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the aim of community psychology: building foundation is to
I, unity and community is...
bio-medical model
the traditional african psychological worldview
the critical african perspective on psychology
Yen (2013) points to the pos...
PYC2614 - All notes/assignments/self-
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1). The aim of community psychology: building foundation is to
Ans: - introduce you to the sub-discipline of psychology called community psychology
- understand and conceptualize community psychological interventions, applications and
initiatives
- conceptualize community practices and dynamics as well as community psychological
applications and interventions
2). I, unity and community is...
Ans: - a metaphor for your existence in the community
- signify the interwoven way in which you as an individual like to others
- show how well all forma community as a collective
- reflect our interdependence on one another and on nature
3). Bio-medical model
Ans: - focus on the individual as the unit of analysis
- emphasize the role of biological factors (esp. the brain) in influencing and affecting
human behavior
- assumes that treating the biological cause will produce the desired effects or cure -
usually by pharmaceutical treatment
- rely on the assumptions of cause and effect - and focuses on the cure of individuals who
are already ill
4). The traditional african psychological worldview
Ans: - understand causality as linked to the interaction of life forces
- makes little or no distinction between nature and culture
- define personhood relationally in terms of shared humanity
- extend parental responsibilities to include extended family and community
5). The critical african perspective on psychology
Ans: - sees cultures and worldviews as meaning systems and endeavors to
accommodate different worldviews
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, - look into how cultural traditions and social practices regulate, express and transform the
human psyche
- focus on the indigenization of psychology and takes into account differences in peoples
languages, philosophies and worldviews
6). Yen (2013) points to the position of liberatory community psychology that
Ans: that the ways in which communities are conceptualize may vary from context to
context because of different cultures and worldviews
7). The word "community" in south africa stems from
Ans: - it is often interpreted in terms of race differences in the SA context
- the legacy of systematic discrimination by the apartheid state that privileged the
designated "white race" and disadvantaged all other races
- the view that community psychology is only for the disadvantaged who cannot afford or
access individual therapy
8). Liberatory community psychology
Ans: - directed towards to common aim of improving community conditions and
promoting psychological wellbeing
- study of people in context
- no single definition as community psychology is a heterogeneous concept
- adopts an interdisciplinary theoretical and practical lens that is more encompassing
than the discipline of psychology
9). Calls for decolonized education by "fallist" movements can be linked to
Ans: - a reignition of the importance if an education that is relevant to the many and
varied local contexts in SA
- a critical process of self-reflection within student collectives and academia
- the problematics of the decontextualized introduction of conceptual categories and the
theories from the west
- a process of critically thinking and theorizing about the situated-ness of knowledge
systems and entry into dialogues with different approaches or theories from elsewhere
10). Heterogeneous community psychologies originate from
Ans: multiple histories of community psychology in different parts of the world that is
capable of accounting and theorizing for all contexts and experiences
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