Contemporary Human Behavior Theory

About our authors Susan P. Robbins, PhD, LCSW, is Professor at the University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work. She has been a clinical and forensic social worker and educator for over 35 years. She served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social Work Education from 2013-2016 and is the lead author of two monographs on drug abuse prevention. She is also a contributing author to the Encyclopedia of Social Work and the Social Workers' Desk Reference and has published numerous journal articles. She teaches courses on theory, human behavior in the social environment, mediation and a national award-winning graduate course on substance abuse. In 2016 she was the recipient of the Sol Gothard Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Organization of Forensic Social Work.Pranab Chatterjee, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the Mandell School of Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of many books and journal articles on the welfare state, social policy and human behavior. His books, Approaches to the Welfare State (1996) and Repackaging the Welfare State (1999), both published by NASW Press, show how the welfare states require an economic surplus. Further, the books show how the welfare state is often an ideological compromise and a camouflage for many types of conflict, as well as a by-product of industrialization. His co-authored papers on human behavior in the Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare and Social Development Issues, dispute the theory of universal stages of human development and suggest that adolescence and old age are socially constructed in local communities. His challenge of existing theories of human development, thus, suggest that human behavior is locally constructed and cannot be seen as a universal phenomenon.Edward R. Canda, MA, MSW, PhD, is Professor and Coordinator of the Spiritual Diversity Initiative at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. Dr. Canda's research and service address connections between cultural diversity, spirituality and resilience in relation to health, mental health and disabilities. For over 40 years, Professor Canda has been exploring insights from Eastern philosophy for social welfare. He has about 200 publications and has conducted about 230 presentations in the United States and in many other countries, especially in East Asia and Central Europe. His widely cited coauthored book, Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice (1999/2010) was published by Oxford University Press. In 2013, he received the Council on Social Work Education's Significant Lifetime Achievement Award for innovations on spirituality through scholarship and education.George Stuart Leibowitz, PhD, LICSW, is Professor at Stony Brook University, School of Social Welfare in New York, where he teaches human behavior in the social environment and courses on trauma, substance abuse and clinical practice. He is Chair of the Integrated Health program and is Project Director for the 2017 HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training grant. Dr. Leibowitz's research agenda includes understanding and addressing addictions among underserved populations, as well as restorative justice and assessment and interventions with juveniles with sexually harmful behavior. He has published research articles in journals such as Trauma and Dissociation, Criminal Justice and Behavior and Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. He recently coedited the 2nd edition of Forensic Social Work: Psychosocial and Legal Issues Across Diverse Populations and Settings, published by Springer Publishing in 2017.

• Brief Table of Contents The Nature of TheoriesSystems Theory Conflict TheoriesTheories of Empowerment and Social CapitalFeminist TheoryTheories of Assimilation, Acculturation, Bicultural Socialization, and Ethnic Minority IdentityPsychodynamic TheoryTheories of Life Span DevelopmentTheories of Cognitive, Moral, and Faith DevelopmentSymbolic InteractionPhenomenology, Social Constructionism, and HermeneuticsBehaviorism, Social Learning, and Exchange TheoryTranspersonal TheoryApplication of TheoriesDetailed Table of Contents The Nature of Theories Organization of the Book and Rationale for Selection of TheoriesWhy Study Theories of Human Behavior?Theories: What Are They?The Social Construction of TheoriesIdeology, Scientific Theory, and Social Work Practice Determinism and Reductionism: A Problem of Social ConstructionTheories: Application to PracticeCritical Analysis of Theory: The Missing Dimension An Afterthought: Paths to Human KnowledgeSystems Theory Historical ContextKey ConceptsStructural FunctionalismThe