Psychology and the Challenges of Life, Study Guide: Adjustmentin the New Millennium

by Jeffrey S. Nevid, Spencer A. Rathus

This new edition is written in a modularized format. Each module is a self-contained study unit consisting of a set of survey questions, an introduction to the module, the body of text, and a summary section. This edition

Genres: School

416 pages, Paperback

First published February 6, 2004

About the author

Jeffrey Nevid, Ph.D., ABPP, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at St. John’s University in New York, where he has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels since 1981. He is also a practicing psychologist specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in New York. Dr. Nevid holds a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and is a Fellow of the Academy of Clinical Psychology (FAClinP).

Dr. Nevid completed his doctoral degree in clinical psychology at SUNY Albany and was awarded a National Institute of Mental Health Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Evaluation Research at Northwestern University. Dr. Nevid has conducted research in many areas of psychology and has amassed more than 200 publications and professional presentations. He has also authored or coauthored more than a dozen books in psychology and related fields, including several leading college textbooks, such as Psychology: Concepts and Applications (Cengage Learning), Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World (Pearson Education), Human Sexuality in a World of Diversity (Pearson Education), and Psychology and the Challenges of Life: Adjustment and Growth (John Wiley). Dr. Nevid also serves as Director of Research of Implicit Metrics, a marketing research firm he founded with his colleague Ronald Jay Cohen, Ph.D., ABPP.

Reviews

[ALLEN · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was disappointed in this 2005 introductory text. I found the "modular" format of this ninth edition distracting, though perhaps it would be more useful in self-teaching situations. The preponderance of time spent on life-adjustment issues as opposed to the fundamentals of the field gave the text too much of a "pop" orientation in my opinion. (Some topics you will see in this book: Junk food, BMI, Karen Horney [good!], Stress, Gazing [although it is imperfectly defined], and self-serving bias. But you won't see references to Heinz Kohut, narcissism [except for Narcissistic Personality Disorder], self-fulfilling prophecy or cathexis.)

On the whole: Not without its uses, but a little superficial and aging rapidly. Instead, consider Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21st Century

[Lee · Rating 1 out of 5]

the textbook is wack. beware of any class that uses it. at the same time, i don't know that there's great options for easy to read, intro psych books, so maybe i should keep my mouth shut. either way, i thought it sucked.

[Blair Boggs · Rating 3 out of 5]

This not one of my more interesting text books. It was more of just definitions than actual information and explanation.

[Evelyn Mendoza · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is boring and it does not do a good job at explaining any of the information.