Introductory Psychology and the Human Condition: Cultural Adaptation in Pursuit of Self-Actualization
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- Synopsis
- Introductory Psychology and the Human Condition provides an engaging, cohesive, and practical treatment of traditional psychological principles and theories.The book uses Maslow’s human needs hierarchy and Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory of development as organizational schemas for considering how cultures have evolved to address human needs. It relates major psychological processes, including biology, perception, motivation, learning, and cognition, to lifespan and personality development in nomadic hunter-gatherer and technologically enhanced cultures. Human history is described as a feedback loop in which inventions and technologies result in the need for individuals and cultures to adapt to changing environmental and social conditions. By applying interdisciplinary perspectives of the humanities, social and natural sciences, and helping professions to the human condition, it offers a meaningful lens through which to study and interpret core psychological concepts. Chapters are supported by self-understanding and self-control exercises that help students place their lives within a cultural and historical context and apply the principles of psychology to themselves.Offering an engaging overview of the essential elements of an introductory psychology course in an accessible and approachable style, Introductory Psychology and the Human Condition is core reading for introductory students and will appeal also to a general audience interested in psychology.
- Copyright:
- 2024
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781040047835
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781032274904, 9781032274935, 9781003293040, 9781040047828
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 09/16/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Jeffrey C. Levy, The right of Jeffrey C. Levy to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.