1. IDENTITY
Introduction and Overview
The Search for Identity: A Modern Problem, Carl Rogers
The Basic Relationship, Abe Arkoff
Rubricizing, Nelson Goud
Mindfulness, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Suddenly I’m the Adult?, Richard Cohen
Challenges of the Emerging Adult, Nelson Goud
The Rivers We Call Ourselves, Sarah Silbert
The Work World and the Emerging Adult, Nelson Goud
Occupational Exploration, Christopher A. Schaefer
Woodworker, Craig Mosher
Ending the Battle Between the Sexes, Aaron R. Kipnis and Elizabeth Herron
On Being a Man, Sam Keen
From Both Sides, Lillian Rubin
If I Were A Car, I’d Be A Lemon, Denise Karuth
Think “People First”, Ohio Public Images/Public Images Network
APPLIED ACTIVITIES
Childhood Survey
Are You An Adult?
Roles and Authenticity
A New Identity
Symbolic Identity
Gender Roles: Positive and Negative
Personal Goals — Identity
2. HUMAN COMMUNICATION
Introduction and Overview
Interpersonal Communication, Warner Burke
To Hear and To Be Heard, Carl Rogers
Johnny Bear and the Empath, Nelson Goud
John Steinbeck on Listening
A Teacher Hears
Self-Disclosure, Nelson Goud
You Just Don’t Understand, Deborah Tannen
Assertive, Nonassertive, and Aggressive Behavior, Arthur J. Lange and Patricia Jakubowski
Personal Journaling, Lou Beeker-Schultz
Awakening Intuition, Frances Vaughan
Sensational Living, Nelson Goud
Nature and Uses of Dreaming, Ernest Hartmann, M.D.
Sound Observations, Nelson Goud
APPLIED ACTIVITIES
Lifestories
Sender-Receiver Exchange
Point of View
The World of . . .
Effective Communicator Checklist
He Said, She Said
A Communication Medley
Intuition History
Problem Solving: Rational and Intuitive Strategies
Intuitive Problem-Solving Through Guided Imagery
Journal Beginnings
Sense Sampler
Trust Feast
Personal Goals — Human Communication
3. GROWTH DYNAMICS
Introduction and Overview
Self-Actualizing and Beyond, Abraham Maslow
Uniqueness, Nelson Goud
Getting Unstuck: Joyfully Recreating Your Life, Harold H. Bloomfield and Robert B. Kory
Emerging Adults: Passion, Modifying Dreams, Education, Nelson Goud
The Unpredictable, Nelson Goud
Lesson of the Cliff, Morton Hunt
Small Terrors, Secret Heroics, Amy Gross
Herbie, Tom Keating
Too Perfect, Allan E. Mallinger, M.D., and Jeannette DeWyze
Advise to William Someboy, Poe Ballentine
Left Behind, Jenny Montgomery
Courage, Rollo May
Vital Moments, Nelson Goud
The Pace of Growth, John Knowles, an undergrad, and Nikos Kazantzakis
Just a Regular Kid, Fifth Grade Teacher
No One’s Perfect, Daphne Haygood-Benyard
APPLIED ACTIVITIES
Evolution of a Person
Stretching Limits
Trait Exaggeration
Strengths Recognition
First Times
Depression Checklist
Personal Goals — Growth Dynamics
4. HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Introduction and Overview
Shoulders, Nelson Goud
Intimate Relationship Choices, Abe Arkoff
Making Marriage Work, John Gottman and Nan Silver
Are Money Fights Ruining Your Marriage?, Dianne Hales
Some Thoughts on Intimacy, Nelson Gould
Internet Romance, Maghan Daum
Kinds of Friends, Judith Viorst
Lamenting the Fading of Friendships, Mark Murrmann
More Thoughts on Friends, Nelson Goud
Parents, Martin Shepard
Eye for Sale, Bob Greene
The Emerging Adult: Friends, Living Alone, and Living with Parents, Nelson Goud
Siblings, Nelson Goud
Mentoring, Nelson Goud
Resolving Interpersonal Conflicts, David W. Johnson
Making an Apology, Nelson Goud
The Missing Halloween, Nelson Goud
Think Nanny, Stephen D. Regan
APPLIED ACTIVITIES
Significant Other Perception Inventory
Love Maps
Sexuality Quiz
Heroes/Heroines and Role Models
Personal Goals — Human Relationships
The Follow-Up questions and Applied Activies aid in expanding the ideas in these readings and offer ways to apply them.
Reference
Maslow, A. (1968). Toward a psychology of being. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.
5. EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS
Introduction and Overview
What’s Your Emotional IQ?, Daniel Goleman
Grumbles, Nelson Goud
Worry, Wayne Dyer
The Positive Face of Anxiety, Daniel A. Sugerman and Lucy Freeman
The Causes of Loneliness, William A. Sadler, Jr.
Little Joys, Abe Arkoff
Anger, Wayne Dyer
A Matter of Principle, Nelson Goud
Optimism and Pessimism, Abe Arkoff
Sarcasm and Apathy, Graduate Student
Jealousy and Envy, Jon Queijo
My Tyrant, Tom Peyton
On the Death of A Father, Sanford Colley
Loss and Mourning, Judity Viorst
APPLIED ACTIVITES
Well-Being Gauge
Emotional Charades
Emotions and Perception
Listening to Emotions
How Do You Feel?
Nonverbal Observations
Anger Management
The Neighbor
Personal Goals — Emotions and Feelings
6. A QUALITY LIFE
Introduction and Overview
Having the Time of Your Life, Nelson Goud
Time Quotes
Where the Light Is, Leo Buscaglia
The Happiness Machine, Ray Bradbury
The Last Leaf, O. Henry
Active Solitude, Carin Rubenstein and Phillip Shaver
Teachers in the Forest, Nelson Goud
Personality and Money Orientations, Robert Sullivan
Selected Thoughts, Nelson Goud
Personal Death Awareness (PDA), J. William Worden and William Proctor
Silicon Snake Oil, Clifford Stoll
Controlling Your Technologies, Nelson Goud
Ten Symptoms of Computer Addiction, James Fearing
To See Anew, Nelson Goud
Who Will Play Your Music?, Michael Jones
APPLIED ACTIVITES
The Someday List
Talking to Wise Persons
Evolution of A Person #2
Personal Goals — A Quality Life
