Dimensions of Human Behavior : Person and Environment
ISBN: 9781412988797 | 1412988799
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Pub. Date: 9/29/2010
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Dimensions of Human Behavior: Person and Environment, Fourth Edition, is the revision of a highly successful text for a core course area in the social work field. This volume and its companion, provide the most comprehensive coverage available for the social work theory courses. The book(s) are unique in that they provide faculty with an organizing framework which is currently not available in other texts.These books break down the core content along three primary dimensions: Person, Environment and Time. This book covers the biological dimensi... MORE
| A Multidimensional Approach For Multifaceted Social Work | |
| Setting the Stage: A Multidimensional Approach | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Case Study: Manisha's Quest for Dignity and Purpose | |
| Social Work's Purpose and Approach: Human and Community Well-being | |
| A Multidimensional Approach | |
| Diversity, Inequality, and the Pursuit of Social Justice: A Global Perspective | |
| Knowing and D... MORE | |
| Scientific Knowledge: Theory and Research | |
| A Word of Caution | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| Theoretical Perspectives on Human Behavior | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Case Study: Intergenerational Stresses in the McKinley Family | |
| Multiple Perspectives for a Multidimensional Approach | |
| Systems Perspective | |
| Conflict Perspective | |
| Rational Choice Perspective | |
| Social Constructionist Perspective | |
| Psychodynamic Perspective | |
| Developmental Perspective | |
| Social Behavioral Perspective | |
| Humanistic Perspective | |
| The Merits of Multiple Perspectives | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| The Multiple Dimensions of Person | |
| The Biological Person | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Cheryl's Brain Injury | |
| A Diabetes Diagnosis for Bess | |
| Melissa's HIV Diagnosis | |
| Lifestyle Changes for Thomas | |
| Max's Postpolio Syndrome | |
| Juan and Belinda's Reproductive Health | |
| An Integrative Approach for Understanding the Intersection of Interior Biological Health and Illness and Exterior Environment Factors | |
| A Look at Six Interior Environment Systems | |
| Exterior Socioeconomic Environment/Interior Health Environment | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| The Psychological Person: Cognition, Emotion, and Self | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Case Study: Sheila's Difficult Transition to University Life | |
| Cognition and Emotion | |
| Theories of Cognition | |
| Theories of Emotion | |
| Cognitive/Emotional "Disorders" | |
| The Self | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| The Psychosocial Person: Relationships, Stress, and Coping | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Case Study: Sheila's Coping Strategies for College | |
| The Self in Relationships | |
| The Concept of Stress | |
| Coping and Adaptation | |
| Normal and Abnormal Coping | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| The Spiritual Person | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Caroline's Challenging Questions | |
| Naomi's Health Crisis | |
| Matthew's Faith Journey | |
| Trudy's Search for the Sacred | |
| Leon's Two Worlds | |
| Jean Joseph's Serving the Spirits | |
| The Spiritual Dimension | |
| Transpersonal Theories of Human Development | |
| The Role of Spirituality in Social Work | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| The Multiple Dimensions of Environment | |
| The Physical Environment | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Case Study: Ben Watson's Changing Experience with the Physical Environment | |
| Theories about the Relationship Between the Physical Environment and Human Behavior | |
| The Natural Environment | |
| The Built Environment | |
| Place Attachment | |
| Homelessness | |
| Accessible Environments for Persons With Disabilities | |
| The Physical Environment and Human Behavior Across the Life Course | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| Culture | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Case Study: Stan and Tina at Community High School | |
| The Challenge of Defining Culture | |
| Traditional Understandings of Culture and Variation in Human Behavior | |
| Contemporary/Postmodern Understandings of Culture and Variation in Human Behavior | |
| A Postmodern, Holistic Application of Culture | |
| The Meaning of Culture | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| Social Structure and Social Institutions: Global and National | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Case Study: The Meza Family's Struggle to Make It in the United States | |
| Patterns of Social Life | |
| Contemporary Trends in Global and U.S. Social Institutions | |
| Theories of Social Inequality | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| Families | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Case Study: The Sharpe Family Prepares for Deployment | |
| Family Defined | |
| The Family in Historical Perspective | |
| Theoretical Perspectives for Understanding Families | |
| Diversity in Family Life | |
| Challenges to Family Life | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| Small Groups | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Case Study: Terry's Support Group | |
| Small Groups in Social Work | |
| Dimensions of Group Structure | |
| Group Composition | |
| Basic Group Processes | |
| Interdisciplinary Teams and Leadership | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| Formal Organizations | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Case Study: New Leadership at Beacon Center | |
| A Definition of Formal Organizations | |
| Perspectives on Formal Organizations | |
| Burnout: A Negative Organizational Outcome | |
| Social Work and Formal Organizations | |
| Social Work Leadership in Formal Organizations | |
| Culturally Sensitive Care Systems | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| Communities | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Case Study: Filipina Domestic Workers Creating Transnational Communities | |
| A Definition of Community | |
| Territorial Community and Relational Community | |
| Social Workers and Communities: Our History | |
| Theoretical Approaches to Community | |
| Social Workers and Communities: Contemporary Issues | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| Social Movements | |
| Key Ideas | |
| Case Study: Fighting for a Living Wage | |
| A Definition of Social Movements | |
| Social Movements and the History of Social Work | |
| Perspectives on Social Movements | |
| Social Movement Outcomes | |
| Social Movement Trends | |
| Social Movements and Contemporary Social Work | |
| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
| Key Terms | |
| Active Learning | |
| Web Resources | |
| References | |
| Glossary/Index | |
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