Resources Flashcards
definitions of resources (3)
- means for meeting demands (goals, events, crises) of a family system
- what is available to be used
- anything with a real or perceived value to attain or satisfy something
resourcefulness
- ability to recognize and use resources effectively
recognition and allocation of resources (4)
- should be allocated to meet appropriate and important demands
- often diverted to immediate needs or demands
- each person has a different type and amount of resources
- different life demands over the life course may cause pressure points in resources
what are some examples of the sharing economy (7)
- peer-to-peer lending
- crowdfunding
- apartment/house renting and couch surfing
- ride sharing and car sharing
- bike share
- co-working
- knowledge and talent-sharing
resource categorization (7)
- material
- family
- work
- social
- education
- technological
- health
how can we classify resources (2)
- material, economic, and tangible
- human, non-economic and intangible
material/economic resources (8)
decrease over time:
- income
- wealth
- employee benefits
- credit
- property
- household equipment, computers, cars
- natural resources
human resources (2)
- the skills, talents, and abilities that people possess
- time, energy, knowledge, education, health, and friendship
types of human resources (3)
- individual
- interpersonal
- family group
interpersonal human resources (2)
- love, trust, respect
- information, cooperation, friendship, communication
family group human resources (2)
- cohesion
- adaptability
attributes of human resources (3)
- cognitive
- affective
- psychomotor
cognitive attributes of human resources (2)
- knowledge aspects of resource use
- use the knowledge as encounter new experiences
affective attributes of human resources (2)
- feelings about our expressions of resource use
- affects with whom and if you share resources
psychomotor attributes of human resources (2)
- physical reactions to mental stimuli
- how you carry out affective and cognitive functions
human capital
- total of a person’s human resources
- all the capabilities and traits that people use to achieve goals and other resources
material assets
- sum total of my material resources
resource stock
- combination of human capital and material assets
- sum of all the readily available resources an individual possesses
private sphere’s/family’s role in developing human capital (8)
particularistic:
- child rearing
- provision of food
- satisfying personal relations
- values and language acquisition
- learn routines of life
- learn problem solving
- customs/traditions
public sphere’s/societal role in developing human capital (6)
universalistic:
- education
- health and welfare
- business
- vocational training
- day care
how are resources similar (3)
- useful (time, place and form): not universal, people value different resources
- interdependent
- somewhat exchangeable
usefulness of resources (3)
- time availability: available when needed
- place availability: available where it’s needed
- form utility: available in accessible and usable form
Foa and Foa Resource Model: particularism (2)
- high particularism: status, love, and service
- low particularism: information, money, and goods
Foa and Foa Resource Model: high concreteness
- high concreteness: info and status
- low concreteness: service and goods
Foa and Foa Resource Model: what is more easily exchangeable
order: status - love - service - goods - money - info - status - love
Foa and Foa Resource Model: love
- expression of warmth, comfort, affectionate regard
Foa and Foa Resource Model: status
- prestige, regard, esteem
Foa and Foa Resource Model: info
- advice, opinions, instructions, enlightenment
Foa and Foa Resource Model: money
- currency
Foa and Foa Resource Model: goods
- tangible products, objects, materials
Foa and Foa Resource Model: services
- activities that people do or labour for others
Foa and Foa Resource Model: how does need relate to acquisition of resources
- causes desire for resources; is a motivator
particularistic vs universal (2)
- particularistic are better exchanged
- particularistic are more/less important depending on who you exchange with
characteristics of resource exchange and friends (2)
- prefer to repay others with similar resources, not dissimilar ones
- exchanged are perceived as inequitable, but don’t yield dissatisfaction among friends
institutions and appropriate resource exchanges (3)
- work: money for services
- school: information for money and status
- family: love and status; has widest range of resources exchanged
intangible resources
- cannot be touched
tangible resources (2)
- are real, touchable, or capable of being appraised
- easier to measure and observe than intangible resources
scarcity
- shortage or an insufficient amount of supply
- lies at the core of production and consumption
opportunity cost
- highest-valued alternative that must be sacrificed to satisfy a want or attain something
economic well-being (2)
- degree to which individuals and families have economic adequacy and security
- the desire for or extant of protection against economic risks
private resources
- owned/controlled by an individual, a family, or a group
public resources
- owned and used by all the people in a locality or country
entrepreneur
- person who organizes, operates, and successfully manages a new enterprise
leveraging
- doing more with less
- go beyond more efficient use of resources into more creation realms where managers are not constrained by their current resource base
utility
- value, worth, applicability, productiveness, or usefulness of a resource
culture
- sum of all socially transmitted behaviour patterns, beliefs, arts, expectations, institutions, and all other products of human work and through characteristic of a group, community, or population
norms
- the boundaries that cultures set
cognition
- mental process or faculty by which knowledge is required
conservation of resources theory
- a new way of conceptualizing stress: how people use resources to resist stress and increase their well-being
- Professor Stevan Hoboll
