WK 10 L1 Community psychology

Question 1

Benefits of social connectedness

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increases longevity, shorter labour during birth, improved recovery from surgery, reduce stress of redundancy

Question 2

Loneliness causes

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depression, delinquency, earlier death, physical illness, aggressiveness, psychiatric disorders

Question 3

to change the things that make people sick we need to…

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eradicate poverty, build inclusive communities, address oppression, reduce stress at work and elsewhere, and ensure that people have the opportunity to control their own lives, ensure people have good living conditions

Question 4

Community psychology

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concerns the relationships of individuals with communities and societies - research action, enhance quality of life and values

Question 5

when and where was the term community psych coined

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1965 USA

Question 6

Whanaungatanga

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enmeshed in family

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Whakapapa

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link to ancestors, next generation

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Kaitiakitanga

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being part of and looking after enviro

Question 9

Manakitanga

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relating to others in ways that enhance our mana

Question 10

Big ideas of community psych #3

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values, ecology and prevention

Question 11

values and what psych study

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conformity and solidarity

Question 12

Matakite

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person with spiritual insight who sees visions of the future

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Values in community psychology

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social justice, prevention, collaboration, commitment to evaluation, empowerment and self determination, capacity building and valuing diversity

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social justice

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fairness, equity, equal access to resources with respect to class, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability etc.

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prevention

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addressing conditions which lead to problems

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collaboration

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a preference for working with people, not imposing solutions on people

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commitment to evaluation

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assessing changes, measuring effectiveness of programmes

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empowerment and self determination

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promoting opportunities for individuals and groups to increase control over their lives

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Capacity building

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developing strengths rather than assuming deficits

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Valuing diversity

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as opposed to tolerating difference

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An ecological approach involves

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institutional and national systems, beliefs, culture, values, history, family, community, physical enviro

Question 22

Multi level analysis

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micro, meso, macro and mega

Question 23

Mirco

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small systems- families, relationships, individuals

Question 24

meso

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medium systems- organisations, communities, ethnic and religious groups

Question 25

Macro

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large systems- nation, legal system and economy

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Mega

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Biosphere

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Social change perspective

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changing enviro instead of person

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Multi-level approach

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working at the macro and meso levels

Question 29

Health promotion

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the process enables people to increase control over and improve their health. it moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions

Question 30

Health promotion strategies

Answer 30

Ottawa charter