Ecological PerspectiveDynamic Systems TheoryDeep EcologyEcofeminismContemporary Issues Application to Social Work PracticeCritical AnalysisConsistency with Social Work ValuesPhilosophical UnderpinningsMethodological Issues and Empirical SupportConflict Theories Historical ContextKey ConceptsClass ConflictRoads from MarxContemporary IssuesApplication to Social Work PracticeCritical AnalysisConsistency with Social Work Values and EthicsPhilosophical UnderpinningsMethodological Issues and Empirical SupportChapter 4: Theories of Empowerment and Social Capital Historical ContextKey ConceptsStratification, Oppression, and Inequality: The Sociopolitical Context of Empowerment TheoriesLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex Empowerment TheoriesSocial Work Empowerment TheoriesSocial Capital TheoryContemporary IssuesApplication to Social Work PracticeCritical AnalysisConsistency with Social Work Values and EthicsPhilosophical UnderpinningsMethodological Issues and Empirical SupportFeminist Theory Historical ContextKey ConceptsFeminist TheoriesContemporary Thought in Feminist TheoryContemporary IssuesApplication to Social Work PracticeCritical AnalysisConsistency with Social Work Values and EthicsPhilosophical UnderpinningsMethodological Issues and Empirical SupportTheories of Assimilation, Acculturation, and Bicultural Socialization and Ethnic Minority Identity Historical ContextKey ConceptsDeficiency TheoryThe Dual PerspectiveBicultural SocializationEthnic, Racial/Cultural and Minority IdentityA Multidimensional Transactional Model of Bicultural IdentityTransculturalityCultural CompetenceContemporary IssuesApplication to Social Work PracticeCritical AnalysisConsistency with Social Work Values and EthicsPhilosophical UnderpinningsMethodological Issues and Empirical SupportPsychodynamic Theory Historical ContextKey ConceptsSigmund Freud: PsychoanalysisRoads from FreudThe Freudian MainstreamThe Freudian LeftContemporary IssuesApplication to Social Work PracticeCritical AnalysisConsistency with Social Work Values and EthicsPhilosophical UnderpinningsMethodological Issues and Empirical SupportTheories of Life Span Development Historical ContextKey ConceptsTheoretical Knowledge about Physical DevelopmentTheoretical Knowledge about Sexual DevelopmentTheoretical Knowledge about Neurobiology and NeurotransmissionTheories of Psychosocial Development: The Life Span ApproachRoads from EriksonTheories of Midlife DevelopmentLife Span Development and Late AdulthoodLife Span Development of WomenShame Resilience TheoryLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Intersex Identity DevelopmentStage Theories: Popularity versus ValidityContemporary IssuesApplication to Social Work PracticeCritical AnalysisConsistency with Social Work Values and EthicsPhilosophical UnderpinningsMethodological Issues and Empirical SupportTheories of Cognitive, Moral, and Faith Development Historical ContextCognitive DevelopmentMoral DevelopmentContemporary IssuesApplication to Social Work PracticeCritical AnalysisConsistency with Social Work Values and EthicsPhilosophical UnderpinningsMethodological Issues and Empirical SupportSymbolic Interaction Historical ContextKey ConceptsThe Chicago School and Early InteractionismRoads from MeadRole Theory, Reference Groups, and Socialization through the Life CycleContemporary IssuesApplication to Social Work PracticeCritical AnalysisConsistency with Social Work Values and EthicsPhilosophical UnderpinningsMethodological Issues and Empirical SupportPhenomenology, Social Constructionism, and Hermeneutics Historical ContextKey ConceptsRoads from SchutzContemporary IssuesApplication to Social Work PracticeCritical AnalysisConsistency with Social Work Values and EthicsPhilosophical UnderpinningsMethodological Issues and Empirical SupportBehaviorism, Social Learning, and Exchange Theory BehaviorismSocial Learning TheoryExchange TheoryContemporary IssuesApplication to Social Work PracticeCritical AnalysisConsistency with Social Work Values and EthicsPhilosophical UnderpinningsMethodological Issues and Empirical SupportTranspersonal Theory Historical ContextKey ConceptsTranspersonal and Integral TheoriesContemporary IssuesApplication to Social Work PracticeCritical AnalysisConsistency with Social Work Values and EthicsPhilosophical UnderpinningsMethodological Issues and Empirical SupportApplication of Theories Alternative Approaches to Theory Selection“Measuring Up” to the Themes for Critical Reflection on TheoriesPerson-Focused TheoriesEnvironment-Focused TheoriesTwelve Great IdeasAn Example of Integrating Theories for a Practice IssueRoads from Here: Future Possibilities and Challenges for Innovation in Human Behavior TheoryReferences Discography Name Index Subject Index