Course Contents

1. Definition and Meaning of Human Behaviour 2. How the Study of Human Behaviour is Necessary for a Social Worker? 3. Basic Assumptions about Human Behaviour  Purposeful and Goal Directed  Human Behaviour is Meaningful  Conscious and Unconscious Motives  Impacts of Early Childhood  Determined and Controlled by Multiplicity of Factors 4. Criteria of Abnormal Behaviour 5. Definition and Description of Personality 6. Psychoanalytic or Personality Theory of Frued  Parts of Mind • The Conscious Mind • The Preconscious Mind • The Unconscious Mind  Constituents of Human Personality • The Id • An Ego • Super Ego  Defense Mechanisms • Regression • Repression • Reaction Formation • Projection • Rationalization • Sublimation • Displacement • Denial • Intellectualization • Fixation • Undoing • Identification • Fantasy  The Psychosexual Stages of Development • Oral Stage • Annal Stage • Phallic Stage • Latency Stage • Genital Stage 7. Non-psychoanalytic Theory 8. Comparison between Psychoanalytic and Non-psychoanalytic Theories 9. Social Learning Theory 10. Role of Nature and Nurture in Personality Development 11. Meaning of Human Development 12. Phases of Human Development 13. Characteristics of Human Development  Development Follows a Pattern  Development Proceeds from General to Specific  Development is Continues  Individual Differences in Rate of Development Remain Constant  Development occurs at Different Rates for Different Parts of the Body  Most Traits are Correlated in Development  Development is Predictable  Each Development Phase has Traits Characteristics of it.  Many forms of So-called “Problem Behavior” Are Normal Behavior of the Age in which they occur  Every Individual Normally Passes through Each Major Stage of Development.  Types of Change in Human Development  Development Tasks 14. Factors Influencing Human Development  Intelligence  Sex  Glands of Internal Secretion  Nutrition  Fresh Air and Sunlight  Injuries and Disease  Race  Culture  Position in the Family 15. Learning Difficulties

Course Synopsis

Subject of Human Growth and Behaviour deserves to be the part of core curriculum of a Social Work course. This course provides the knowledge about different varieties of Human behaviours and also the knowledge of physical growth of human beings. By studying this course students can improve their skills about understanding human mind and behaviour and can enhance the problem-solving and coping capacities of people during practice. This course aims to provide students about the knowledge of psychological principles affecting individuals, groups and communities. The modern Social Worker tends to view casework as a psycho-therapeutic treatment process, in which the major emphasis is on the casework relationship and direct counseling or therapeutic work with the client. This course provides the study of various psychological factors which create or contribute to personal distress from individual to community level.

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course the students should be able to:- 1. Analyze theories and technologies in the field of human growth and development and able to evaluate them in terms of their usefulness in achieving Social Work goals. 2. Understand the symptoms of dysfunctional behavior and their effects on the individual and family. 3. Use psychological applications in social work assessment and interventions.