, social workers and others with an interest in a contemporary understanding of factors involved in human development.


An Introduction to Developmental Psychology

An Introduction to Developmental Psychology

Author: Alan Slater

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-04-24

Total Pages: 852

ISBN-13: 1118767209

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An Introduction to Developmental Psychology, 3rd Edition is a representative and authoritative 'state of the art' account of human development from conception to adolescence. The text is organised chronologically and also thematically and written by renowned experts in the field, and presents a truly international account of theories, findings and issues. The content is designed with a broad range of readers in mind, and in particular those with little previous exposure to developmental psychology.