Human behavior in the social environment systems theory and the ecological perspective provided the medical model an early model for social work practice,the systems ecological perspective, biological influences,review bio psycho social influences, systems, boundaries,a change in one part of a system affects all partshomeostatic disequilibrium adaptation, the family as a social system. | Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003 SYSTEMS THEORY AND THE ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE The biological, psychological, and sociological influences on human development A bio-psycho-social perspective This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: Any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; Preparation of any derivative work, including extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; Any rental, lease, or lending of the program. HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT Andrew T. Nilsson, . Eastern Connecticut State University Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003 THE MEDICAL MODEL An early model for social work practice STUDY DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT CURE Assessment DSM IV Therapy Cure? Focus on the individual with the problem Assumes the professional has the knowledge and power to cure Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003 Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003 Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003 What . | Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003 SYSTEMS THEORY AND THE ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE The biological, psychological, and sociological influences on human development A bio-psycho-social perspective This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: Any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; Preparation of any derivative work, including extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; Any rental, lease, or lending of the program. HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT Andrew T. Nilsson, . Eastern Connecticut State University Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003 THE MEDICAL MODEL An early model for social work practice STUDY DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT CURE Assessment DSM IV Therapy Cure? Focus on the individual with the problem Assumes the professional has the knowledge and power to cure Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003 Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003 Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003 What were the bio-psycho-social factors that had most influence in making you the person you are today? BIOLOGICAL FACTORS? PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS? SOCIAL FACTORS? THINK AND SHARE Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003 BIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES Common biological factors: Physical appearance; sex; race; age; abilities or disabilities; family history of inheritable conditions such as cancer, alcoholism, schizophrenia, depression, etc. Do we start with a clean slate? No. At birth our slate is already written on by by heredity But environmental factors influence the unfolding of biological development. Einstein would not have become Einstein if he had been born into a family that could not feed him or who failed to provide him with intellectual stimulation. Is biology destiny? The nature-nurture, heredity v. environment debate Can we modify biological inheritance? Genetic engineering, mapping of the human genome, genetic selection Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003 PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCES Intelligence .
