PS282 Study Guide - Soho, Community Psychology, Effect Size
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First order change: alters, rearranges, replaces members of a group to resolve some aspects of a problem. Second order change: changing the relationships, roles, goals of the individuals. Context minimization error: underestimating the importance of context in a persons life. Community psychology: quality of life for individuals, communities, and societies are linked. Integrating research with action to understand and enhance the quality of life for individuals, communities and societies. Participant conceptualizer: involved in community processes while attempting to understand and explain them. Core values in community psych: individual and family wellness, sense of community, respect for human diversity, social justice, citizen participation, collaboration, community strength and empirical grounding. Cholera in uk, tens of thousands die, many believe it is spread by miasma (bad air). John snow suggests epidemic is related to food or water, handle of broad street pump removed and epidemic slows to a halt.
