Development in Adulthood, 4/E
Barbara Hansen Lemme, College of DuPage

ISBN-10: 0205439640
ISBN-13: 9780205439645

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2006
Format: Cloth; 576 pp
Published: 04/28/2005

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This comprehensive multidisciplinary text presents an empowering view of adulthood through an examination of the influences of age, gender, cohort, race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, and culture.

The fourth edition of Development in Adulthood continues its commitment to being the most current, comprehensive, scholarly, and readable text on adult development and aging available. Retaining its theoretical foundations in the life-span developmental perspective and the contextual model of development as represented by Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory, its multidisciplinary approach presents an empowering view of adulthood through an examination of the nature and sources of diversity and the influences of age, gender, cohort, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and culture on development. This text has been thoroughly revised to strengthen and polish its pedagogy and organization, at the same time making room for the most current research and thinking in the field and expanded treatment of emerging hot topics. Students will find this topically organized text both an engaging and accessible introduction to the challenges and opportunities of adult life.

  • Fresh perspective on the field including expanded coverage of high-interest and highly relevant material often overlooked or given short shrift in other texts.
  • Strong pedagogical structure features an accessible and engaging writing style, clear chapter organization, personal anecdotes in chapter openers, periodic concept reviews, integrated critical thinking questions, in-text definition of terms, end-of-chapter review questions, page-referenced listings of key terms, and in-text references to web sites that direct students and faculty to resources available on the Internet. These pedagogical supports are designed to actively engage the reader, clarify and reinforce content, enhance comprehension and maximize retention. Critical thinking and end-of-chapter review questions may also be used by the instructor as a basis of class discussion, review sessions, or quiz and exam questions.
  • Emphasis on examining development-in-context and the nature and sources of diversity in human development is evident throughout each chapter of the text in the inclusion of research and theory on the impact of gender, race/ethnicity, cohort, socioeconomic status, and culture on development. This emphasis helps the student to grasp and appreciate individual differences in development and assists the instructor in presenting a broader perspective and overcoming biases in the research literature.
  • Application to real-life is integrated throughout, rather than set aside in boxes or end-of-text chapters, and emphasis is placed on relevant social issues. Applications provide a bridge between theory, research, and practice, enabling students to connect the material to their own personal lives as well as demonstrating its utility in their careers.

  • Special attention was given to Chapters 5 through 11, which were more thoroughly revised and updated to accommodate new thinking, research emphasis, and empirical findings in these topic areas.
  • Additional “Understanding the Developmental Context” boxes in Ch 2, a discussion of a new transitional developmental stage called Midcourse: Let’s Retire the Concept of Retirement, and in Ch 5, a review of research on so-called brain-enhancing chemicals, called Better Thinking Through Chemistry?, enhance student appreciation of the impact of the context of development. These boxed features are now found in nine of the twelve chapters, added sparingly and only when an issue of special interest does not fit neatly into the body of the chapter.
  • Material on emerging hot topics exposes students to the most current research and perspectives in the field. Some examples include: new research on brain aging and brain plasticity; the importance of an “engaged lifestyle”, challenging work, and intellectually stimulating leisure time activities; neuroimaging techniques; research on so-called brain enhancing chemicals; labor market and labor force trends and career development; human factors research and applications; benefits of marriage; meaning, nature, and importance of leisure over the life span; happiness and well-being; religion and spirituality; the benefits of positive emotions; menopause and HRT; sexuality among older adults; vulnerability hypothesis and Alzheimer’s disease; resilience in the face of loss.
  • Significantly enhanced, updated, and revised Instructor’s Manual now includes the following new components in addition to chapter learning objectives, expanded and updated annotated suggested readings, expanded and updated annotated web site listings, and an excellent field tested test bank of multiple choice and essay questions: chapter outlines, classroom developed and tested learning activities for each chapter as well as end-of-course projects (including profiles of pioneers and leaders in the field of adult development and aging), information on service learning, transparency masters, resources on how to evaluate a web site, and how to do an effective Internet search.

Preface.

 

1. The Study of Development in Adulthood.

Demography and a Changing View of Adulthood.

