1st Edition

How to Rethink Human Behavior A Practical Guide to Social Contextual Analysis

By Bernard Guerin Copyright 2016
274 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

274 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

274 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Developed from the author’s long teaching career, How to Rethink Human Behavior aims to cultivate practical skills in human observation and analysis, rather than offer a catalogue of immutable ‘facts’. It synthesizes key psychological concepts with insights from other disciplines, including sociology, social anthropology, economics, and history. The skills detailed in the book will help... Read more
1  Rationale and basic social analytic skills  2 The basics of practical social analysis  3 Analyzing and observing social relationship contexts  4 Analyzing and observing economic contexts  5 Analyzing and observing the contexts for environmental opportunities  6 Analyzing and observing historical contexts  7 Analyzing and observing cultural contexts  8 The contexts for language use: Conversation and other discourses  9 Analyzing the contexts for thinking  10 Analyzing social strategy

Biography

Bernard Guerin is Professor of Psychology at the University of South Australia.