1st Edition

Introductory Psychology and the Human Condition Cultural Adaptation in Pursuit of Self-Actualization

By Jeffrey C. Levy Copyright 2024
458 Pages 11 Color & 155 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

458 Pages 11 Color & 155 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

458 Pages 11 Color & 155 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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,... Read more

Part 1: Introduction. Chapter 1.  The Human Condition. Chapter 2. The Science of Psychology. Part 2:  Mostly Nature. Chapter 3. Biology and the Human Condition. Chapter 4. Sensation, Perception, and the Human Condition. Chapter 5. Motivation, Emotion, and the Human Condition. Part 3: Mostly Nurture. Chapter 6. Direct Learning and the Human Condition. Chapter 7. Indirect Social Learning, Memory, and the Human Condition. Chapter 8. Cognition and the Human Condition. Part 4  Nature/Nurture. Chapter 9. Lifespan Development and the Human Condition. Chapter 10. Personality and the Human Condition. Part 5: Cultural Adaptation. Chapter 11. Social Influence and the Human Condition. Chapter 12. Maladaptive Behavior and the Human Condition. Chapter 13. Psychology and Maladaptive Behavior. Chapter 14. Cultural Adaptation in Pursuit of Self-Actualization

Biography

Jeffrey C. Levy received the Deans Advisory Council’s Outstanding Teacher Award, the Sears-Roebuck Award for College Teaching and Campus Leadership, and was twice nominated by Seton Hall University, USA, for National CASE Professor of the Year. Trained as an experimental psychologist with interests in the psychology of learning and behavior modification, Levy is the author of Adaptive Learning and the Human Condition (2013) and Adaptive Learning and the Human Condition: Behavior Modification and the Helping Professions, 2nd edition (2022).