Exam 5: Understanding Individuals Within Environments

Summarize the contributions and limitations of each conceptual perspective: Barker's behavior settings,Kelly's ecological principles,Moos' social climate scales,Seidman's social regularities,and environmental psychology.

The ecological concept illustrated by the fact that in most classrooms,teachers ask most of the questions.

Which of the viewpoints in Chapter 5 most emphasizes cultural factors such as meaning,symbols,and values?

A women's center was founded by a few highly committed women who were very close emotionally and helped each other a lot.Their early work was so successful that the center has grown.It now employs many more women,who are not as close emotionally to each other as the founders were.This change illustrates which of Kelly's four ecological principles?

Define social regularity,and give one example from the chapter and one of your own.

Which is a limitation of social climate scales?

Which of Kelly's four ecological principles concerns the fit between individual and environment,or how individuals cope with environmental demands?

The conceptual model that originated in observational studies of real-life settings in "Midwest",a small Kansas town.

At work,an outside consultant asks you to fill out a questionnaire that concerns how you think about the workplace social environment.The questionnaire specifically asks questions about your perceptions of relationships among workers and supervisors,of opportunities for career development and learning on the job,and of how much of an emphasis is put on innovation and on control by supervisors.What conceptual model of ecological context in Chapter 5 has influenced this consultant?

Examples of this concept include weddings,choir practices,baseball games,and classrooms.

College students need to manage their time well,make new friends,and seek help when needed.The importance of these skills especially concerns which of Kelly's ecological concepts?

Define underpopulated and optimally populated settings,and give your own examples.Define the types of circuits each uses to exclude or retain members.Discuss the principal findings of Barker and Gump's Big School,Small School study.

When psychologists study effects of neighborhoods on personal life,low average neighborhood income and high neighborhood unemployment are examples of ____ .

The alternative setting that involved self-governing residences with strong peer social support for persons with serious mental illnesses.

Which conceptual model of ecological context in Chapter 5 would be most concerned with the effects of noise,hazardous wastes,and disasters on behavior and social relationships?

A mutual help support organization begins a new local group when the membership of an existing group reaches about a dozen members.This increases opportunities for members to be actively involved.In terms of concepts in Chapter 5,what is this organization doing?