        Increased Life Expectancy.

        The Baby Boom
        Why Study Adult Development?

Life-Span Developmental Perspective.

        Development Is a Lifelong Process.

        Development Includes Both Gains and Losses.

        Development Is Multidimensional, Multidirectional, and Multicausal.

        Development Is Plastic.

        Development Is Embedded in Historical, Cultural, and Social Contexts.

        Development Is a Multidisciplinary Field.

Research Concepts, Methods, and Designs.

        Two Key Concepts in Research: Reliability and Validity.

        Methods of Collecting Data.

        Nondevelopmental versus Developmental Research.

        General Research Designs.

        Developmental Research Designs.

Special Considerations and Limitations in the Research.

        Ethics.

        Ageism.

        Cultural, Racial, Socioeconomic, and Gender Bias.


Box: Difficulties in Identifying and Defining American Ethnic Groups.


Review Questions.

Key Terms.

2. Theories of Psychosocial Development.

Organismic, Mechanistic, and Contextual Models.

Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory.

        Rigor versus Relevance: Caught between a Rock and a Soft Place?

        A Systems Approach: Reciprocal Interactions.

        Phenomenology: Through the Eyes of the Beholder.

        The Ecological View of the Environment.

Ages and Stages: The Psychoanalytic Tradition.

        Stage Theory Defined.

        Freud, Jung, and Erikson.

        Erikson’s Eight Stages of Psychosocial Development.

        A Closer Look at Generativity.

        Levinson’s Seasons of a Man’s Life.

        Havighurst’s Developmental Tasks.

        A Final Look at Stage Theory: Major Criticisms.

        Multiple Meanings of Time and Age.

 

Box: Midcourse: Let’s Retire the Term Retirement.

 

Trait Models: McCrae and Costa’s Five-Factor Model of Personality.

        Defining a Trait.

        Defining the Five Factors.

Do I Know You? Stability versus Change in the Adult Personality.

        A Historical View of the Issue: The Pendulum Swings.

        What Changes and What Stays the Same?

Review Questions.

Key Terms.

3. The Self: Development and Issues of Culture, Gender, Ethnicity, and Age.

Defining the Self.

        Contributions of William James.

        Psychology.

        Sociology.

        Psychoanalysis.

        Setting Things Straight: A Confusion of Monikers.

The Self-Concept: The Cognitive Theory of Self.

        Viewing the Self-Concept as a Self-Schema.

        Cognitive Impact of the Self-Concept.

        How Many of You Are There?

Self-Esteem: The Assessment of One’s Worth.

        Importance of a Sense of Worth.

        Building Blocks of Self-Esteem.

I Think I Can, I Think I Can: A Look at Self-Efficacy.

        Sources of Self-Efficacy.

        Correlates of Self-Efficacy.

        Gender Differences in Self-Efficacy.

Identity: Who Am I and Where Am I Going?

        Identity Defined: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory.

        Formation of Identity: Marcia’s Identity Status Approach.

        A Critique of the Identity Status Model.

The Self in Cross-Cultural Perspective.

        Collectivism versus Individualism.

Women, Men, and Identity Formation.

        Traditional Gender Roles.

        Social versus Evolutionary Origins.

        Prominence of the Male Model of Development.

        Identity Research and Women.

 

Box: Does It Matter What Year You Were Born?

 

The Intersection of Gender, Generation, and History.

Race/Ethnicity and the Development of the Self.

        Self-Esteem among Black Americans.

        Self-Efficacy among Black Americans.

        Identity Formation among Blacks.

        Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status.

        Ethnic Groups and Core Characteristics: Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans.

Effect of Age on the Self.

        Patterns of Age-Related Change in Adult Personality.

        Maintaining Continuity of the Self.

        You’re Only as Old as You Feel: The Impact of Subjective Age.

        Impact of Age on Self-Esteem.

        Defenses Used to Protect the Self.

        Causes of Low Self-Esteem in Late Adulthood.

Review Questions.

Key Terms.

4: Cognitive Processes in Adulthood: Dimensions and Directions

A Life-Span View of Cognitive Development.

        Evolution of Cognitive Psychology.

