PSY 808 Lecture Notes - Canadian Psychological Association, Victim Blaming, Community Psychology

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 808
• Professor: Kosha Bramesfeld

Document Summary

A community is where everyone has something in common. A value is considered something that is worthwhile or valuable. In the 1960"s, community psychology was acknowledged for the first time a discipline. 1980"s, community psychology became officially a sub-discipline within the canadian. As a discipline we haven"t existed for very long but the questions that we ask within psychology have been around for a very long time. To understand psychology as a discipline, we need to look at the u. s where community psychology gained its momentum. The ymca, scouts programs started to originate in the 1890-1920"s in the u. s where huge labour movements began and the values that existed back then still exist today. Values: education, labour union, compassion, rights of workers, equality community involvement. Issues: low income, employment, poverty, healthcare, racial barriers, access to childcare, language barriers, early education. Principles/interventions: kindergarten classes, open/public access, employment bureau, mixed income neighbourhoods.