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Klappentext A text for today's world, Psychology of Adjustment helps readers to understand and adjust to life in a context of continuous change, challenge, and opportunity. Zusammenfassung A text for today's world, Psychology of Adjustment helps readers to understand and adjust to life in a context of continuous change, challenge, and opportunity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface About the Author PART 1- Perspectives and Processes Chapter 1- Adjustment: A Life Process Adjustment Defining Adjustment Determining Adjustment in Individuals Goodness of Fit Lack of Problems Positive Life Experiences Mind-Body Health ADJUSTMENT IN PRACTICE: Sleep Matters RESEARCHING ADJUSTMENT: Biofeedback Types of Change Change Throughout Human Development RESEARCHING ADJUSTMENT: Erikson's Psychosocial Development-College to Midlife RESEARCHING ADJUSTMENT: Positive Psychology Societal Change Perceptions of Change Change Can Be Stressful Positive and Negative Change Events Planned and Unplanned Change Comprehensibility of Change Traditions Contributing to Adjustment Interdisciplinary Approaches Psychoeducation Organization of This Book Conclusion Chapter 2- Purpose in Life Existential Psychology Change, Impermanence, and Awareness of Death Experimental Existential Psychology The Importance of Purpose and Meaning Coherence Purpose in Life Existential Hardiness RESEARCHING ADJUSTMENT: Academic Hardiness and Grit Spirituality and Religion Intrinsic and Extrinsic Orientation (Individual and Social) ASPIRES (Assessment of Spiritual and Religious Sentiments) ADJUSTMENT IN PRACTICE: Five-Factor Theory of Personality Effects of Religion and Spirituality on Health RESEARCHING ADJUSTMENT: Neurological Effects of Religious Belief Religion, Spirituality, and Meaning Note on Our Perspective Autonomy, Choice, and Free Will ADJUSTMENT IN PRACTICE: Creating Choice Conditions Conclusion Chapter 3- Community Contexts Mentoring Social Support Types of Social Support Social Networks Indegree Centrality and Brokerage Basic Rules of Networking Social Capital The Importance of Situation or Context Person by Situation Interactions Ecological Psychology and Behavioral Settings RESEARCHING ADJUSTMENT: Context and Identity Discriminative Setting Stimuli Two Powerful Social Effects Conformity Obedience to Authority ADJUSTMENT IN PRACTICE: In-Group, Out-Group Culture Collectivist Versus Individualistic Cultures Cultural Complexes Developmental Psychopathology RESEARCHING ADJUSTMENT: Gene X Environment Interaction Resilience The Maturation and Socialization Process Conclusion Chapter 4- Experience and Learning Pavlovian Conditioning The Basics of Pavlovian Conditioning Preparedness in Behavior Acquisition Operant Conditioning Discriminative Stimulus Response, Behavior, or Operant RESEARCHING ADJUSTMENT: Hebb's Rule Consequences: Feedback, Reinforcement, Punishment, or Nothing ADJUSTMENT IN PRACTICE: Avoidance Learning Consequences That Are Predictable But Not Always There ADJUSTMENT IN PRACTICE: Premack Principle Shaping ADJUSTMENT IN PRACTICE: Self-Control Cognitive Behaviorism Social Learning Modeling Perceived Self-Efficacy Collective Efficacy Learning Probabilities (Statistical Learning Implicit and Explicit Learning Cognitive Development Jean Piaget Lev Vygotsky Active Learning Conclusion Chapter 5- Mindfulness: A Path to Awareness Mindfulness and Meditation Defining Mindfulness Defining Meditation ADJUSTMENT IN PRACTICE: Meditation Exercise Histo...