        Defining Adult Intelligence.

        Key Perspectives of Life-Span Cognitive Development.

        Growth, Stability, or Decline?

Evidence of Cognitive Decline: The Decrementalist View.

        Major Findings.

Evidence of Cognitive Growth: The Continued Potential View.

        Adult Life-Span Learning.

        Quantitative versus Qualitative Gains in Adult Cognition.

        Expertise, Wisdom, and Creativity.

        Successful Cognitive Aging.

Review Questions.

Key Terms.

5. Cognitive Processes in Adulthood: Influences and Explanations

Research and Measurement Issues.

Psychosocial Explanations.

        Exposure to a Stimulating Environment.

        Psychological Factors.

        Demographic Variables.

Information-Processing Explanations.

        Attention.

        Speed of Processing.

        Memory.

        Status of Information-Processing Approaches.

Physiological Explanations.

        Changes in the Brain with Age.

        Changes in and between Neurons and Plasticity.

 

Box: Better Thinking through Chemistry?

 

Applications and Implications of Cognitive Aging Research.

Final Comments on Cognitive Development.

Review Questions.

Key Terms.

6. Social Development, Friendship, and Mate Selection.

Overview of Social Relationships.

        Nature of Relationships.

        Benefits of Relating.

        Social Support.

        Convoy Model of Social Relationships.

        Equity Theory: A Theory of Social Interaction.

        Ethnic Differences.

Impact of Early Experience on Adult Relationships.

        Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages.

        Attachment Theory.

        Attachment Theory and Romantic Love.

        Concluding Thoughts.

Friendship.

        Research Problems.

        Nature of Friendship.

        Functions of Friendship.

        Gender Differences.

        Friendship Development over the Life Span.

        The Future of Friendship.

Leaving Home: Transition from the Family of Origin.

 

Box: Emerging Adulthood: The Age of Possibilities.

 

Mate Selection: Who Marries Whom and Why?

        Propinquity: “The Girl (or Boy) Next Door”.

        Attractiveness: “I Know What I Like”.

        Similarity (Homogamy): “Birds of a Feather”.

        Reciprocity: “You Scratch My Back and I’ll Scratch Yours”.

        Complementarity: “Completing the Self”.

        The Right Person at the Right Time: “Timing Is Everything”.

Sexuality.

        Male-Female Differences in Sexual Attitudes.

        Sexuality among Young and Middle-Aged Adults.

        Late-Life Sexuality.

        Sexual Orientation.

Review Questions.

Key Terms.

7. Family Ties, Transitions, and Challenges.

Family Development.

        Family Life Cycle.

        Family Developmental Tasks.

        Cycle of Generations.

        Limitations of the Family Development Model.

        Changing Families, Changing Times.

Marriage: Establishing a Family of One’s Own.

        Statistical Trends.

        Components of Romantic Love.

        Marital Roles.

        Alternative Unions (Same-Sex and Nonmarried Romantic Relationships).

        Benefits of Marriage.

        Marital Satisfaction.

        Divorce.

        Widowhood.

Parenthood.

        A Life-Span View of Parenthood.

        Changing Roles.

        Delayed Parenthood.

        The Transition to Parenthood: Changes in Lifestyle and Family Life.

        Where’s Daddy?

        Children and Marital Satisfaction.

        The Middle Years of Parenthood.

        The Later Years of Parenthood.

        The Context of Parenthood.

Intergenerational Ties.

        Parent—Adult Child Relationships.

        Grandparenthood.

 

Box: Grand-parenthood among the Navajo.

 

Adult Sibling Relationships.

        Sibling Relationships as Attachments.

        Unique Qualities.

        Pattern over Time.

        Functions of the Sibling Relationship.

        Additional Questions.

Family Caregiving.

        Caregiving as a Normative Experience.

        Changed Nature of Caregiving.

        Who Is the Caregiver?

        Caregiving Career.

        Caregiver Tasks.

        Caregiver Stress.

Family Violence.

        A Brief History of the Study of Domestic Violence.

        Incidence.

        Causal Factors.

        Abuser and Victim Profiles.

        Consequences of Family Violence.

