Chapter 5: Understanding Individuals Within Environments Flashcards
True or false, context is:
Encapsulating environments in which people live
Structural forces that shape the lives of individuals
True
True or false, people with mental illness are 2 ½ times more likely to be attacked, raped or mugged than the general population
True
Would child hunger end if there were more food banks?
No
Explain the difference between first order change and second order change
First order:Solves the problem for that moment in time
Eg. Food banks, shelter etc
Second order: Solves the problem for a longer period of time
Eg. Increase minimum wage
Is obesity contagious?
Yes, turns out you’re more likely to be obese if your friend is b/c you’ll eat the same way when you go out etc
“Induction”
True or false, assumptions behind the process of a problem definition may be largely unconscious
True
True or false, often, we don’t notice the influence of our social areas until we notice feeling uncomfortable
True
True or false, most of us tend to notice aspects of environments most clearly when we are new to a setting
True
True or false, an interest in understanding environmental influences on individuals is common among many disciplines, including anthropologist, soci, and social work
True
True or false, community psychology seeks to understand environmental factors and their connections to well-being
True
What are the 4 ecological principles (principles about characteristics of settings, not of individuals)
Interdependence
Cycling of resources
Adaptation
Succession
Explain interdependence (ecological principle)
Changes in one part can effect others… They are interdependent
Eg. Family, if someone gets sick, others get sick in the family
Explain cycling of resources (ecological principles)
How resources are used, distributed, conserved, and transformed within communities
Personal resources
Social resources
Explain Adaptation (ecological principles)
Individuals cope with the constraints and demands of an environment and enviornment so adapt to their members
True or false, according to the adaptation principle (ecological principles) if an organization does not respond to the needs of its members will find it difficult to retain member involvement or attract new members (YETI)
True
What is the difference between personal resources and social resources?
Personal– talents, knowledge, experiences, strengths
Social– shared beliefs, values, formal rules, shared sense of community
What is succession? (Ecological principles)
How settings are created, maintained, and changed over time
True or false, you need to understand a systems history before they plan an intervention in that system
True
What are the 3 social climate dimensions?
Relationships
Personal development
System maintenance and change
True or false, if the ecological context of social issues is left unaddressed, the interventions chosen will likely be limited in their effectiveness
True
Explain three challenges in studying neighbourhoods
1– no consensus as to what a neighbourhood is
2– there is much diversity in ecologies of neighbourhoods (eg, low income neighbourhood, rich neighbourhood)
3– neighbourhoods are dynamic settings that are continually changing and adapting
What are neighbourhood risk processes?
Statistically correlated with such problematic individual outcomes as personal distress, mental disorders, or behaviour problems
(How neighbourhoods can effect individual functioning)
What are neighbourhood protective processes?
Strengths or resources associated with positive individual outcomes
They offset or buffer the impact of risk processes
What are distal processes
Broader in scope and indirectly affect individuals
