Human Behavior in the Social Environment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 2: Human Behavior in the Social Environment features contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners and presents the most comprehensive, in-depth source of information on the field of social work and social welfare.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14676272000
• Volume 2 edition
• Seitenzahl: 600
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 184mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 1166g
• ISBN-13: 9780471762720
• ISBN-10: 0471762725
• Artikelnr.: 23157185

Autorenporträt

Editors-in-Chief, Karen M. Sowers, PhD, is Professor and Dean at the University of Tennessee College of Social Work in Knoxville, Tennessee. Catherine N. Dulmus, PhD, is Associate Professor of Social Work and Director of the?Buffalo Center?for Social Research at the University of Buffalo, New York.? She is coeditor of several social work journals and has authored or coedited a number of books, including Essentials of Child Welfare, Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Children and Adolescents , Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Adults, and The Social Work and Human Services Treatment Planner. Volume Editor, Bruce A. Thyer, PhD, is a Professor of Social Work at Florida State University. His research has focused on evidence-based practice, evaluation research, behavior analysis, social work theory, and clinical social work. He has co-written or co-authored over 20 books, including, most recently, Social Work in Mental Health: An Evidence-Based Approach (Wiley), A Social Worker's Guide to Evaluating Practice Outcomes, Program Evaluation: An Introduction,?Fourth Edition, and International Perspectives on Evidence-based Practice in Social Work.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword.
Series Preface.
Karen M. Sowers and Catherine M. Dulmus.
Preface
Bruce A. Thyer.
Acknowledgments.
Contributors.
1. Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Exploring Conceptual
Foundations.
Susan I. Stone, Stephanie Berzin, Sarah Taylor, and Michael J. Austin.
2. Respondent Learning Theory.
Bruce A. Thyer.
3. Operant Learning Theory.
Stephen E. Wong.
4. Cognitive Behavioral Theory.
Paula S. Nurius and Rebecca J. Macy.
5. Ego Psychology Theory.
Eda Goldstein.
6. Self Psychology Theory.
Joseph Palombo.
7. Attachment Theory.
Michelle Mohr Carney and Frederick Buttell.
8. Psychosocial Theory.
Roberta R. Greene.
9. Cognitive Development Theory.
Tammie Ronen.
10. Person Centered Theory.
Michael J. Holosko, Jeffrey Skinner, and Ra'Shanda S. Robinson.
11. Genetic Theory.
Laura Pankow.
12. Ecosystems Theory.
Mark A. Mattaini.
13. Moral Development Theory.
Frederick Buttell and Michelle Mohr Carney.
14. Small Group Theory.
Lorraine Salas, Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, and Craig Winston LeCroy.
15. Family Systems Theory.
Martha Morrison Dore.
16. Organizational Theory.
John E. Tropman.
17. A Critique of Stage Theories of Human Development.
Martha Pelaez, Jacob L. Gewirtz, and Stephen E. Wong.
18. The Potentially Harmful Effects of Theory in Social Work.
Bruce A. Thyer.