Although [this text] can be used in a variety of courses in psychology, sociology, health, and education, its principal home would likely be in courses devoted to personal adjustment and development. The text provides coverage of most major areas of adult development (physical, interpersonal, professional, and psychological), but examines these areas from a personal management perspective. The text includes the necessary philosophical and technical background that the reader needs in order to analyze and modify behaviors that affect personal growth. The primary thrust of the text is toward psychological wellness and, more specifically, toward cultivating those personal perceptions and behaviors that serve more a preventive than a remedial function--To the instructor.