HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

THIS COMPREHENSIVE TEXT INTEGRATES MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE IN A READER-FRIENDLY STYLE AND PROVIDES THE INTERFACE BETWEEN DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY AND PRACTICE. HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, 1/E, INTRODUCES AND INCORPORATES CURRENT RESEARCH ON THE BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIO-CULTURAL, AND SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR THROUGHOUT THE LIFE-CYCLE. THE AUTHORS PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE FOCUS ON CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES THAT ARE CENTRAL TO THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK, SUCH AS TRAUMA, NEUROBIOLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF BEHAVIOR, CHRONIC ILLNESS AND DISABILITY. THEY PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO MODELS OF RACIAL, ETHNIC, CLASS, GENDER AND GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT; TO THE INFLUENCES OF GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, SOCIAL CLASS, RACE AND CULTURE ON FAMILY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, AND TO ISSUES PERTINENT TO A VARIETY OF "POST-MODERN" FAMILY FORMS. ADDITIONALLY, THE TEXT EXPLORES MACRO INFLUENCES OF GROUPS, COMMUNITIES AND ORGAN