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Community Psychology Fall 2010

Community Psychology Fall 2010. Nellie Tran, Ph.D. Contact Info. Email: Nellie_Tran@uml.edu Office: Mahoney Hall 6 Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 2-3pm and by appointment. Introductions. Name Major Interesting fact about you. Syllabus. Semester Long Project Missed Exam Policy Update.

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Community Psychology Fall 2010

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  1. Community PsychologyFall 2010 Nellie Tran, Ph.D. What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  2. Contact Info • Email: Nellie_Tran@uml.edu • Office: Mahoney Hall 6 • Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 2-3pm and by appointment What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  3. Introductions • Name • Major • Interesting fact about you What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  4. Syllabus • Semester Long Project • Missed Exam Policy Update What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  5. 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. What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  6. Solution • Check page 6 of textbook What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  7. List as many uses for a paperclip as you can. What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  8. 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. What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  9. Example What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  10. Example What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  11. Community Psychology • Guided by 7 core values • 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 What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  12. Community Psychology: Addressing Social Forces in People’s Lives • Research to understand how social forces affect individuals & groups. • Poverty • Oppression • Inadequate schools • Increasing individuals skills/resources • Altering aspects of the social context • Action to improve how context/environment affects individuals What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  13. Example: Oxford House • “Self Run, Self Supported, Addiction Recovery Houses” What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  14. What Do CommunityPsychologists Do? • Research • Basic research • Applied research (Prevention/Promotion) • Participatory action research • Program evaluation • Policy research What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  15. What Do Community Psychologists Do? • Action • Community consultation • Creating alternative settings • Community organizing and coalition building • Advocacy What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  16. Delineating the Field • Different from • Clinical psychology • Social psychology • Social work • Environmental psychology • Sociology What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  17. Values & Psychology What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  18. Drop Out Rate Example What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

  19. Next Time • History of Community Psychology What is Community Psychology? (Chapter 1)

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