Mental Hygiene: The Dynamics of AdjustmentThis book has grown out of the experience of several years of teaching mental hygiene and of clinical work with college students. It is an elementary text, written with the needs and backgrounds of two groups of students constantly in mind: those who are beginning their work as majors in psychology; those who are not majoring in psychology but are interested in achieving some insights into the dynamics of adjustment which will be of value to them personally and professionally. Since these groups have had little or no training in psychology, an overview of a number of areas is essential to their comprehension of the mental hygiene point of view. For this reason the writer has included general introductory material on such topics as motivation, individual differences, learning, and psychometrics. The psychoses have been treated briefly in order that the student may have a point of reference to aid him in understanding the relationship between normal and abnormal behavior. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MOTIVATION | 18 |
THE NEED FOR EMOTIONAL SECURITY | 30 |
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