Social Psychology for Social Work and the Mental Health Professions

Covers psychological concepts important to students of social work and other mental health professions such as role and small group theory and social psychological concepts. CONTENTS PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART ONE: BEGINNING SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE. INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION PART TWO: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL FUNCTIONING INTRODUCTION CHAPTER TWO. A FRAMEWORK OF ROLE THEORY CHAPTER THREE. THEORIES OF ATTRIBUTION CHAPTER FOUR .FRAMES OF REFERENCE FOR SELF-EVALUATION PART THREE: CHANGING BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDES INTRODUCTION CHAPTER FIVE. ATTITUDES CHAPTER SIX .SOCIAL INFLUENCE CHAPTER SEVEN. ALTRUISM AND HELPING CHAPTER EIGHT. SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY CHAPTER NINE. GROUP DECISION MAKING AND PERFORMANCE CHAPTER TEN. LEADERSHIP IN GROUPS CHAPTER ELEVEN. GROUP COHESIVENESS CHAPTER TWELVE. GROUP COMPOSITION CHAPTER THIRTEEN. NORM ENFORCEMENT OR ACTIVE GROUP INFLUENCE CHAPTER FOURTEEN .GROUP DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER FIFTEEN. ROLE PLAYING AS A GROUP ACTIVITY CONCLUDING COMMENTS ON SECTION IV PART FOUR :ENDING SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER SIXTEEN. UNPLANNED TERMINATION CHAPTER SEVENTEEN:PLANNED TERMINATION AFTERWORD WITH QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH REFERENCES AUTHOR INDEX SUBJECT INDEX