Human Behavior and the Social Environment: A Social Systems ModelAllyn and Bacon, 1991 - 447 pages Introductory thesis on the premise that social work is a social profession, and that it is the use of the social relationship as the medium for helping that distinguishes social work from other professions. This social relationship is then modelled as a social system. |
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... person to create a system or an ordered set of behaviors to be engaged in until the goal is achieved . To the extent that the goal remains unfulfilled , it will maintain an influence over the person's thoughts and behaviors . Once ...
... person to create a system or an ordered set of behaviors to be engaged in until the goal is achieved . To the extent that the goal remains unfulfilled , it will maintain an influence over the person's thoughts and behaviors . Once ...
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... person - to - person nature of interactions that all group members have with one another . If this person - to - person feature is lost , the organization ceases to be a social group in terms of the definition . 2. Goal Structure . The ...
... person - to - person nature of interactions that all group members have with one another . If this person - to - person feature is lost , the organization ceases to be a social group in terms of the definition . 2. Goal Structure . The ...
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... person has a sense of self . This sense of self is designated as the " I " The person in any social relationship has both a sense of self ( the " I " compo- nent ) as well as a particular sense of how another person may view her or him ...
... person has a sense of self . This sense of self is designated as the " I " The person in any social relationship has both a sense of self ( the " I " compo- nent ) as well as a particular sense of how another person may view her or him ...
Contents
OVERVIEW | 1 |
What Do Social Workers Do? | 7 |
What Is the Social Systems Model? | 16 |
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