Contents: Chapter 1. Choices and Solutions -- Adjustment and Development -- Adjustment -- Choices -- Change -- Growth -- Happiness -- Responsibility -- Life Roles -- Coping with Life Roles and Problems -- Problem-Focused Coping -- Emotion-Focused Solutions -- Adaptive Attitudes -- Confidentiality and Privacy -- Types of Problems and Solutions -- Part 1. Learning and Working -- Chapter 2. Learning and Studying -- Does Learning Pay? -- How Children Learn -- Curiosity -- Exploration -- Learning Information -- Learning and Remembering -- Attitude -- Practice -- Minimizing Interference -- Organizing Information -- Memory Tips -- Learning Styles -- Verbal-Linguistic -- Logical-Mathematical -- Visual-Spatial -- Musical-Rhythmic -- Bodily-Kinesthetic -- Interpersonal -- Intrapersonal -- Studying -- Learning from Textbooks -- Learning from Lectures -- Study Groups -- Time Management -- Personal Planners -- Hourly Schedules -- Procrastination -- Exams -- Chapter 3. Choosing Careers -- Gaining Self-Understanding -- Personality -- Interests -- Values -- Abilities -- External Influences on Career Choice -- The Process of Career Choice -- Obtaining Knowledge about the World of Work -- The Labor Market -- Integrating Information about Oneself and the World of Work -- Implementing a Choice -- Job Search Strategies -- The Resume -- Interviewing for a Job -- Chapter 4. Adjusting to Work -- Adjusting to a New Job -- Induction -- Reformation -- Integration -- Self-Efficacy and Work Adjustment -- Outcome Expectations -- Goals -- Work Satisfaction -- Values -- Interests -- Abilities -- Career Crises and Problems -- Reentering and Leaving the Labor Force -- Sexual Harassment -- Hiring and Salary Patterns and Job Discrimination -- Part 2. Relationships -- Chapter 5. Family Relationships -- Attitudes of Parents Toward Child Raising -- Parenting Styles -- The Effect of Parenting Style on Children's Behavior -- Coping with Parental Styles -- Parenting Tips -- Sibling Relationships -- Parental Divorce -- Raising a Child Alone -- Child Abuse -- Chapter 6. Love and Friendship -- The Need for Love -- Attachment -- Maslow's Need Hierarchy -- Development of Relationships -- Shyness -- Initiating Relationships -- Choice and Relationships -- Abusive Relationships -- Chapter 7. Sexuality and Intimacy -- Myths -- Views of Sexuality -- Intimacy -- Passionate Love -- Companionate Love -- The Building of an Intimate Sexual Relationship -- Gender Differences in Intimacy -- The Physiology of Sex -- Gender and Orgasm -- Masturbation -- Homosexuality -- Sexual Concerns -- Problems of Sexual Desire -- Male Sexual Concerns -- Female Sexual Concerns -- Contraception -- Communicating about Contraception -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) -- Avoiding STDs -- Dealing with STDs -- Sexual Assault and Rape -- Avoiding Rape -- What If You Have Been Raped? -- Helping Someone Who Has Been Raped -- Chapter 8. Gender Roles -- Gender Development -- Childhood -- Adolescence -- Adulthood -- Cultural Differences -- Views of Gender -- Androgyny -- Gender Schema Theory -- Morality and Gender -- Relational Views -- Gender View of Homosexuality -- Responding to Gender Stereotyping -- Communication Styles -- People versus Things -- Rapport and Report -- Talking to versus Talking at -- Male Communication as Norm -- Changing Communication Styles -- Appearance and Body Image -- Anorexia -- Bulimia -- Chapter 9. Cultural Diversity -- Views of Culture -- Personality and Culture -- Social Structure and Culture -- Ethnic Diversity -- Ethnocentrism (Own-Culture Centered) -- Cultural Relativity -- Cultural Universals -- Cultural Markers -- Differences Between Cultures -- Prejudice and Racism -- Stereotypes -- Prejudice -- Discrimination -- Racism -- White Privilege -- Racial Identity Models -- Chapter 10. Dying and Living -- The Dying Process -- Stages -- Tasks of Dying -- Support Services for the Dying -- How to Help Dying Patients and Their Families -- The Death of Loved Ones -- Grief and Relationships -- Awareness of Feelings -- Stages of Mourning -- Tasks of Mourning -- Helping Others Deal with Their Grief -- Suicide and Other Causes of Death in Young People -- Death Among Adolescents -- Suicide -- Part 3. Personal Choices and Solutions -- Chapter 11. Abusing Substances -- Smoking -- Characteristics of Smokers -- Health and Cigarettes -- Starting Smoking -- Preventing Smoking -- Continuing to Smoke -- Stopping Smoking -- Alcohol -- Health Problems and Alcohol -- Health Benefits of Alcohol -- Reasons for Drinking -- Treating Alcohol Abuse -- Marijuana -- Health Effects of Marijuana -- Treatment of Marijuana Addiction -- Cocaine -- Heroin -- Hallucinogens -- Barbiturates -- Amphetamines -- Steroids -- Treatment of Drug Addiction -- Chapter 12. Managing Stress -- The Pressures of Stress and Their Effects -- External Stress -- Internal Stress -- Physiological Effects -- The Experience of Stress -- Thoughts and Stress -- Behaviors and Stress -- Feelings and Stress -- Dealing with Common Stress Related Problems -- Behavioral Methods for Relieving Stress -- Using Cognitive Methods -- Using Affective Methods with Stress -- Chapter 13. Coping Strategies -- Support Systems -- Problem-Solving Strategies -- Maintaining Self-Control -- Talking Yourself Through Challenges -- Humor -- Rewarding Oneself -- Appendix A. Life's Choices: Journal Pages -- Chapter 2. Learning and Studying -- Chapter 3. Choosing Careers -- Chapter 4. Adjusting to Work -- Chapter 5. Family Relationships -- Chapter 6. Love and Friendship -- Chapter 7. Sexuality and Intimacy -- Chapter 8. Gender Roles -- Chapter 9. Cultural Diversity -- Chapter 10. Dying and Living -- Chapter 11. Abusing Substances -- Chapter 12. Managing Stress

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Contents: Chapter 1. Choices and Solutions -- Adjustment and Development -- Adjustment -- Choices -- Change -- Growth -- Happiness -- Responsibility -- Life Roles -- Coping with Life Roles and Problems -- Problem-Focused Coping -- Emotion-Focused Solutions -- Adaptive Attitudes -- Confidentiality and Privacy -- Types of Problems and Solutions -- Part 1. Learning and Working -- Chapter 2. Learning and Studying -- Does Learning Pay? -- How Children Learn -- Curiosity -- Exploration -- Learning Information -- Learning and Remembering -- Attitude -- Practice -- Minimizing Interference -- Organizing Information -- Memory Tips -- Learning Styles -- Verbal-Linguistic -- Logical-Mathematical -- Visual-Spatial -- Musical-Rhythmic -- Bodily-Kinesthetic -- Interpersonal -- Intrapersonal -- Studying -- Learning from Textbooks -- Learning from Lectures -- Study Groups -- Time Management -- Personal Planners -- Hourly Schedules -- Procrastination -- Exams -- Chapter 3. Choosing Careers -- Gaining Self-Understanding -- Personality -- Interests -- Values -- Abilities -- External Influences on Career Choice -- The Process of Career Choice -- Obtaining Knowledge about the World of Work -- The Labor Market -- Integrating Information about Oneself and the World of Work -- Implementing a Choice -- Job Search Strategies -- The Resume -- Interviewing for a Job -- Chapter 4. Adjusting to Work -- Adjusting to a New Job -- Induction -- Reformation -- Integration -- Self-Efficacy and Work Adjustment -- Outcome Expectations -- Goals -- Work Satisfaction -- Values -- Interests -- Abilities -- Career Crises and Problems -- Reentering and Leaving the Labor Force -- Sexual Harassment -- Hiring and Salary Patterns and Job Discrimination -- Part 2. Relationships -- Chapter 5. Family Relationships -- Attitudes of Parents Toward Child Raising -- Parenting Styles -- The Effect of Parenting Style on Children's Behavior -- Coping with