Human Behavior in the Social Environment: An Ecological View

by Carel Germain, Martin Bloom

Overview

Using the person-and-environment approach to analyze all aspects of human development, this book discusses the biological, psychological, social, and cultural influences that shape the functioning of individuals, families, communities, and organizations, and relates how these collectives affect development over the life course. It also takes into account the expected and unexpected stresses and challenges that can influence development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231111409
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	05/27/1999
Edition description:	second edition
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	6.31(w) x 9.34(h) x 1.21(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Carel B. Germain was professor of Social Work emerita at the University of Connecticut. She is the coauthor of The Life Model of Social Work Practice: Advances in Theory and Practice, Second Edition and editor of Social Work Practice: People and Environments.Martin Bloom is professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Connecticut and works in the area of primary prevention theory, practice, and research. He is the author of Primary Prevention Practice and coauthor of Evaluating Practice: Guidelines for the Accountable Profession and Successful Aging.

Table of Contents

1. The Person and Environment Configuration
1. The Ecological Perspective
2. Society, Culture, Community, and the Physical Environment as Contexts
3. Complex Organizations as Contexts
4. Schools and Work Sites as Special Contexts
5. Small Groups as Contexts
6. Families as Contexts
7. Genetics/Biology
2.Tandem Developments of Family Members and Their Environments
8. Family Formation in a Diverse Society
9. Family Transformations: Birth, Infancy, and Language-The Socialization of Children and Parents
10. Family Transformations: Childhood
11. Family Transformations: Adolescence
12. Family Transformations: Adulthood
13. The Elderly Family and Its Transformations
Appendix 1: Stage Models of Behavior and Development
Appendix 2: Nonstage Models of Behavior and Development
Appendix 3: Macrosocial and Microsocial Theories of Human Behavior

Editorial Reviews

New edition of a text that enables the social worker, whether student or professional, to build a theoretical foundation for work in the field. Germain (deceased) and Bloom (social work, U. of Connecticut) observe that human beings and their social environments always form a unified, though not necessarily harmonious, configuration that is the basic unit of analysis for understanding the factual material encountered in social work. They discuss the biological, psychological, social, and cultural influences that shape individuals and groups over the course of a lifetime, taking into account unexpected life stresses and challenges. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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