Social Work 2DLC Development over the Life Course

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Social Work 2DLC Development over the Life Course

• John McCormack
• j.mccormack_at_latrobe.edu.au
• Ph 9479- 5734 Rm HS1-226

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Theoretical Perspectives on Human Development

• 1. Psychodynamic focusing on the
  individual/inner person
• The Cognitive Perspective
• The Behavioural Perspective
• The Humanist Perspective
• The Socio-Cultural Perspective
• The Evolutionary Perspective

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Psychodynamic

• Freuds Psychoanalytic theory
• Eriksons Psychosocial theory

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The Cognitive perspective

• Piaget
• Vygotskys sociocutural theory

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Behavioural perspective the outer person

• Classical Operant Conditioning
• Banduras social-cognitive learning theory

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Humanist Perspective

• Focus on qualities of human beings
• Carl Rogers
• Abraham Maslow

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Sociocultural Perspective

• Emphasizes the systems of support
• Urie Bronfenbrenner

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Evolutionary Perspective

• Konrad Lorenz
• Behavioural Genetics