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Theoretical Perspective Keys Flashcards

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Whats the Area of focus for Ecosystem Theories?

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Conceptualizes individuals as part of broader environmental systems that interact to shape human behaviour.

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What are key components of Ecosystem theories?

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  • Microsystem (individual level)
  • Mesosytem (interrelations between the individual and those around them)
  • Exosystem (systems that impact the person indirectly)
  • Macrosystem (systems that impact all other systems)
  • Chronosystem (time/context)
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Whats the practice approach for ecosystem theories?

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Eco-maps

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What are the strengths of ecosystem theories?

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  • Mapping of interactions between people and their environment
  • Attention to the interaction between risks and protective factors
  • Moves beyond the individual-level
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What are limitations of ecosystem theories? 3

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  • Overlooks notion of power
  • Assumes all systems exert equal influence
  • More descriptive than prescriptive
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What is the area of focus for onion peeling theories?

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Understands human behaviour as shaped by influential layers of experiences and relations.

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What are the key components of onion peeling theories? 7

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  • Psychodynamic theories
  • Unresolved past conflicts
  • Unconscious drives and motivations
  • Id, superego, and ego
  • 4 Developmental Stages: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital
  • Attachment theory
  • Person-centred approaches
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What is the approach to onion peeling theories?

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Therapeutic alliance driven by insight, interpretation and understanding

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What are the strengths to onion peeling theories?

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  • Widespread and long-standing influence
  • High levels of reported client satisfaction
  • Rich insights into the complex mind
  • Healing outcomes
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What are the limitations to onion peeling theories? 5

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  • Past• Reductionist (reduces to past events)
  • Resilience • Overlooks resilience
  • Oppression • Overlooks systems of oppression
  • Effectiveness • Lack of evidence documenting effectiveness
  • Longterm • Not feasible in short-term social work settings
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What is the area of focus for faulty engine theories?

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Focuses on concretely changing problem behaviours through assessment and monitoring.

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What are the key components of faulty-engine theories? 4

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  • Behavioural approaches
  • Cognitive-behavioural theories
  • Faulty thinking/distorted thinking
  • Reframing
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What are the approaches to faulty engine theories? 3

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  • Reframing
  • Behaviour therapy
  • Cognitive-behavioural therapy
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What are the strengths to faulty engine theories? 3

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  • Strong evidence-base supporting effectiveness
  • Practical focus on immediate concerns
  • Provides sense of hope
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What are the limitations to faulty engine theories? 4

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  • Some behaviours too deeply-rooted for a quick fix
  • Pathologizing of appropriate human responses to adversity
  • Overly individualistic
  • Ethical concerns with universal applicability
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What is the area of focus for story telling theories?

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Emphasizes narratives of events that influence identity and well-being.

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What are the key components to story telling theories? 4

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  • Strength-based social work
  • Importance of culture and context
  • Social constructionist theory
  • Foucault’s “truths”
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What is the approach to story telling theories?

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Narrative therapy

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What are the strengths of story telling theories? 3

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  • Client-centred
  • Optimistic orientation
  • Applicable to individual, group, and organizational levels
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What are the limitations to story telling theories?

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  • Dismisses client’s distress
  • Interventions as driven mainly by social worker
  • Geared toward educated middle-class
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What is the area of focus for mountain moving theories?

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Connects the personal with the political to focus on structural oppression.

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What are key components to mountain moving theory 6

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  • Feminist theories
  • Anti-oppressive practice
  • Intersectionality
  • Critical race theory
  • Indigenous approaches
  • Structural social work
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What is the approach to mountain moving theories? 4

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  • Critical self-reflection
  • Social reform
  • Control & self-actualization
  • Participatory practices
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What are the strengths of mountain moving theories? 3

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  • Critical analysis of social issues
  • Highlight the role of power relations and privilege
  • Transformational
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What are the limitations to mountain moving theories? 4

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  • Overly focused on collective action
  • Neglects immediate personal needs
  • Founded on set of assumptions; not client-driven
  • No empirically-tested explanations

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