Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Book Overview

The new, sixth edition of Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Perspectives on Development and the Life Course deepens students’ understanding of the major theories, themes, and issues related to people and how they interact and change over the life span and with respect to their social environments.

The new edition has been updated to reflect and build on new developments and awareness related to systemic racism and social justice and mental health and health-related concerns that were exacerbated and exposed by the pandemic. The text also comes with a rich companion website that includes support materials and six unique cases that encourage students to learn by doing and to apply their knowledge of human behavior to practice. The book works to:

• Provide balanced, thorough, and accessible coverage of the major theories and perspectives that social workers utilize to understand and address the myriad problems their clients encounter
• Integrate crucial information on life course development, associated development phases, and related problem areas into a single, engaging framework
• Stimulate classroom discussion and application around key concepts, themes, and issues

Comprehensive, engaging, and filled with examples for students to learn how to apply their burgeoning knowledge to realistic practice issues, the new edition of Human Behavior in the Social Environment remains invaluable as a tool for courses by the same name in undergraduate and graduate curriculums.

The content in this text is supported by a range of fully updated instructor-led and student resources—including presentations; sample test questions; recommended readings; and links for further study/applications to current events—that are available on its companion website, www.routledgesw.com.

Table of Contents

1. Human Behavior and the Social Work Profession
2. Lenses for Conceptualizing Problems and Interventions: The Person in the Environment
3. Lenses for Conceptualizing Problems and Interventions: Biopsychosocial Dimensions
4. Lenses for Conceptualizing Problems and Interventions: Sociocultural Dimensions
5. Lenses for Conceptualizing Problems and Interventions: Social Change Dimensions
6. Pre-Pregnancy and Prenatal Issues
7. Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
8. Development in Middle Childhood
9. Development in Adolescence
10. Development in Early Adulthood
11. Development in Middle Adulthood
12. Development in Late Adulthood
13. Looking Forward: Challenges and Opportunities for the Social Work Profession

About the Author

Anissa Taun Rogers is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 25 years of higher education experience. She currently serves as Professor in the Department of Social Work at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. She is also chair of the MSW program. She has served as the director of the Social Work Program and as the chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and co-director of Gender and Women Studies at the University of Portland and Associate Dean of the Palm Desert Campus of California State University, San Bernardino.

Companion Readings

Carefully curated by social work faculty, the list of readings provided here offer valuable extensions, background material, and advanced analyses to reinforce the particularly important themes that are covered within the book.

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Instructor Resources