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Personal Financial Literacy (Financial Literacy Promotion Project Ser.)
by Christie Ryan Joan RyanNIMAC-sourced textbook <P><P>PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY, Third Edition, covers the most current and relevant financial topics that impact today’s students, including budgeting, identity theft, saving, investing, risk management, and careful use of credit. This text teaches students how to plan and manage their personal finances; how to live a financially successful life; and what their financial responsibilities are as citizens. It is aligned with the Jump$tart Coalition's National Standards for Personal Financial Literacy. The personal focus of this course makes it relevant and meaningful to those just starting down the path to personal financial independence.
Personal Financial Literacy
by Joan S. RyanLearn how to plan and manage your personal finances, achieve a financially successful life, and take responsibility as a citizen. PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY, Second Edition, is aligned with the Jump$tart Coalition's National Standards for Personal Financial Literacy. The personal focus of this course makes it relevant and meaningful to all; in particular, to those just starting down the path to personal financial independence.
Personal Financial Literacy
by Joan S. RyanLearn how to plan and manage your personal finances, achieve a financially successful life, and take responsibility as a citizen. PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY is aligned with the Jump$tart Coalition's National Standards for Personal Financial Literacy. The personal focus of this course makes it relevant and meaningful to all; in particular, to those just starting down the path to personal financial independence.
Personal Narratives: Reader (Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts, Grade 4 #Unit 1)
by Amplify EducationNIMAC-sourced textbook
Personal Narratives: Activity Book (Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts, Grade 4 #Unit 1)
by Amplify EducationNIMAC-sourced textbook
Personal Narratives: Activity Book (Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts, Grade 5 #Unit 1)
by Amplify EducationNIMAC-sourced textbook
Personal Narratives (Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts)
by Amplify LearningUnit 1 The Personal Narratives that serve as anchor texts are from published works and are by well-known authors or historical figures including Richard Blanco, Jennifer Lou, Rosa Parks, Bertie Bowman, and Michael Massimino.
Personal Nutrition
by Marie BoyleBecome a smarter consumer with Boyle's PERSONAL NUTRITION, 10th Edition. Packed with the latest research, recommendations and emerging trends, this text equips you with a solid foundation in fundamental nutritional principles and the expertise to make informed, healthy choices. Lively illustrations, photographs and examples bring chapter concepts to life, while features like "The Savvy Diner" and "Eat Well, Be Well" offer practical tips you can put into immediate practice. The text is also supported by MindTap Nutrition, which helps you learn on your terms. The most engaging and customizable online solution in nutrition, MindTap combines readings, multimedia, assessments, activities and access to Diet & Wellness Plus--giving you everything you need to maximize your course success. Take charge of your own nutrition and health with Boyle's PERSONAL NUTRITION!
Personalities and Problems: Interpretive Essays in World Civilizations Volume 2
by Ken WolfAssuming no previous knowledge of history, Personalities and Problems is a unique collection of original essays about real people whose lives or careers demonstrate solutions to problems of their times. Each chapter focuses on a problem or issue and illustrates it by discussing the lives of two historical figures (actual or near contemporaries of each other) whose careers illustrate the richness and variety of history.
Personality
by Jerry M. BurgerThis proven text fuses the best of theory-based and research-based instruction to give readers an illuminating introduction to personality that is accessible and understandable. The author pairs "theory, application, and assessment" chapters with chapters that describe the research programs aligned with every major theoretical approach. Biographical sketches of theorists and accounts of the stories behind influential research programs help readers gain an understanding of how classic and contemporary findings relate to each other, and reinforce the idea that theory and research perpetuate one another. In-text self-assessments encourage readers to interact with the material and allow them to learn more about their own personality.
Personality (Mindtap Course List Ser.)
by Jerry M. BurgerHow would you describe your personality, or can you? Whatever your answer, this text will help you understand personality -- the qualities and traits that form every individual's distinctive character. You'll learn about theoretical explanations of personality, and about the research that illuminates how those theories are relevant in the world around you. Biographical sketches of theorists and accounts of the stories behind influential research programs help you see how classic and contemporary findings relate to each other, and illustrate the connection between theory and research. As you read, personality tests encourage you to interact with the material -- and learn more about your own personality.
Personality: Classic Theories and Modern Research (Fifth Edition)
by Howard S. Friedman Miriam W. SchustackThis successful text puts "personality" back into the personality course, integrating the classic insights of the personality theorists with modern research in a manner that will fascinate and encourage deeper thought. This text explores classic theory from a perspective that encourages critical thinking and fosters intellectual insight with respect to human nature. For example, it shows the relevance of classic theory to topics of personality and culture, evolution, ego, gender, and person-situation interactionism. Employing the highest scientific standards, Personality also uses a wide range of unique and provocative pedagogical devices that have been shown to motivate students. Hailed as the best-written, most relevant personality textbook on the market, Friedman and Schustack's fourth edition brings the field of personality to today's diverse student body.
Personality: A Systems Approach
by John MayerOrganized around the personality systems framework, this text offers students a clear and engaging introduction to the study of personality. The second edition integrates cutting-edge research and provides a comprehensive road map toward understanding (1) what personality is; (2) what personality’s major subsystems are by breaking down motivation, emotion, cognition, and self; (3) how personality’s parts are organized; and (4) how personality develops and changes over time.
