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Learn through application with COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY! Through concrete examples and numerous study tools, this psychology text helps you understand the concepts and then provides opportunities for you to apply them. Brief outlines of chapter content, anticipatory questions, key points, brief exercises, summaries, and self tests are just a few of the tools that will help you succeed in this course. Programs and citizen initiatives for enriching the quality of individual and community life such as Alcoholics Anonymous and the San Francisco Depression Prevention Project show you what community psychology means in the real world. At the end of each chapter, you will find website references to model or recommended projects that connect you to community resources.
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Designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in psychology and related fields, Dalton (Bloomsburg U.), Elias (Rutgers U.), and Wandersman's (U. of S. Carolina) text is also suitable as a reference for community psychologists, citizens, and professionals in other fields involved in community-based programs. Continuing with its focus on contexts as influences on behavior and as targets for change, the second edition features additional and extended personal and community narratives to demonstrate how community psychology connects to the realities of students' lives and concerns. The text includes expanded coverage of social policy research and advocacy, interdisciplinary perspectives on community, and interventions to enhance neighborhood and community life, and portrays the field as increasingly international, attentive to human diversity, and attuned to the nuances of social and cultural contexts. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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