Human Behavior and the Social Environment : A Perspective for Social Work Practice / Margaret Yeakel, Grace Ganter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ganter, Grace, author.

Yeakel, Margaret, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1980]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the way in which undergraduate and beginning graduate students process knowledge about human behavior and the social environment for use in their practice. It identifies and discusses a selected number of concepts linked to provide a conceptual framework that can serve as a useful guide to social workers as they examine the life stream of human experience, regardless of the practice field or setting in which they choose to concentrate.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction. The Nature of Concepts Needed by Practitioners

1. Social Influences on the Self Concept

2. Reference Group Behavior

3. Social Reality

4. Social Role

5. Linking the Concepts

6. Infancy and Early Childhood

7. Childhood

8. Adolescence

9. Adulthood

10. Older Adults

11. Summary and Reflections

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231883979

0231883978

OCLC:

1100437000