        Developmental Patterns in Adult Abusive Relationships.

        Intervention.

Review Questions.

Key Terms.

8. Work and Retirement.

Nature of Work.

        Significance of Work in Adult Life.

        Why Work?

        A Changing Work World: Work, Workers, Workplace.

Career Development.

        Career Cycle.

        Challenges to the Traditional View: Increasing Diversity of Career Paths.

        Why Do We Choose the Work We Do?

        How Effectively Do We Choose?

        Age and Job Satisfaction.

        Growing Up and the Dream.

Gender and Work: Women’s Career Paths and Special Career Issues.

        Changing Nature of Women’s Work and Working Women.

        Women’s Career Patterns and Work Experiences.

        Multiple Roles: Combining Career and Family.

Retirement and Leisure.

        Retirement as a Life Stage: A Brief Social History.

        Research Limitations.

        A Life-Span View of Retirement.

        Predictors of Retirement.

        Retirement as a Developmental Process.

        Impact of Retirement on Individual Well-Being.

        Economics of Retirement: Social Security and Pensions.

        Work and Retiring: The 21st Century.

 

Box: Finding Niches for Golden Workers.

 

        Importance of Leisure over the Life Span.

Review Questions.

Key Terms.

9. Physical Development and Aging.

What Is This Thing Called Aging?

        Primary versus Secondary Aging.

        Current Conceptions of Aging.

Physical Development in Adulthood.

        Changes in the Skin and Connective Tissue.

        Changes in the Skeletal System.

        Changes in Skeletal Muscle.

        Changes in the Cardio-vascular System.

        Changes in the Respiratory System.

        Changes in the Immune System.

        Changes in the Endocrine System.

        Changes in the Reproductive System.

        Changes in Sensory Capacity with Age.

Theories of Biological Aging.

        Aging by Design: Programmed Theories of Aging.

        Aging by Accident: Stochastic Theories of Aging.

        In Search of an Integrated Theory.

        The Goal of Aging Research: Adding Life to Years or Years to Life?

Review Questions.

Key Terms.

10. Health, Longevity, and Prevention.

Health, Disease, and Disability.

        Defining and Measuring Health, Disease, and Illness.

        Age and Health.

 

Box: Transgenerational Design: Designing Products and Environments for People of All Ages.

 

        Effects of Gender and Race on Health and Longevity.

Prevention of Illness and Promotion of Health.

        Three Levels of Prevention.

        Matching the Program to the Person.

        Risk Factors.

        An Overview of Preventive Behaviors.

        Context of Health and Illness: An Ecological View.

        Medication Use among Older Adults: A Health Concern.

        Long-Term Care.

        Successful Aging: A Multidimensional Effort.

Review Questions.

Key Terms.

11. Coping, Adaptation, and Mental Health.

Happiness.

        Most People Are Happy.

        Determinants of Happiness.

        Religious Involvement and Spirituality.

Stress, Coping, and Locus of Control.

        Nature of Stress.

        Effects of Stress.

        Coping with Stress.

        Beliefs about Personal Control.

An Overview of the Mental Health Status of Adults.

        Age-Related Trends in Psychological Health.

        Gender Differences in Rates of Mental Disorders.

        Gender, Age, and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Help Seeking.

        Science of Prevention.

A Look at Two Mental Disorders in Adulthood.

        Major Depression.

        Alzheimer’s Disease.

Review Questions.

Key Terms.

12. Death, Dying, and Bereavement.

The Changed Nature of Death.

Attitudes toward Death.

        The Death-Denying Society.

        Psychology’s Approach to Death.

        Death Anxiety.

The Dying Person.

        Contributions of Kübler-Ross.

        Dying Well.

        Hospice.

        Right-to-Die Movement: Suicide, Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia.

        Improving Care of the Dying.

Grief and Bereavement.

        Cultural and Historical Context of Grief.

        Resilience in the Face of Loss.

 

Box: Death and Grief among the Lakota Sioux.

 

        Grief Process.

        Unanticipated and Anticipated Death.

        Health and Mortality Risks of Bereavement.

        The Funeral and Other Leave-Taking Rituals.

