URBN 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Community Psychology
12 Sep 2016
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A readily available, mutually supportive network of relationships on which one could depend . Community psychology relationships of individuals with communities and societies. First order change vs. second order change: first solves immediate issues, second addresses bigger issue, i. e. homelessness. Fundamental contribution error: ignoring the bigger cause, focusing too much on the individual. Context minimization error: ignoring the individual, focusing too much on the bigger cause. Ecological levels of analysis: individuals, microsystems, organizations, localities, macro systems. Seven core values of cp: individual and family wellness, sense of community, respect for human diversity, social justice, empowerment and citizen participation, collaboration and community strengths, empirical grounding. Individual and family wellness: collective wellness is the goal given that individuals, families, and communities strive for. Sense of community: feeling members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, four elements of sense of community: Mutual, give and take between the group.
