Community Psychology Fall 2010 Nellie Tran Ph D
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Community Psychology Fall 2010 Nellie Tran, Ph. D. Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 1
Contact Info • Email: Nellie_Tran@uml. edu • Office: Mahoney Hall 6 • Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 2 -3 pm and by appointment Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 2
Introductions • Name • Major • Interesting fact about you Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 3
Syllabus • Semester Long Project • Missed Exam Policy Update Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 4
Devise a way to draw 4 straight lines that pass through all 9 dots, without lifting your pencil from the paper and without retracing a line. Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 5
Solution • Check page 6 of textbook Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 6
List as many uses for a paperclip as you can. Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 7
What is Community Psychology? • Concerns relationship of individuals with communities & societies • Through research & action, community psychologists seek to enhance quality of life for individuals, communities & society. Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 8
Example Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 9
Example Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 10
Community Psychology • Guided by 7 core values 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Individual & family wellness Sense of community Respect for human diversity Social justice Collaboration Community strengths Empirical grounding • Participant/Conceptualizer role • Goal: to enhance both individual & community life Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 11
Community Psychology: Addressing Social Forces in People’s Lives 1) Research to understand how social forces affect individuals & groups. – Poverty – Oppression – Inadequate schools – Increasing individuals skills/resources – Altering aspects of the social context 2) Action to improve how context/environment affects individuals Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 12
Example: Oxford House • “Self Run, Self Supported, Addiction Recovery Houses” Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 13
What Do Community Psychologists Do? 1) Research – Basic research – Applied research (Prevention/Promotion) – Participatory action research – Program evaluation – Policy research Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 14
What Do Community Psychologists Do? 2) Action – Community consultation – Creating alternative settings – Community organizing and coalition building – Advocacy Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 15
Delineating the Field • Different from – Clinical psychology – Social work – Environmental psychology – Sociology Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 16
Values & Psychology Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 17
Drop Out Rate Example Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 18
Next Time • History of Community Psychology Fall 2010 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1) 19
