Psychology for Living: Adjustment, Growth and Behavior Today - Softcover

Atwater, Eastwood; Duffy, Karen G.

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9780139587788: Psychology for Living: Adjustment, Growth and Behavior Today

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ISBN 10: 0139587780 ISBN 13: 9780139587788

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1998

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This pedagogically-rich introduction to the psychology of personal adjustment exposes readers to all the major perspectives on psychology and provides opportunities for applying concepts to their lives. The Sixth Edition balances the most current scientific literature with a wealth of applications and the more popular aspects of psychology.

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Pedagogically-rich, this introduction to the psychology of personal adjustment introduces students to all the major perspectives on psychology and provides opportunities for applying concepts to their lives.

About the Author:

Karen Duffy is a Distinguished Service Professor at the State University of New York, College at Geneseo. She received her Ph.D. in social and personality psychology from Michigan State University and is a family mediator for the New York Unified Court System. Dr. Duffy has authored several other books, including Community Mediation: A Handbook for Practitioners and Researchers and Community Psychology.

Eastwood Atwater was a psychology professor at Montgomery County Community College and lectured at Gwynedd-Mercy College. He also conducted a private practice in psychology. His Ph.D. was from the University of Chicago, where he studied with Carl Rogers. Prior to his death in 1996, he authored books including Adolescence, Fourth Edition, and Human Relations.

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