Social Work Perspectives on Human Behaviour

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-335-24020-3
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

The capacity to observe, interpret and understand human behaviour is vital for effective social work practice. By choosing to enter a profession that requires high levels of astute observation and listening skills in the interpretation of people's behaviour, social work students have undertaken a demanding task.

Using a bio-psychosocial framework, this fascinating book provides a wide basis of perspectives on human behaviour on which to build understanding of and responses to people’s behaviours, along with an enhanced appreciation of some of the circumstances that shape behaviour.

Margarete Parrish covers the key theories of human growth and development in the context of social relationships, providing a frame of reference from which to explore various aspects of human behaviour. This is particularly relevant to students' preparedness to practice social work with complex populations, addressing factors such as:

- Attachment

- Developmental status

- Context

- Diversity

- Trauma

- Oppression

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.

The book includes exercises, discussion questions and chapter summary points to help the reader further develop their understanding.

Social Work Perspectives on Human Behaviour is key reading for all social work students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parrish, Margarete

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: The role Played by Theory in Understanding Behaviour

SECTION ONE: BIOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

Chapter 2: Biological and Medical Influences on Behaviour

Chapter 3: Developmental Models and Considerations

SECTION TWO: PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

Chapter 4: Freud's Psychoanalytic and Erikson's Developmental Theories of Behaviour

Chapter 5: Neo-Freudian or Ego Psychology Perspectives

Chapter 6: Behaviourism

Chapter 7: Cognition and Theories of Learning

Chapter 8: Humanist and Existentialist Perspectives on Behaviour

Chapter 9: Influences of Trauma on Behaviour

Chapter 10: Influences of Mental Health, Alcohol, and Other Drugs on Behaviour

SECTION THREE: SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF BEHAVIOUR

Chapter 11: Systems Theory, Ecosystems and Personal-Cultural-Social (PCS) Perspectives

Chapter 12: Families and Family Systems

Chapter 13: Feminist Perspectives on Behaviour

Chapter 14: Theories of Sociological and Socioeconomic Influences on Behaviour

References

Über Autor(innen)

Margarete Parrish is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. She has over twenty years experience of teaching social work, both in the US and the UK.