All students know that you don't learn everything in the classroom, and that having a mentor can be an invaluable help in negotiating career challenges and pitfalls. But not even a mentor can have all of the answers all the time. The Portable Mentor was designed to combine the wisdom of a wide range of noted psychology experts whose knowledge and training experience provide you with the guidance you need. Based on the real-life concerns of students and beginning professionals, this volume will take you from graduate school to career development and beyond....
All students know that you don't learn everything in the classroom, and that having a mentor can be an invaluable help in negotiating career challe...
Scientists, educators, and parents of teens have long recognized the potency of peer influences on children and youth, but until recently, questions of how and why adolescents emulate their peers were largely overlooked. This book presents a comprehensive framework for understanding the processes by which peers shape each other's attitudes and behavior, and explores implications for intervention and prevention. Leading authorities share compelling findings on such topics as how drug use, risky sexual behavior, and other deviant behaviors "catch on" among certain peer groups or cliques; the...
Scientists, educators, and parents of teens have long recognized the potency of peer influences on children and youth, but until recently, questions o...
Presents a comprehensive framework for understanding the processes by which peers shape each other's attitudes and behavior. This book explores implications for intervention and prevention.
Presents a comprehensive framework for understanding the processes by which peers shape each other's attitudes and behavior. This book explores implic...