Theories Flashcards
(43 cards)
SYSTEMS THEORY
Systems theory states that individuals are in continual interaction with their environment and that part within a system are interrelated.
MASLOW’S HIERARCHY
1st. Physiological Needs: breathing, food, water, shelter, clothing, sleep.
2nd. Safety Needs: health, employment, property, family, and social stability.
3rd. Social Needs: love and belonging, friendship, family, intimacy, sense of connection.
4th. Esteem Needs: Self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of other, the need to be a unique individual.
5th. Self-Actualisation: morality, creativity, spontaneity acceptance, and expense purpose. ,
CLOSED SYSTEM
uses up it’s energy and dies.
DIFFERENTIATION
becoming specialized in structure and function.
ENTROPY
Closed, disorganized, stagnant; using up available energy.
EQIFINALITY
Arriving at the same end from different beginnings.
HOMEOSTASIS
Steady state
INPUT
Obtaining resources from the environment that are necessary at attain the goals of the system.
NEGATIVE ENTROPY
Exchange of energy and resources between systems that promote growth and transformation.
OPEN SYSTEM
A system with cross boundary exchange.
OUTPUT
A product of the system that exports to the environment.
SUBSYSTEM
A major component of a system made up of two or more independent components that interact in order to attain their own purpose(s) and the purpose(s) of the system in which they are embodied.
SUPRA SYSTEM
An entity that is served by a number of component systems organized in interacting relationships.
THROUGHPUT
Energy that is integrated into the system so it can be used by the system to accomplish its goals.
FAMILY THEORIES
Theoretical and therapeutic base for dealing with family related situations; it is also useful in understanding and managing individual problems by determining the extent to which such problems are related to family issues.
CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE
The collection of skills that depend on accumulated knowledge and experience, good judgment and mastery of social conventions.
STRATEGIC FAMILY THERAPY
A social worker initiates what happens during therapy, designs a specific approach for each person’s presenting problem, and takes responsibility for directly influencing people.
STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY
Stresses the importance of family organization for the functioning of the group and the well-being of its members.
DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES
Characterized by either a pattern of rigid enmeshment or disengagement.
Interpersonal boundaries define individual family members and promote their differentiation and autonomous, yet interdependent functioning.
FAMILY BOUNDARIES WITH OUTSIDE WORLD
Boundaries with the outside works define the family unit, but boundaries must be permeable enough to maintain a well-functioning open system, allowing contact and reciprocal exchanges with the social world.
FAMILY HIERARCHY
Hierarchical organization in families of all cultures is maintained by generational boundaries, the rules differentiating parents and child roles, rights, and obligations.
GROUP THEORIES
In group work, individuals help each other in order to influence and change personal, group, organizational and community problems.
THERAPEUTIC GROUP
A therapeutic group provides a unique microcosm in which members, through the process of interacting with each other, gain more knowledge and insight into themselves for the purpose of making changes in their lives.
PSYCHODRAMA
This is a treatment approach in which roles are enacted in a group context. Members of the group re-create their problems and devote themselves to the role dilemmas of each member.
