Midterm Flashcards
What does hutchinson mean when she discusses her multidimensional approach?
Person, environment, time
How does Hutchinson define diversity?
Patterns of group difference
How does Hutchinson define privilege?
Unearned advantage
How does Hutchinson defines heterogeneity/homogeneity?
Hetero - individual-level variations
Homo - similarity
Dimensions
Features that can be focused on separately but that cannot be understood without also considering other features
Theory
Ideas or assumptions about what is happening and why.
Comes from observed data in the context of research, and in the practice mileu.
Concepts
Symbols developed by a discipline to describe phenomena with which it is dealing
Labels we give a phenomena…
What does theory do/what is it good for?
Saves energy Mobilizes energy Is preferably non-obvious Selects attention Allows us to order facts in a meaningful way Allows us to make inferences
Ideology
Is really a set of social prescriptions, plus the general common knowledge of the day
Ex. Thou shalt not, or “everyone knows that…”
Every theory is affected by ideology
Hypothesis
A posited relationship between facts
About the McKinley family
Ruth - grandmother
Stanley - father
Marcia - mother
Bethany - daughter
What are the four theories of person?
Psycho-dynamic
Developmental
Social behavioral
Humanistic
About psycho-dynamic theory
- Emotions have a central place in human behavior
- focus on early childhood experiences and affect
About developmental theory
Human development occurs in clearly defined stages
Each stage builds on the earlier stage
About social-behaviorism
Human behavior is learned when individuals interact with the environment
Humans will learn even if not incentivized
All human behavior is learned by association
About humanism
Influenced by existentialism
Each person is unique and valuable
Each person is responsible for choices he or she makes within the limits of freedom
Choice can be limited but we have a radical capability to chose how to live
About systems theory
Von Bertalanffry + Hearn
Every system is part of larger systems and smaller systems as well
Linear causality vs circular causality
Linear: Logical; non-reciprocal relationship exists between events in a sequence. a + b = c
Circular: causality is NON-linear; any cause is seen as the effect of some other cause; causality is contextual, ever-changing
Boundaries in systems
Protect and regulate; decide who’s in and who’s out.
Can be rigid or more permeable.
Closed systems
Ex. North Korea
System with boundary that is rigid, there had little to no exchange of info or energy with the outside world.