Psychology: A Way To Grow (R 616 H)

A Way to Grow, Revised Second Edition, Introduces high school students to psychology. It provides its readers with a foundation in the basic theories and principles of psychology. It also guides students toward a greater understanding of their own capacityfor personal growth. The book has the most recent statistics in psychology and focuses on current thinking on careers and salaries in psychology,psychological counseling and therapy, same-sex unions, role of women, anxiety disorders, etc. (seepp. 23, 25, 50, 51, 54-55). Chapters are clearly and concisely written throughout the book. Within chapters there is a Section Checkup, consisting of questions that test the reader's grasp of thematerial (see pp. 8, 19, 24, 49). Thus the book is pedagogically sound throughout.