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Human Behavior and the Social Environment : A Perspective for Social Work Practice /

Ganter, Grace

Human Behavior and the Social Environment : A Perspective for Social Work Practice / Margaret Yeakel, Grace Ganter. - 1 online resource (314 p.)

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

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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.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780231914871 9780231883979

10.7312/gant91487 doi


PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.