Journey of Adulthood, The
Journey of Adulthood, The Books
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This best-selling book discusses the aspects of “successful aging,” covering growth and development from young adulthood to ancient age, and the impact that culture, gender, and individual differences have on these processes. Its chatty and positive tone keeps readers interested in the theme matter, as it encourages them to apply the concepts of the book to their own lives. It presents research findings, theories, and models from the fields of developmental psychology, social psychology, health psychology, sociology, and others to discuss topics of prevention, compensation, gains, and losses. For psychologists, sociologists, and gerontologists interested in a valuable resource for in rank about the aging administer.
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I know that the typical Psychology Book is not just so a riveting novel, but excellent god, this was way too much. I have never been more aggravated with a text book- I would never voluntarily have read this garbage! She would have had a much shorter book if we weren’t forcefed her life tale at every possible opportunity she may possibly insert it in. This woman is very full of herself…very full. There were a lot of typos, a lot of redundent sentences, and a lot of crap we didn’t need! I hope for the rest of the psychology students of the world that this author reads these reviews and vows never to write another text book again. If I ever have a class that requires another text book by her, I will drop without hesitation! And exchange majors the next morning!
Rating: 1 / 5
In my 4 years as an undergraduate i have never read such a poorly written book. She has more typo’s then I have including multiple references to the NEO-PR (NEO-PI-R). She incorrectly summarizes groundbreaking research (i.e. Ceci, Rosenblum, & Debruyn, 1999). Her feminist agenda flows freely all over this book by the side of with usless tales about her self that dont add to the text. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS BOOK FOR YOUR CLASS. You and your students will regret it.
Rating: 1 / 5
Reading through this for a psychology course on adult development and aging has been a trying task. There is a bit of unnecessary rambling through out the book, making it trying to keep focused on the actual topic being discussed. As others have mentioned the typo’s are frequent as well as the gramatical mistakes, I find myself reading some sentences three or four times before giving up on understanding what they were trying to say. The other problem with the book is the absolute reliance on statistics, the book is filled with frequently meaningless statistics that anyone small of the rain man would struggle to ever remember which further adds to the difficulty of the content as you are bombarded with statistical figures that you try to remember you tend to forget the real content and issues being discussed.
And then as others have stated there is the jaded feminist viewpoint of the book. Every concept in the book is qualified with some remark or statistic showing the difference between men and women, and even as in many cases there are indeed differences in how men and women act and react and age in their life time there are many cases where this difference is pointed out and it is irrelevant or the statistical difference is insignificant.
I am glad I got this from a library and didn’t have to throw away $110 of my own money on it.
Rating: 2 / 5
Hellen Bee is able to carry one through the years of adulthood through many avenues. Using scientific studies she interprets the data in meaningful ways. Inclusion of private accounts and her chatty style make the reading fascinating. The book continually ties previous thoughts to new concepts giving a nice continuity. I especially loved her occasional insertions of the not-so-scientific spiritual aspects of the adult experience, which I was not expecting in a textbook. My thoughts of what it means to grow ancient were challenged and changed during the reading of this book. Some myths of adulthood are adeptly smashed making the plotting of aging not such a frightful one. The only criticism I would include is that occasionally the top being made was not clear to me and a few conclusions seem to have contradictory statements in following chapters. That may be expected in the field of psychology, but.
Rating: 4 / 5
I ordered this book on April 2, 2010. I did not receive any updates other that “it shipped.” I did not receive the book until April 20th. It took more time than expected.
Rating: 3 / 5