Community Psychology Introduction
A brief introduction to the field of Community Psychology and to the Society for Community Research and Action.
#Community #Psychology #Introduction
A brief introduction to the field of Community Psychology and to the Society for Community Research and Action.
#Community #Psychology #Introduction
How do community psychologist fully understand a community and its needs unless they are apart of it?
What's the difference between community psychology and sociology?
In what ways do community psychologists go about solving problems and what type of problems do they address?
How do community psychologists measure the changes they put in place to make sure the change is effective?
What is the difference between community psychology and community development?
What are some examples of these programs and policies?
How does community psychology plan to reduce oppression? What kinds of oppression are being targeted by community psychologists?
What methods or steps do community psychologists take in order to focus on the culture values in a community?
How do community psychologists use the scientific method in collecting research? In other words, how is their research collected?
What is the overall goal that community psychologists strive for when they are implementing a system into a community?
What social problems are the most difficult for community physiologists? Does the scientific methods used account for the different human emotions and perspectives in a community? Are there any problems in a community that might not be able to be solved by Community Psychologist, or is there always a solution?
During scientific research, how do community psychologists manage to be involved with the community without interfering with their own experiment?
What marginalized groups of people do community psychologists tend to focus on the most?
Is there some examples to show us community psychology can really help people reduce oppression? How do they can let people help them? Or how people can believe community psychology can helpful? If there are problems out of control, what should they do? Or how psychologist to prove the way can be succeed? How long it will be take?
In a culturally, politically, or ethnically diverse community, how do Community Psychologists effectively solve a conflict or problem? Are the Psychologists able to study all communities in generally the same way, or does it change based on certain factors? If so, what factors affect how Psychologists study a community?
How do community psychologists tackle issues of oppression between different cultural groups within a community.
What is the main focus of community psychologists?
What specific policies or events have community psychologists implemented and how did they impact the community?
What organizations do community psychologists work with to better the community?
Does every large non-profit work with community psychologists? Is there a notable correlation between the success of non-profits & those working with community psychologists?
What are examples of specific job opportunities in the field of Community Psychology?
How are community psychologists able to foresee problems in communities before they happen and implement solution to problems that haven't even started yet?
How do government agencies, non-profits, and universities benefit from the presence of community psychologist?
What are some examples of nonprofit organizations that employ community psychologists?
How do community psychologists perform their research through the scientific method? Does this mean that their research is an somewhat an experiment with independent and dependent variables?
These are all great questions. With respect to the questions about research methods – community psychologists use a broad range of methods, including traditional experimental methods involving random assignment. However, given the difficulty of doing random assignment in community settings, other kinds of comparison groups or research designs are often employed. In addition, community psychology makes use of qualitative methods (e.g., interviews, case studies, focus groups, narratives) that add to our understanding of the context and meaning of the phenomena we study.
how do they work to improve systems that strengthen communities?