Community PsychologyFall 2010

Nellie Tran, Ph.D.

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Contact Info

• Email: Nellie_Tran@uml.edu

• Office: Mahoney Hall 6

• Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 2-3pm and by appointment

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Introductions

• Name

• Major

• Interesting fact about you

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Syllabus

• Semester Long Project

• Missed Exam Policy Update

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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.

Solution

• Check page 6 of textbook

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List as many uses for a paperclip as you can.

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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.

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Example

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Example

Community Psychology• Guided by 7 core values

1) Individual & family wellness2) Sense of community3) Respect for human diversity4) Social justice5) Collaboration 6) Community strengths7) Empirical grounding

• Participant/Conceptualizer role

• Goal: to enhance both individual & community life

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Community Psychology: Addressing Social Forces in People’s

Lives1) 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

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Example: Oxford House

• “Self Run, Self Supported, Addiction Recovery Houses”

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What Do CommunityPsychologists Do?

1)Research– Basic research– Applied research (Prevention/Promotion)– Participatory action research – Program evaluation– Policy research

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What Do Community Psychologists Do?

2)Action– Community consultation– Creating alternative settings– Community organizing and coalition

building– Advocacy

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Delineating the Field

• Different from– Clinical psychology– Social psychology– Social work– Environmental psychology– Sociology

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Values & Psychology

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Drop Out Rate Example

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Next Time

• History of Community Psychology

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