Complex systems and human behavior /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hudson, Christopher G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : Lyceum Books, [2010]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The assessment of complex adaptive systems
  • The roots of social and personal change : self-organization, natural selection, and entropy
  • Understanding in action : the role of theory in the human services
  • Recent developments in the study of consciousness
  • Maturation, learning, and personal development through the life cycle
  • Motivation and personality: conflict, consistency, and fulfillment models
  • Problem solving, decision making, and creativity
  • Theories of mental dysfunction
  • Small groups and their processes
  • Families as complex systems
  • The dynamics of organizations
  • Community theory, dynamics, and assessment
  • Diversity : problems, challenges, opportunities
  • Helping relationships and advanced generalist practice in complex systems
  • Values, ethics, and spirituality in the human services.