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Community Psychology
for loyola university final
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Physiology
Undergraduate 3
05/02/2013

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7 core values of communtiy psychology
Definition

1. individual and family wellness

2. sense of community

3. respect for human diversity

4. social justice

5. empowerment and citizen participation

6. collaboration and community strengths

7. empirical grounding

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5 ecological levels
Definition

1. individuals

2. microsystems- families, friends

3. organizations- schools, churches

4. localitites- neighborhoods, cities

5. macrosystems, societies, belief systems

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McMillan & Chavis Model ( 4 elemets that have to be in place for people to feel a sense of community)
Definition

1. Membership: sense of community (boundries, emotional safety, investment). Security comes with a clear sense of belonging; without membership theres no community.

2. Influence: reciprocal power of group members (vertical relationships)

3. Integration and needs:horiztonal relationships, shared values, expecting benefits/ resources/ emotional or financial support

4. shared emotional connection: element for a true community(deep bond), shared rituals, celebrations 

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Chertok Model (3 components)
Definition

1. Mission- must have people pursing a common goal (common purpose= sense of community)

2. reciprocal responsbibility= perception that members in group are responsible for others but also must reciprocate something back to the group. (memers are responsible to eacother= horiztonal relationships)

3. disharmony- negative emotions realted to a community (if you done like it, leave it) --> this happens bc people belong, but despite disharmony the community exists

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online communication:strengths and weaknesses
Definition

strengths: diminishes stereotypes, easier to reach people ---> global community

weakness: little socioemotive cues, physical ostracization, addition

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Moo's social climate scale: conceptualization of enviornments
Definition

1. relationships: mutal supportivness, cohesion

2. personal development: individual growth in a setting

3. system maintenance and change: setting's emphasis on order, clarity of rules and control of behavior

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Quantitative vs. Qualititative research
Definition

quantitative= emphasizes measurment, comparisons, cause - effect relationships, and generalization across multiple setting. Data are numbers.

qualitiative= provides knowledge usful in making statistical comparisons and testing the effectivness of programs and innovations. Context has meaning and a particpiant researcher relationship is present. data are words

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a healthy workplace
Definition

1.employee involvement - want to partipcate in the systems that impact them (people want a sense of control and autonomy, want a say in the decisions being made)

2. work-life balance -on -site child care, wellness center, health benefits

3. felxiable work schedule -can i get job done when i can get it done? (product > process)

4. growth development- are employees able to grow

5. health and safety

6. employee recognition

 

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workplace violence prevention
Definition
means of protecting employees: have basic security systems in place, establishing ur buisness w/i close proximity to a hospital, ID scanning, secretaty to manage communication, surveillance systems
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Barker Behavior Setting Analysis
Definition

Behavior settings- a place, time, and pattern of behavior (in a setting)

physical setting- explicit rules basked on expectations

individuals are largely interchangeable 

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Kelly's Ecological Metaphor
Definition
  • Interdependence- changes in one part of the system will have a ripple effect
  • cycling of resources - how resources are used, distributed, conserved, and transformed
  • adaption - how the person and or community responds to change
  • succession - individuals and settings change over time ---> the historical context of a problem
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Sarason: sense of belonging to something other than oneself is very important
Definition
  • not just waht is wrong with the enviornment, but what is missing withing the individual
  • an acknowledge interdependence with others 
  • the feeling tht one is part of a larger dependable and stable structutre 
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oxford house- paul malloy
Definition
rehabilitation house ran by recovering additcs, avg stay is 15 months, residents attend dailly support groups meetings/ have chores, democratically run, 24 month study= 69% absitance rate 3% incarceration rate
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Culture competency
Definition

a dynamic yet stable set of goals, beliefs, and attitudes shared bya  group of people

culture--> alive, it can change over time, yet ther e is a systems resistance to change

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cultural competency
Definition
knowledge of the characterisitics, beleifs, values, experiences and norms on the culture with whom you are working. Cultural competency= interpersonal and behavior for working within the culture
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sue's model of cultural competence
Definition
cultural competence= balancing act; combination of naievte and humility. Like a good scientist, kknowledge about culture creates a hypothesis not an answer.
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what is essential to effective mentoring?
Definition
relationship has to last 1 yr; some pre-training to match the mentor; high structured; minm 12 hrs; adequate training; best practices close and consistent; involve parents; program evaluation
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what are some of the probable outcomes of an effective youth metoring intervention on youth?
Definition

1. social-emotion devlopment= provides problem solving abilities and self regualtion.

2. cogntiive develpment= stimulates it by visiting a museuem, tutoring, etc

3. indetity development= diff posibilities of what they can become, identiy, helps build networks

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