Human behavior in the social environment : an ecological view /

Human behavior in the social environment : an ecological view / Carel B. Germain and Martin Bloom.

"The Social Ecological Perspective of human behavior and development maintains a multidimensional focus on diverse persons in diverse environments. Carel B. Germain and Martin Bloom succinctly present this ecological view on the observation that human beings and their social environments always...

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Main Author: Germain, Carel B.
Other Authors: Bloom, Martin, 1934-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1999.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Social psychology.
Environmental psychology.
Developmental psychology.
Families > United States > Psychological aspects.
Minorities > United States > Psychology.
Social work education.
Family members.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. 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
  • Pt. II. 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
  • App. 1. Stage Models of Behavior and Development
  • App. 2. Nonstage Models of Behavior and Development
  • App. 3. Macrosocial and Microsocial Theories of Human Behavior.

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