Module 2: Some Major Concepts in the Ecological Perspective

Question 1

involves the conditions, circumstances, and human interactions that encompass human beings.

includes the actual physical setting that society provides.

Answer 1

Social Environment

Question 2

is the natural power of active involvement between people and their environments.

Answer 2

Energy

Question 3

is the capacity to adjust to surrounding environmental conditions. It implies ongoing process of change.

Answer 3

Adaptation

Question 4

is the extent to which “an individual’s or a collective group’s needs, rights, goals, and capacities” match or fit the environment’s abilities to meet that person’s or group’s physical, social, and cultural needs.

Answer 4

Person-in-environment fit

Question 5

is the resulting physiological and/or emotional tension produced by a stressor that affects a person’s internal balance.

Answer 5

Stress

Question 6

include any of a wide range of variables and circumstances: traumatic events such as sudden deaths or discovery of fatal disease.

Answer 6

Stressors

Question 7

is a form of adaptation where “efforts to regulate immobilizing, negative feelings” and problem-solving strategies are applied “to handle the demands posed by the life stressor.

Answer 7

Coping

Question 8

Enumerate the three main Administrative Group

Answer 8

(1) Clusters of Supervisors and Administrators
(2) Board of Directors
(3) Advisory Boards

Question 9

one common type of administrative group “is composed of supervisors, department heads, or other administrative staff”

Answer 9

Clusters of Supervisors and Administrators

Question 10

is another type of administrative group. It is a group of people authorized to formulate the organization’s mission, objectives, and policies and to oversee the organization’s ongoing activities.

Answer 10

Board of Directors

Question 11

another type of administrative group which group members are recruited because of their expertise and interest in the agency’s services.

Answer 11

Advisory Boards

Question 12

Enumerate wide range of professional roles

Answer 12

(1) Advocate
(2) Mediator
(3) Integrator/Coordinator
(4) General Manager
(5) Educator
(6) Analyst/Evaluator
(7) Broker
(8) Facilitator
(9) Initiator
(10) Negotiator
(11) Mobilizer

Question 13

one who steps forward on the behalf of the client system in order to promote fair and equitable treatment or gain needed resources.

Answer 13

Advocate

Question 14

one who resolves arguments or disagreements among micro, mezzo, or macro systems by assuming a neutral role.

Answer 14

Mediator

Question 15

one who oversees the process of assembling different elements to form a cohesive whole, product or process.

Answer 15

Integrator/Coordinator

Question 16

one who assumes some level of administrative responsibility for a social services agency or other organizational system.

Answer 16

General Manager

Question 17

one who gives information and teaches skills to other systems.

Answer 17

Educator

Question 18

one who determines the effectiveness of a program or agency for an organization or community.

Answer 18

Analyst/Evaluator

Question 19

one who links any size system with community resources and services.

Answer 19

Broker

Question 20

one who guides a group experience.

Answer 20

Facilitator

Question 21

one who calls attention to an issue or problem.

Answer 21

Initiator

Question 22

one who acts to settle disputes and/or resolve disagreements, acting on the behalf of one of the parties involved.

Answer 22

Negotiator

Question 23

one who identifies and convenes community people and resources and makes them responsive to unmet community needs.

Answer 23

Mobilizer

Question 24

is the condition of being attached to others in friendships, social networks, kinship, and other positive relationships in the social environment.

Answer 24

Relatedness

Question 25

the mutual reliance of each person upon each other person.

Answer 25

Interdependence

Question 26

is the careful scrutiny of what is stated as true or what appears to be true and the resulting expression of an opinion or conclusion based on that scrutiny.

Answer 26

Critical thinking

Question 27

Enumerate the Triple A approach to seriously examine and evaluate its validity

Answer 27

(1) Ask questions
(2) Assess the established facts and issues involved
(3) Assert a concluding opinion

Question 28

Enumerate the four Focus on Empowerment and the strengths perspective

Answer 28

(1) Positive sense of self worth and competence
(2) Ability to influence the course of one’s life
(3) Capacity to work with others to control aspects of public life