        Condolence Behavior.

        Bereavement as a Transition.

Review Questions.

Key Terms.

Glossary.

 

References.

 

Name Index.

 

Subject Index.

This comprehensive, multidisciplinary text presents an empowering view of adulthood through an examination of the nature and sources of diversity and the influences of age, gender, cohort, race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, and culture on development. This fourth edition continues its commitment to being the most current, comprehensive, scholarly, and readable text on adult development and aging available. While retaining its theoretical foundations in the life-span developmental perspective and the contextual model of development as represented by Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory, this text has been thoroughly revised to strengthen and polish its pedagogy and organization, still allowing room for the most current research and thinking in the field and expanded treatment of emerging hot topics. Students will find this topically organized text an engaging and accessible introduction to the challenges and opportunities of adult life.

Features

  • Fresh perspectives are offered from the field, including expanded coverage of high-interest and highly relevant material.
  • Emphasis on development-in-context, and on the nature and sources of diversity helps the reader to grasp and appreciate individual differences in development.
  • Strong pedagogical structure actively engages the reader, clarifies and reinforces content, enhances comprehension, and maximizes retention.
  • Real-life applications integrated throughout provide a bridge between theory, research, and practice, enabling students to connect with the material on a personal level.

New to This Edition

  • Material on emerging hot topics exposes students to the most current research and perspectives in the field.
  • Additional material enhances student appreciation for the context of development, including Understanding the Developmental Context boxes throughout. Two new boxes include a discussion of a new transitional developmental stage called Midcourse: Let's Retire the Concept of Retirement in Chapter 2 and a review of research on so-called brain-enhancing chemicals called Better Thinking through Chemistry? in Chapter 5.

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    • Completely updated and revised, American Sports sets sports in a social-cultural historical context. This highly-acclaimed text offers a reflective, analytical history of American sports from the colonial era to the present. With a focus on the historical relationship between sports, and gender, class, race, ethnicity, religion, and region, this text considers how sports transcend these fundamental categories, and how the experience of sports either as a player or as a fan can bind diverse groups together. This text also looks at how sports at various historical moments have reinforced or challenged the values and behaviors of society.

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    Rader
    © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 384 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205665152 | ISBN-13: 9780205665150
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    • In this thoroughly revised reader, two leading scholars bring together a collection of readings accompanied by commentaries that highlight the most important trends in urban scholarship today.  The engaging selections in American Urban Politics in the Global Era are arranged and presented within a clear thematic structure and framed by introductions from the editors. 

     

    In addition to the political economy perspective emphasized in previous editions of the reader, this new edition highlights the impact of globalization on urban politics and policy today. The historical and contemporary readings reveal how the interaction of local, national, and international forces is reshaping the political landscape of urban America.

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    Kantor & Judd
    © 2008 | Longman | Paper; 416 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205553710 | ISBN-13: 9780205553716
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    • This introduction to the Ancient Near East includes coverage of Egypt and a balance of political, social, and cultural coverage.

     

    Organized by the periods, kingdoms, and empires generally used in Near Eastern political history, the text interlaces social and cultural history with the political narrative. This combination allows students to get a rounded introduction to the subject of Ancient Near Eastern history. An emphasis on problems and areas of uncertainty helps students understand how evidence is used to create interpretations and allows them to realize that several different interpretations of the same evidence are possible.

     

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    Stiebing
    © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 416 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 032142297X | ISBN-13: 9780321422972
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    • For courses in Ancient History (Ancient Near East - Egypt/Mesopotamia), Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome. 

     

    The Ancient World is a comprehensive, multiperspective, and integrated chronicle of the history of the ancient Mediterranean (from Sumer to the fall of Rome) exploring the distinctive forms society took in the ancient world—especially the unusual relationship between society and the state (unlike anything we encounter today) that characterized the social order of antiquity. By closely integrating social and cultural histories with the political, institutional, and military climates in which they unfolded, this text provides fascinating insights into family, gender relations, class structures, public vs. private realms, slavery, popular culture, religion, art, architecture, leisure styles, philosophy, science, and education—and their complex relationships to ideology and political events.

