Social work perspectives on human behaviour
By drawing from biological, psychological and sociological perspectives, the book aims to provide social work students with a theoretically informed basis to observe, understand, and interpret people's behaviours in ways that will contribute to excellent practice.
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Maidenhead, England ; New York:
Open University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The role played by theory in understanding behavior
- 2. Biological and medical influences on behavior
- 3. Development models and considerations
- 4. Freud's psychoanalytic and Erikson's developmental theories of behavior
- 5. Neo-Freudian or ego psychology perspectives
- 6. Behaviorism
- 7. Cognition and theories of learning
- 8. Humanist and existentialist perspectives on behavior
- 9. Influences of trauma on behavior
- 10. Influences of mental health, alcohol, and other drugs on behavior
- 11. Systems theory, ecosystems and personal-cultural-social (PCS) perspectives
- 12. Families and family systems
- 13. Feminist perspectives on behavior
- 14. Theories of sociological and socio-economic influences on behavior