Personality: A Systems Approach
by John D. MayerA book, whose main goal is to provide the very best information on personality psychology as it employs new scientific framework to focus on an integrated picture of personality.
Personality and Personal Growth
by Robert Frager James FadimanWith a newly revised and streamlined organization, the Sixth Edition maintains its cross-cultural, global, and gender-balanced perspectives while emphasizing humanistic and transpersonal psychologists in its exploration of the positive aspects of major personality theorists, stressing each one's relevance for personal understanding. Highly praised for its exceptionally well-written style and accessibility, this book encourages and supports readers in using themselves as the primary touchstone for each theory. Each chapter gives readers opportunities to validate their insights through direct experience, and, by observing their own reactions, come to their own conclusions about the utility and value of each theory. a newly revised, and a Companion Website For professionals with a career in psychology, sociology, and/or social work.
Personality in Culture and Society: An Interdisciplinary and Cross-cultural Approach
by Won M. HurhPersonality in Culture and Society: An Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Approach 2nd Edition
Personality Psychology: Domains of Knowledge about Human Nature (4th Edition)
by Randy J. Larsen David M. BussLarsen (personality psychology, Washington U., St. Louis) and Buss (psychology, U. of Texas at Austin) explain the study of personality through six key domains of knowledge about personality functioning--dispositional, biological, intrapsychic, cognitive-experiential, social and cultural, and adjustment domains--rather than by traditional grand theories of personality. In addition, they integrate culture, gender, and biology. Streamlined, this edition has updated research; an updated discussion on correlates of personality dimensions, including neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and combinations of personality traits; added features that look closely at specific topics; expanded coverage of longitudinal studies; a new theory of stable individual differences; expanded explanation of balancing selection; new material on the evolution of group living and social motivation, the locus of control and real-world outcomes, anger proneness, self-recognition in animals, and intelligence; and new examples and graphics.
Personality Psychology: Foundations and Findings
by Marianne MiserandinoThis book introduces students to the basic foundations and latest findings by presenting the fundamental questions, accumulated knowledge, and latest findings in genetics, neuroscience, traits, self and identity, intrapsychic aspects, regulation, motivation, and cognition, as well as the integration across these areas. Personality Psychology is an undergraduate textbook for personality psychology: the study of individual differences, for identifying ways in which people are both similar and different and for explaining how they became that way. Written with an approachable, story-telling style, the author presents an evidence-based text with integrated culture references and the key building blocks of the subject matter: genetics, neuroscience, and cognition. Miserandino is an APA-award winning teacher and has placed learning tools such as self-assessments within each chapter that guide students into a complete understanding throughout the text.
The Personality Puzzle
by Funder David C.The Personality Puzzle gets students excited about personality psychology, demonstrating that it is relevant to their lives and thus actually fun to explore. Over six editions, author David Funder has established himself as the master of the readable textbook, always conveying the motivations behind psychological inquiry while never skimping on the science.
Personality Theories: Critical Perspectives
by Albert Ellis Mike Abrams Lidia Dengelegi AbramsPersonality Theories: Critical Perspectives is the groundbreaking, final text written by Albert Ellis, long considered the founder of cognitive behavioral therapies. The book provides students with supporting and contradictory evidence for the development of personality theories through time. Without condemning the founding theorists who came before him, Ellis builds on more than a century of psychological research to re-examine the theories of Freud, Jung, and Adler while taking an equally critical look at modern, research-based theories, including his own.
Personality Theories Workbook (5th Edition)
by Donna AshcraftThe case studies in PERSONALITY THEORIES WORKBOOK, 5e, help you learn and apply personality theories to real-life examples of typical--rather than abnormal--behavior. While most personality texts present just the major concepts of personality theories, Donna Ashcraft's unique workbook ensures that you thoroughly understand examples and enables you to put theories into practice. The text's wide range of case studies is accompanied by questions that guide you through an analysis of the case, prompting you to consider how a particular theorist would view it. Additional exercises ensure that you understand the differences between each theory. Succinct, affordable, and accessible, PERSONALITY THEORIES WORKBOOK, 5e, combines an excellent assortment of cases with critical-thinking questions and greater application of theories to your personal life. The result is solid understanding.
Personality Traits
by Gerald Matthews Ian J. Deary Martha C. WhitemanNow in its third edition, this dynamic textbook analyses the traits fundamental to human personality: what they are, why they matter, their biological and social foundations, how they play out in human life and their consequences for cognition, stress and physical and mental health. The text also considers the applications of personality assessment in clinical, educational and occupational settings, providing the reader with a detailed understanding of the whole field of personality traits. This edition, now in 2-colour with improved student features, includes the latest research from behavioural genetics, neuroscience, social psychology and cognitive science, assesses the impact of new research techniques like brain imagery, and provides additional content on positive aspects of traits and practical uses of personality assessment. This is an essential textbook for students taking courses in personality and individual differences and also provides researchers and practitioners with a coherent, up-to-date survey of this significant area.
La perspectiva del lector: Textos Para La Lectura Atenta (Texts Close Reading Ser.)
by Benchmark Education Co.NIMAC-sourced textbook