Human Behavior and the Social Environment - (Sixth Edition)

Author: Zastro
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: This book provides an insight into the process of human development from the perspectives of social work theory and practice. The author adopts a life-cycle narrative approach, exploring each specific life stage (infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, middle age, old age) individually. It examines the individual's characteristics in biological, psychological, and social aspects, as well as how these characteristics influence behavior. Within a systems theory framework, it explains how individual choices and behaviors are influenced by biological, psychological, and social development factors, analyzing how to better understand the relationship between human behavior and the social environment. The book aims to enhance students' understanding of social work values, improve their empathy for various groups of people in different situations, and help them focus on the clients' needs for changing their environment and lives.