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PSY 222: Personal and Social Adjustment: Books @ ECC

This guide will help you find resources for Personal and Social Adjustment course as a student at East Central College.

General collection

Books and documentaries that focus on Psychology are located under various call numbers in the General Collection.  "BF" section focuses on Psychology,  "H" has many titles covering the Social Sciences including parenting, gender, etc. and one more area is "R" as this is for the medical area including mental disorders, aging, etc.

BF, H and R refer to the Library of Congress call numbers, a way to shelve materials in a library.

ECC Books with Self-help topics

This list of books uses a variety LC subject headings.  Self-help is NOT an LC subject heading.   The subjects vary depending on disorder or issue for that one is seeking help.

ECC Books about Relationships

This list of books uses the subject heading "Man-woman relationships" or "Interpersonal relations"

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ECC Books about Self-actualization (Psychology)

This list of books uses the LC subject headings of "Self actualization (Psychology)"

ECC Books about Parenting

This list of books uses the LC subject heading of "Parenting"

ECC Books about Happiness

This list of books uses the subject heading "Happiness"

Suggest Subject Headings

Below are examples of some useful subject headings for use in searching Archway and MOBIUS library catalogs for print and ebooks.

Adaptability (Psychology)

Adjustment (Psychology)

Body image

Change (Psychology)

Character

Charisma (Personality trait)

Conformity

Couples -- Psychology

Determination (Personality trait)

Deviant behavior

Eccentrics and eccentricities

Ego (Psychology)

Emotional intelligence

Empathy

Exercise addiction

Extraversion

Happiness

Identity (Psychology)

Individuality

Influence (Psychology)

Interpersonal conflict

Introversion

Manipulative behavior

Marital conflict

Marriage -- Psychological aspects

Married people – Psychology

Mindfulness (Psychology)

Mood (Psychology)

Negativism

Oppression (Psychology)

Optimism

Perfectionism (Personality trait)

Personality

Persuasion (Psychology)

Pessimism

Phenomenological psychology

Procrastination

Resilience (Personality trait)

Selfishness

Sensitivity (Personality trait)

Social adjustment

Social conflict

Video games -- Psychological aspects

Workaholism

ECC Books about Psychology

Below is a selection of the 700+ print books focused on Psychology available at ECC Library.

Print books check out for 4 weeks.