SLK 320 Sem test 2 Flashcards
Define community psychology
the study of interaction between individuals at multiple levels
what are the 4 basic areas of psychological knowledge that community psychology interacts with and applies to
SPDC
Social psychology and group dynamics
Personality psychology
Developmental psychology
Critical psychology
what 3 things does community psychology draw on
RIS
Research
Intervention principles
Skills obtained and sharpened during psychological training
what 4 ideas help to form the key characteristics of community psychology
SAVE
Social relevance
Action-orientated to promote health, quality of life and well-being
Value-driven
Ecological conceptualisation
Define social relevance
Socially responsive psychological praxis that deals with the real issues people experience
Explain ‘action-orientated to promote health, quality of life and well-being’ in the contect of the key characteristics of community psychology
uses psychological principles and techniques to prevent problems and promote healthy functioning for all members of a community
Define value-driven
promotes values of social justice and collaboration
Define ecological conceptualisation
behaviour is understood in terms of the complex interaction with their social and physical environments
What 6 ethical values must community psychology focus on
PPPSSE
Prevention
Participation
Paying attention to difference
Social justice
Systemic frameworks
Empowerment
what are the 4 things that the word ‘community’ can refer to
SSCP
Social system
Sociopolitical organisation
Construction way of life
People in a specific geographical area and time
what are the 3 factors of community defined in terms of a geographical area
LID
Land use and quality of housing
Infrastructure or formal organisations
Demographic characteristics
What are the 4 essential functions of a community that are achieved by interacting in groups
SSGR
Support
Socialisation
Goal achievement
Role fulfilment
what are the 4 ways that a person can feel part of a community
MIFS
Membership
Influence
Fulfilment of needs
Shared emotional connection
What are Krause and Montenegro’s 7 core dimensions of community as a multifaceted concept
Please Remember All Things Might Change Slowly
Psychological-emotional
Relational
Action
Time-space
Motivational
Cultural
Social identity
what are the 8 things that when addressed led to the development of the social action model
PPDUCTWV
Poverty
Poor education
Delinquency
Unemployment
Crime
Trouble in prisons
Welfare inequities
Various other social problems
what are the 5 values of community psychology
SSSPR
Social justice
Sense of community
Self-determination, participation and empowerment
Promotion of health and wellbeing
Respect for human diversity and dignity
What are the 5 foundational principles of community psychology
EEESC
Ecological perspectives
Empowerment
Ethical, reflective practice
Sociocultural and cross-cultural competence
Community inclusion and partnership
what are the 2 community programme development and management tools
PP
Programme development, implementation and management
Prevention and health promotion
What are the 4 community and organisational capacity building tools
CCRS
Community leadership and mentoring
Consultation and organisational development
Resource development
Small and large group processes
what are the 5 community and social change tools
CCCCP
Collaboration and coalition development
Community development
Community organising and community advocacy
Community education, information dissemination and building public awareness
Public policy analysis, development and advocacy
what are the 2 inclusions of community research
PP
Participatory community research
Programme evaluation
what are the 5 subheadings under the list of competencies of community psychology
FCCCC
Foundational principles of comm. psych. (5)
Community programme development and management (2)
Community and organisational capacity building (4)
Community and social change (5)
Community research (2)
what are the 3 broad models of intervention for community psych.
MSL
Mental health model
Social action model
Liberation or psycho-political model
Give a brief overview of the mental health model of comm. psych
mental health is emphasised, and interventions are provided to individuals and groups to improve their mental health
give a brief overview of the social action model of comm. psych
a strategy to mobilise community groups to bring about changes in social structures and procedures that inhibit their wellbeing
give a brief overview of the liberation/psycho-political model of comm. psych
emphasises the influence of social structures, institutions, and ideologies on the lives of individuals and society
what are the 7 involvements of the liberation/psycho-poltical model of comm. psych
PPCARGS
Political action
Promotion of human rights
Changing social policy
Advocacy
Raising awareness
Grassroots community organisation
Social change movements
what 4 things may influence a practitioner’s intervention strategy
BVPN
Belief system
Values
Professional orientation
Need and assets/strength in the community
what are the 6 roles that a community psychologist can perform
SPERCH
Social change agent/activist
Participant-conceptualiser
Educator or trainer
Researcher or evaluator
Consultant or advisor
Human service manager
define imperialism
when a powerful country extends rule in another to access their resources
define colonialism
Establishing a colony in a foreign land
what 3 things did colonialism depend on to flourish
PIC
Personal racism
Institutional/structural racism
Cultural racism
what is personal racism
racist stereotypes about indigenous groups to create a platform for their subjugation
What is institutional/ structural racism
policies that prevent marginalised group members from accessing resources and power in organisations
what is cultural racism
dominant narratives about the superiority of one group therefore generating power of privilege
Define coloniality
racial, social, and political hierarchies imposed by european colonialism that dictate value and are internalised and enacted by ordinary citizens
Define decoloniality
efforts at rehumanising the world, to breaking hierarchies of difference that dehumanise subjects and communities and that destroy nature
Define coloniality of knowledge
the structural power that defines knowledge and knowledge production from the perspective of dominant groups
Define accultuaration
adopting practices from cultures different from our own
what are the 4 values of critical community psychology
SEEE
Social Justice
Engaging difference
Ecological approaches
Empowerment and participation
what are the 3 core strategies for decolonisation as proposed by Adams, et al.
Decolonisation as indigenous resistance
Decolonisation as accompaniment
Decolonisation as denaturalisation
define praxis
the interface between theory and practice
define decolonisation as accompaniment
the process where researchers work with and among marginalised communities to struggle for social justice
what 3 things does decolonising methodologies allow participants to do
DUE
Develop their voices
Use the findings for social and policy change
Engage in the research
define cognitive justice
the recognition that pluralities of knowledge exist and that knowledge should be valued equally
Define epistemological resistance
the refusal to accept uncritically dominant knowledges as the only universal knowledges
