College and Career Success Textbook
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Personality type and learning style are key themes throughout the text
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Includes an access code for online Do What You Are (DWYA) personality assessment and the Productivity Environmental Preference Survey (PEPS)
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Emphasis on careers and educational planning
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Broad scope includes college, career and lifelong success
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Based on theories from applied psychology
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Content is academically rigorous, yet practical and clearly written
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Interactive exercises, journal entries and quizzes within the chapters
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Handouts for classroom exercises at the end of the chapters
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Comprehensive Instructor Manual with exercises for engaging students in learning (Click on the Instructor's Manual button to the left of this page.)
Sample Chapters
Chapter
1, Motivation
Chapter
2, Personality
Journal Entries
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Chapter Titles and Brief Content
Chapter 1.
Understanding Motivation
Topics include the value of a college
education, how to choose a major, how to be motivated, developing habits
that lead to success and the value of persistence.
Chapter 2.
Exploring Your Personality and Major
Topics include choosing a major that
matches your personal strengths; understanding personality types;
personality and preferred work environment, decision making, time
management and money management; career outlook and finding your
passion. The Do What You Are personality assessment is included.
Chapter 3.
Learning Style and Intelligence
Topics include understanding learning
style, learning strategies, how personality type affects learning style,
understanding your professor's teaching style, and multiple
intelligences. The Productivity Environmental Preference Survey
which measures learning style and productivity and suggests matching
learning strategies is included.
Chapter 4.
Exploring Interests and Values
Topics include exploring your vocational
interests, using values to make important life decisions and acting on
your values. The Interest Profiler which measures vocational interests
is included.
Chapter 5.
Planning Your Career and Education
Topics include employment trends, work
skills for the 21st Century, career research, educational planning,
making good decisions, the resume, interview skills and finding success
in adversity.
Chapter 6.
Managing Time and Money
Topics include lifetime goals, using
priorities, estimating study and work time, schedules, time management
techniques, dealing with procrastination, and money management.
Chapter 7.
Improving Memory and Reading
Topics include improving memory, improving
study techniques, mnemonics and other memory tricks, optimizing your
brain power and applying memory techniques to reading improvement.
Chapter 8. Taking
Notes, Writing and Speaking
Topics include taking notes on the college
lecture, note taking systems, improving note taking efficiency,
reviewing your notes, power writing, and basics of public speaking.
Chapter 9.
Test Taking
Topics include test preparation, dealing
with test anxiety, studying for math tests, tips for taking tests, and
how to be prepared.
Chapter 10.
Communication and Relationships
Topics include understanding your
communication style, communication for success, the language of
responsibility, barriers to effective communication, dealing with
conflict, friendships, roommates and relationships.
Chapter 11.
Thinking Critically and Creatively
Topics include fallacies in reasoning, how
to become a critical thinker, moral reasoning and creative thinking
techniques.
Chapter 12.
Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle
Topics includes longevity, nutrition,
exercise, avoiding addictions, avoiding sexually transmitted infections,
getting enough sleep and making positive changes in your life.
Chapter 13.
Appreciating Diversity
Topics include the importance of
appreciating diversity, vocabulary for understanding diversity, the
human genome, communicating across cultures, understanding sexual
orientation, how to appreciate diversity, stages of ethical development
and student perspectives on diversity.
Chapter 14.
Thinking Positively about the Future
Topics include life stages, positive
thinking, optimism, hope, future-mindedness, positive self-talk,
affirmations, successful beliefs and secrets to happiness.
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Features of the Concise Edition
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The career focus has been maintained with the inclusion of the chapter on personality types and careers. The Do What You Are personality assessment is included.
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The focus on learning style and productivity has been maintained with the inclusion of the chapter on learning style and intelligence. The PEPS learning style and productivity assessment has been included.
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College success is the central theme.
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The language is appropriate for developmental students.
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There are only 8 chapters in the Concise Edition as compared to 14 chapters in the complete edition. See the chapter titles and brief contents below.
Chapter 1. Getting Started
Topics include the value of an education, how to choose a major, how to
be motivated, health factors related to college success and being
persistent.
Chapter 2. Exploring Your Personality
and Major
Topics include choosing a major that matches your personal gifts and
talents; understanding your personality type; personality and preferred
work environment, decision-making, communication, time management and
money management; and career outlook.
Chapter 3. Learning Style and
Intelligence
Topics include understanding learning style, learning strategies, how
personality type affects learning style, understanding your professor's
teaching style, and multiple intelligences.
Chapter 4. Managing Time and Money
Topics include lifetime goals, using priorities, estimating study and
work time, schedules, time management tricks, dealing with
procrastination, and money management.
Chapter 5. Improving Memory and Reading
Topics include improving memory, improving study techniques, mnemonics
and other memory tricks, optimizing your brain power and applying memory
techniques to reading improvement.
Chapter 6. Taking Notes, Writing
and Speaking
Topics include taking notes on the college lecture, note taking systems,
improving note taking efficiency, reviewing your notes, power writing,
and basics of public speaking.
Chapter 7. Test Taking
Topics include test preparation, dealing with test anxiety, studying for
math tests, tips for taking tests, and how to be prepared.
Chapter 8. Thinking Positively about
the Future
Topics include optimism, hope, future-mindedness, using affirmations,
successful beliefs, using positive words, finding opportunity in
adversity, using personal values to make decisions and secrets to
happiness.