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Human Behavior and Social Environments : a Biopsychosocial Approach.

Human behavior is a subject so vast that it would seem to defy one's ability to comfortably and confidently grasp its varieties, nuances, shapes, and dynamics. But in this wide-ranging and comprehensive survey of the contexts of human behavior, Dennis Saleebey examines the different social scie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Saleebey, Dennis (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2012.
Colección:Foundations of social work knowledge.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER ONE Introduction
  • Philosophical Principles
  • Conceptual Frameworks
  • Integrative Themes
  • Paradigms, Postmodernism, and Possibilities
  • M and M Dialogue
  • CHAPTER TWO Meaning-Making
  • Self
  • Culture
  • Story, Connection, Ritual, and Myth
  • M and M Dialogue
  • CHAPTER THREE Strengths and Resilience
  • Strengths and Reslilience: Images of Altruism and Humanity
  • M and M Dialogue
  • CHAPTER FOUR Biopsychological Understanding
  • Human Nature and the Human Condition
  • Genes and Experience: The Case of Temperamet.
  • The Brain and Behavior: The Biopsychosocial View
  • Conclusion
  • M and M Dialogue
  • CHAPTER FIVE Nature and Nurture, Neurons and Narratives: Putting It All Together
  • Nature and Nurture: How Necessary are Parents?
  • Neurons and Narratives: A Biospychosocial Understanding of Mental Illness
  • Conclusion
  • M and M Dialogue
  • CHAPTER SIX Theories: Part I
  • The Elements of Theory
  • Psychodynamic Theory
  • M and M Dialogue
  • CHAPTER SEVEN Theories: Part II
  • Ecological Theory
  • Cognitive Theory
  • Conclusion
  • M and M Dialogue.
  • CHAPTER EIGHT Person/Environment, Part I: Families
  • The Variety of Us
  • The Family and Society Today: What's Up?
  • What are Families For?
  • Family Resilience
  • Conclusion
  • M and M Dialogue
  • CHAPTER NINE: Person/Environment, Part II: Coming Into Being in the Family and Community
  • A Contextual Model of Family Transition and Adaptation
  • Becoming Partners and Being a Couple
  • A New Human Being Joins the Family
  • When Things Go Awry
  • Conclusion
  • M and M Dialogue
  • CHAPTER TEN Person/Environment, Part III: Growing Up in Family and Community.
  • Middle Childhood: The Forgotten Years
  • Conclusion
  • M and M Dialogue
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN Person/Environment, Part IV: Coming of Age in Family and Community
  • Sturm und Drang or The Romance of Risk?
  • Conclusion
  • M and M Dialogue
  • CHAPTER TWELVE Person/Environment Part V: Maturing and Aging in Family and Community
  • Maturity: Love, Work, Connection, and Closure
  • Some Important Moments in Adult Life
  • Coming of (Older) Age in America
  • Conclusion
  • M and M Dialogue
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN Reprise, Vision, and the Final Conversation
  • Reprise
  • So What is The Good Life, Anyway?
  • Conclusion
  • The Final M and M Dialogue
  • Index.