Introduction Part I: Fundamentals of Learning 1. Categories of Learning 2. Factors in Learning Part II: Learning and Personality 3. Personality Adjustment 4. Development of Personality 5. Deviations of Personality Part III: Learning and Social Work Practice 6. Social Work Treatment 7. Ethical Issues Guide to Further Reading Abbreviations for Journals used in Bibliography Bibliography Index
Biography
Derek Jehu
Reviews of the Original Publication:
‘This introduction to learning theory explores its application to social work treatment. Social workers cannot afford to ignore it or fail to find it stimulating’
- The Times Literary Supplement
‘It is well known that most social workers are trained in the psychodynamic context; few have a thorough grounding in laboratory-based learning theory. Students from Leicester University School of Social Work are among the few, and Mr Jehu, its Director, is one of the even smaller group of professional “scientific” psychologists who have also trained and practiced in social work. His credentials for writing a book of this kind are to all intents and purposes unique, and the result is a primer and source book which admirably meets its objective…”
- British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
