Human Behavior in the Social Environment Theories for Social Work Practice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thyer, Bruce A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2012.
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Human Behavior in the Social Environment
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Editors
  • Chapter 1 Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Exploring Conceptual Foundations
  • Scholarly and Professional Dilemmas Related to Human Behavior and the Social Environment
  • Development of the Social Work Knowledge Base
  • The Utility of Middle Range Theory
  • Issues Related to Levels of Analysis
  • Characterizing the Nature of the Relationship Between Persons and Their Environments
  • Development of the Human Behavior and Social Environment Construct
  • General Background
  • Council on Social Work Education Standards
  • Empirical Perspectives
  • Debates Around the Human Behavior and the Social Environment Curriculum
  • A Selection of Frameworks That Address Linkages Between Human Behavior and the Social Environment
  • Life Course Perspectives
  • Extensions of Life Course Approaches
  • Life Course Approach: An Application
  • Highlighting Historical Time and Place: Mid- and Late Adulthood
  • Adolescence and Early Adulthood: Timing, Agency, and Opportunity
  • Linked Lives: Infants and Young Children
  • Cultural Understanding of Human Development
  • Opportunity Framework
  • Social Capital Theory
  • Neighborhood Effects
  • Institutional Theory
  • The Social Environment: Key Concepts
  • Structure and Process
  • Elements of Structure
  • Elements of Process
  • Practitioner-Environment Interaction
  • Frameworks for Linking Knowledge to Practice
  • Risk and Resilience
  • Stress and Coping
  • Conclusion
  • Key Terms
  • Review Questions for Critical Thinking
  • Online Resources
  • References
  • Chapter 2 Respondent Learning Theory
  • Respondent Learning Processes
  • Unconditioned Stimuli
  • Conditioned Stimuli
  • Timing Is Everything!
  • Respondent Extinction
  • Vicarious Conditioning
  • Spontaneous Recovery
  • Respondent Discrimination
  • Sensitization
  • Second-Order Conditioning (or Higher-Order Conditioning)
  • Naturally Occurring Examples of Respondent Learning in Real Life
  • Experimental Examples of Respondent Learning
  • Experimentally Induced Pupillary Constriction
  • Conditioned Sucking in Newborn Babies
  • Respondent Conditioning of Private Events
  • Examples of Respondent Learning of Psychosocial Problems
  • Learned Social Anxiety
  • Anticipatory Nausea Among Cancer Chemotherapy Patients
  • Phobic Disorders
  • Sexual Paraphilias
  • Racism
  • Using Respondent Learning in Social Work Practice
  • Using Respondent Extinction
  • Masturbatory Reconditioning
  • Creating Conditioned Reactions
  • Lamaze Training for Pregnant Women
  • The Bell and Pad Device to Treat Enuresis
  • Aversion Therapies
  • Philosophical Foundations of Respondent Learning
  • Key Terms
  • Review Questions for Critical Thinking
  • Online Resources
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Operant Learning Theory
  • Historical and Conceptual Origins
  • Basic Theoretical Principles
  • Reinforcement
  • Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of Reinforcement

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