Dimensions of Human Behavior: Person and Environment » (3rd Edition)

Elizabeth D. Hutchison, M.S.W., Ph.D., received her MSW from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and Ph.D. from the University at Albany. She is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University, Northern Virginia Program, where she teaches courses in human behavior and the social environment, social work and social justice, and child and family policy, along with serving as field practicum liaison. She has been a social worker in health, mental health, aging, and child and family welfare settings. She is committed to providing social workers with comprehensive, current, and useful frameworks for thinking about human behavior. Her other research interests focus on child and family welfare.

Aimed at students of social work, this companion volume to The Changing Life Course describes how various personal and environmental dimensions combine to produce both continuity and change in human behavior. Case studies illustrate how factors such as individual spirituality, physical health, cultural norms, and social movements influence behavior. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Chapter 1: Aspects of Human Behavior: Person, Environment, Time
Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Human Behavior
Chapter 3: The Biological Person
Chapter 4: The Psychological Person: Cognition, Emotion, and Self
Chapter 5: The Psychosocial Person: Relationships, Stress, and Coping
Chapter 6: The Spiritual Person
Chapter 7: The Physical Environment
Chapter 8: Culture
Chapter 9: Social Institutions and Social Structure
Chapter 10: Families
Chapter 11: Small Groups
Chapter 12: Formal Organizations
Chapter 13: Communities
Chapter 14: Social Movements