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Essentials of Human Behavior
Integrating Person, Environment, and the Life Course
Third Edition
December 2020 | 768 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Essentials of Human Behavior combines Elizabeth D. Hutchison’s two best-selling Dimensions of Human Behavior volumes into a single streamlined volume for understanding human behavior. The text presents a multidimensional framework integrating person, environment, and time to show students the dynamic, changing nature of person-in-environment. In this Third Edition, Hutchison is joined by new co-author Leanne Wood Charlesworth, who uses her practice and teaching experience to help organize the book’s cutting-edge research and bring it into the classroom. The text will thoroughly support students' understanding of human behavior theories and research and their applications to social work engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation across all levels of practice.
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Case Studies
Preface
Note from the Editors
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Part I . A Multidimensional, Multitheoretical Approach for Multifaceted Social Work
Chapter 1 . Human Behavior: A Multidimensional Approach
Chapter 2 . Theoretical Perspectives on Human Behavior
Part II . The Multiple Dimensions of the Person
Chapter 3 . The Biological Person
Chapter 4 . The Psychological Person
Chapter 5 . The Spiritual Person
Part III . The Multiple Dimensions of the Environment
Chapter 6 . Cultures and the Physical Environment
Chapter 7 . Families
Chapter 8 . Small Groups, Formal Organizations, and Communities
Chapter 9 . Social Structure, Social Institutions, and Social Movements: Global and National
Chapter 10 . The Human Life Journey: A Life Course Perspective
Chapter 11 . The Journey Begins: Conception, Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Infancy
Chapter 12 . Toddlerhood and Early Childhood
Chapter 13 • Middle Childhood
Chapter 14 . Adolescence
Chapter 15 . Young and Middle Adulthood
Chapter 16 . Late Adulthood
Glossary
References
Index
Supplements
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I adopted this textbook for fall 2023. Thank you.
Social Work Dept, Washburn University
May 30, 2023
Previously used the two separate textbooks for Human Behavior I and Human Behavior II but liked using the combined textbook for both courses.
Social Work, Kuyper College
July 27, 2022
The chapter learning objectives aligned best with the course-level student learning objectives.
School Of Social Welfare, Univ Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
July 14, 2021