SWB102 Lecture Notes - Edward Norton Lorenz, Ecological Systems Theory, Outlaw Motorcycle Club
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Complex of elements or components directly or indirectly related in a casual network. Policed by people within system e. g. migrants to australia. E. g. member of family, school, church, company, gender group. Close systems e. g. friend groups in school, families (concern), policed on outside/ norms e. g. motorbike gang [out of law] Resources that make the system work e. g. physical, human, financial e. g. Resources that make the system work e. g. physical, human, financial e. g. lecturers in. Can have imbalanced resources e. g. good parenting with poverty [no 17241724]; Can"t control, evaluate every single variable hard to evaluate effectiveness. Constantly required in social work keep purpose, working on track. Tendency of systems to maintain themselves in some sort of balance; in the same time, moving forwards towards their goals. Homeostasis (keeping systems in balance) seeking to achieve sameness/ balance. Mesosystem: connections between different systems e. g. child"s teacher parents. Exosystem: indirect influences e. g. working hours of parents to children.