Title:
Understanding human behavior and the social environment
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Edition:
7th ed.
Publication Information:
Belmont, CA : Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2007
ISBN:
9780495006220
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Summary
Summary
Help your students understand the mysteries of human behavior with Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman's text. Now available with a personalized online learning plan, this social work-specific book looks at lifespan through the lens of social work theory and practice. The authors use an empowerment approach to cover human development and behavior theories within the context of family, organizational, and community systems. Using a chronological lifespan approach, the authors present separate chapters on biological, psychological, and social impacts at the different lifespan stages with an emphasis on strengths and empowerment.
Table of Contents
1 Theoretical Perspectives on Human Behavior in the Social Environment |
Part I Infancy and Childhood |
2 Biological development in Infancy and Childhood |
3 Psychological development in Infancy and Childhood |
4 Social Development in Infancy and Childhood |
5 Ethnocentrism and Racism |
Part II Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
6 Biological Development in Adolescence |
7 Psychological Development in Adolescence |
8 Social Development in Adolescence |
9 Gender Roles and Sexism |
Part III Middle Adulthood |
10 Biological Aspects of Young and Middle Adulthood |
11 Psychological Aspects of Young and Middle Adulthood |
12 Sociological Aspects of Young and Middle Adulthood |
13 Sexual Orientation |
Part IV Later Adulthood |
14 Biological Aspects of Later Adulthood |
15 Psychological Aspects of Later Adulthood |
16 Sociological Aspects of Later Adulthood. |