Parental Styles -- Parenting Tips -- Sibling Relationships -- Parental Divorce -- Raising a Child Alone -- Child Abuse -- Chapter 6. Love and Friendship -- The Need for Love -- Attachment -- Maslow's Need Hierarchy -- Development of Relationships -- Shyness -- Initiating Relationships -- Choice and Relationships -- Abusive Relationships -- Chapter 7. Sexuality and Intimacy -- Myths -- Views of Sexuality -- Intimacy -- Passionate Love -- Companionate Love -- The Building of an Intimate Sexual Relationship -- Gender Differences in Intimacy -- The Physiology of Sex -- Gender and Orgasm -- Masturbation -- Homosexuality -- Sexual Concerns -- Problems of Sexual Desire -- Male Sexual Concerns -- Female Sexual Concerns -- Contraception -- Communicating about Contraception -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) -- Avoiding STDs -- Dealing with STDs -- Sexual Assault and Rape -- Avoiding Rape -- What If You Have Been Raped? -- Helping Someone Who Has Been Raped -- Chapter 8. Gender Roles -- Gender Development -- Childhood -- Adolescence -- Adulthood -- Cultural Differences -- Views of Gender -- Androgyny -- Gender Schema Theory -- Morality and Gender -- Relational Views -- Gender View of Homosexuality -- Responding to Gender Stereotyping -- Communication Styles -- People versus Things -- Rapport and Report -- Talking to versus Talking at -- Male Communication as Norm -- Changing Communication Styles -- Appearance and Body Image -- Anorexia -- Bulimia -- Chapter 9. Cultural Diversity -- Views of Culture -- Personality and Culture -- Social Structure and Culture -- Ethnic Diversity -- Ethnocentrism (Own-Culture Centered) -- Cultural Relativity -- Cultural Universals -- Cultural Markers -- Differences Between Cultures -- Prejudice and Racism -- Stereotypes -- Prejudice -- Discrimination -- Racism -- White Privilege -- Racial Identity Models -- Chapter 10. Dying and Living -- The Dying Process -- Stages -- Tasks of Dying -- Support Services for the Dying -- How to Help Dying Patients and Their Families -- The Death of Loved Ones -- Grief and Relationships -- Awareness of Feelings -- Stages of Mourning -- Tasks of Mourning -- Helping Others Deal with Their Grief -- Suicide and Other Causes of Death in Young People -- Death Among Adolescents -- Suicide -- Part 3. Personal Choices and Solutions -- Chapter 11. Abusing Substances -- Smoking -- Characteristics of Smokers -- Health and Cigarettes -- Starting Smoking -- Preventing Smoking -- Continuing to Smoke -- Stopping Smoking -- Alcohol -- Health Problems and Alcohol -- Health Benefits of Alcohol -- Reasons for Drinking -- Treating Alcohol Abuse -- Marijuana -- Health Effects of Marijuana -- Treatment of Marijuana Addiction -- Cocaine -- Heroin -- Hallucinogens -- Barbiturates -- Amphetamines -- Steroids -- Treatment of Drug Addiction -- Chapter 12. Managing Stress -- The Pressures of Stress and Their Effects -- External Stress -- Internal Stress -- Physiological Effects -- The Experience of Stress -- Thoughts and Stress -- Behaviors and Stress -- Feelings and Stress -- Dealing with Common Stress Related Problems -- Behavioral Methods for Relieving Stress -- Using Cognitive Methods -- Using Affective Methods with Stress -- Chapter 13. Coping Strategies -- Support Systems -- Problem-Solving Strategies -- Maintaining Self-Control -- Talking Yourself Through Challenges -- Humor -- Rewarding Oneself -- Appendix A. Life's Choices: Journal Pages -- Chapter 2. Learning and Studying -- Chapter 3. Choosing Careers -- Chapter 4. Adjusting to Work -- Chapter 5. Family Relationships -- Chapter 6. Love and Friendship -- Chapter 7. Sexuality and Intimacy -- Chapter 8. Gender Roles -- Chapter 9. Cultural Diversity -- Chapter 10. Dying and Living -- Chapter 11. Abusing Substances -- Chapter 12. Managing Stress

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