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    Nagle
    © 2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 448 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131930419 | ISBN-13: 9780131930414
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    • For courses in Ancient History (Ancient Near East - Egypt/Mesopotamia), Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome. 

    This collection of primary sources focusing on the social and cultural history of the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome is designed to encourage students to examine issues pertaining to a broad range of themes through the analysis of relevant ancient literary and non-literary texts. Covering a wide variety of social and cultural concerns—ranging from marriage, family, war, and religion, to political culture, slavery and entertainment—the texts are arranged thematically within a general chronological framework to provide a broad overview of life in the Ancient World. This volume is the companion reader to Nagle's The Ancient World: A Social and Cultural History, 6/e.

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    Nagle & Burstein
    © 2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 352 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131930400 | ISBN-13: 9780131930407
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    • For sociology of gender or classical  sociological theory courses or for sociology of gender courses offered in Women's Studies departments.

     

    This edited volume examines the way classical sociological theorists thought - and wrote - about issues of gender and human society. Intended for use in gender or classical theory courses in sociology or Women's Studies departments, the book presents the writings of important sociological figures - both men and women - to lay the foundation for studying contemporary women theorists.

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    Finlay
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 416 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131848038 | ISBN-13: 9780131848030
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    • For classes involving introductory Research or Experimental Methods.

     

    This successful introduction to behavioral research methods provides step-by-step guidance through the processes of planning an empirical study, analyzing and interpreting data, and reporting findings and conclusions.

     

    When Beginning Behavioral Research was created, it was conceived as an undergraduate text for students, who, as part of a course in research methods, are required to plan an empirical study, to analyze and interpret the data, and to present their findings and conclusions in a written report. With this in mind, however, through their years in the field the authors found that all research methods are limited in some ways, and therefore it is essential not to foreclose on the use of tools and techniques that enable the study of phenomena from more than one vantage point. By examining different scientific methods, theories, and units of analysis - rather than any single one - the authors are able to give students a broad base of scientific thinking that will, they believe, encourage the idea that each generation of researchers builds on the important findings of previous researchers in a chain of discovery and understanding. 

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    Rosnow & Rosenthal
    © 2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 480 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0136128750 | ISBN-13: 9780136128755
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    • For undergraduate courses in Behavior Modification or Behavior Therapy

     

    This book presents a comprehensive, practical presentation of both the principles of behavior modification and guidelines for their application.

     

    Throughout their separate experiences in teaching behavior modification over the past 39 years, both Garry Martin and Joseph Pear’s goals have remained the same: to teach people about the principles of behavior modification and how to apply them effectively to their everyday concerns — from helping children learn life’s necessary skills to solving some of their own personal behavior problems. Through eight editions their text has remained successful and effective because it addresses the needs of two central audiences: college and university students taking courses in behavior modification and its related areas; and students or practitioners of various helping professions (such as clinical psychology, counseling, medicine, etc.) who are concerned directly with enhancing various forms of behavioral development. Assuming no prior knowledge of behavior modification or psychology, this text facilitates understanding of the principles of behavior modification and helps readers to successfully implement behavior modification programs.

     

  • 0131942271Behavior Modification: What It Is And How To Do It, 8/E
    Martin & Pear
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 464 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131942271 | ISBN-13: 9780131942271
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    • This lively text offers clear and succinct coverage of California government that blends political data with economic, cultural, and demographic trends, and analyzes the link between the economy and the political process.

     

    California Government and Politics Today is written by a college professor who is also an elected official in California, offering a unique insider's view that will engage and inform students. This new edition continues the book's tradition of offering accessible, nuts-and-bolts coverage while also encouraging political activism and developing the student’s own unique political views.

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    Field
    © 2009 | Longman | Paper; 176 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205620078 | ISBN-13: 9780205620074
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    • For Urban Sociology, Urban Political Economy, Urban Anthropology, and Urban Studies courses taught out of the sociology, political science and urban studies departments. 

     

    Cities and Urban Life, authored by two of the best-known textbook writers in the field, provides a comprehensive introduction to urban sociology, urban anthropology, and urban studies courses. Primarily sociological in approach, this book incorpo