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Understanding Dan's Case Study

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The environment affects an individual’s behavior. The social, behavioral perspective forms the best approach with which to understand Dan’s situation. People develop the ability to solve problems and approach situations through learning, from either other people’s experiences, or their experiences (Hutchison, 2015). Dan, at the tender age of seven, watched his parents’ divorce. As the case would be for any other child his age; he must have understood that the divorce meant that he would no longer live with both of his parents. At the age of seven, children are, more often than not, likely to make many cognitive errors which, if not corrected in the future, could have adverse effects on their lives.
Dan is an authoritative young man. He believes that everyone should take everything he says to be the right thing. Having grown, for the better part of his life as the only boy in their home, he developed some sense of responsibility for his sister and mother. As per the societal norms, a male child should look after the welfare of the female siblings. The perspective, coupled with the age at which his father left the house, the boy may feel that he has had enough experience for him to talk and be heard by his peers. In the absence of his father, he developed the idea that, being the only male …show more content…

Dan is such a person. He goes with what fits in his environment and does not take the extra step to make himself adjust to his situation. He argues that the social worker should help him make his significant others behave more responsibly towards him. With that, he makes it clear that he believes that the sister and the mother do not understand him but, rather, should conform to his wishes and demands. He should have sought help to understand what the problem could be that makes the sister and mother see the slights in

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