Human Behavior and the Social Environment

Author: Ku Shaoxiong
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: "Human Behavior and the Social Environment" is a foundational course for social work professionals, designed to provide essential knowledge for various specialized skills. This book centers on the idea of humans as system entities within their environment, with the life course of development as its main thread, and comprehensively and deeply explores the relationship between humans and their environment from biological, psychological, and social perspectives. The book is divided into ten chapters. Chapter 1 discusses the overall relationship between humans as system entities and their environment. Chapter 2 introduces research findings related to human behavior. Chapters 3 to 10 are organized chronologically, dividing human development into stages such as fetal period, infancy, early childhood, childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and old age, and deeply analyzes the influence of biological, psychological, and social factors on human development at each stage. This book helps readers grasp the patterns of human behavior in the interaction between humans and their environment, thereby laying a solid theoretical foundation for understanding client behavior, formulating intervention strategies, and meeting client needs.