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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parrish, Margarete (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Maidenhead, England ; New York : Open University Press , c2010
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300 |a ix, 305 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 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 
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650 0 |a Human behavior 
650 0 |a Social psychology 
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