Understanding Psychology (10th Ed)

EXPLORING DIVERSITY:
Rites of Passage: Coming of Age Around the World 420
M O D U L E 3 9
Adulthood 422
Physical Development: The Peak of Health 423
Social Development: Working at Life 424
Marriage, Children, and Divorce: Family Ties 425
Changing Roles of Men and Women 426
The Later Years of Life: Growing Old 426
Physical Changes in Late Adulthood: The Aging Body 427
Cognitive Changes: Thinking About—and During—Late Adulthood 428
APPLYING PSYCHOLOGY IN THE 21 st CENTURY:
Gaming in Late Adulthood: 
How Video Games May Improve Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults 429
BECOMING AN INFORMED CONSUMER OF PSYCHOLOGY:
Adjusting to Death 432
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Contents 
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C H A P T E R 1 3
Personality 436
M O D U L E 4 0
Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality 439
Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory: Mapping the Unconscious Mind 439
The Neo-Freudian Psychoanalysts: Building on Freud 445
M O D U L E 4 1
Trait, Learning, Biological and Evolutionary, 
and Humanistic Approaches to Personality 448
Trait Approaches: Placing Labels on Personality 448
APPLYING PSYCHOLOGY IN THE 21 st CENTURY:
Judged at First Sight 451
Learning Approaches: We Are What We’ve Learned 451
Biological and Evolutionary Approaches: Are We Born with Personality? 454
NEUROSCIENCE IN YOUR LIFE:
Wired for Thrills—The Biological 
Underpinnings of Personality 457
Humanistic Approaches: The Uniqueness of You 457
Comparing Approaches to Personality 459