HBSE I Final Exam part 2

Systems Perspective - Key Concepts (3)

• Consist of interrelated parts linked to whole

• Subsystems of other larger systems

• Maintain boundaries for identity

Systems Perspective - Intervention Implications (2)

• Multidimensional intervention

• Promote self-knowledge

Conflict Perspective - Key Concepts (3)

• Unequal power relations

• Alienation

• Change by conflict

Conflict Perspective - Intervention Implications (2)

• Social justice

• Empowerment

Exchange & Choice Perspective - Key Concepts (3)

• Social exchange of material & nonmaterial resources

• Cost/Benefit analysis of social exchange

• Unequal resources is power

Exchange & Choice Perspective - Intervention Implications (2)

• Clarification of client values

• Opportunity costs

Social Constructionist Perspective - Key Concepts (3)

• Interaction shapes human consciousness

• Social reality is created through shared meaning

• Multiple realities - People Modify Meaning

Social Constructionist Perspective - Intervention Implications (2)

• Adopt a learning stance

• Construct solutions (vs. solve problems)

Psychodynamic Perspective - Key Concepts (3)

• Primacy of childhood experience

• Unconscious & conscious motivate behavior

• Instincts (drives) & emotion shape behavior

Psychodynamic Perspective - Intervention Implications (2)

• Gain understanding of past (childhood) events

• Develop self awareness to aid in self control (bring unconscious to conscious)

Developmental Perspective - Key Concepts (3)

• Chronological age-based stages

• Uniqueness of stages

• Sequential & Cumulative

Developmental Perspective - Intervention Implications (2)

• Promote growth & normalize transitions as typical

• Identify key ‘turning points’ to get back on track

(Social) Behavioral Perspective - Key Concepts (3)

• Behavior learned through environment

  • Association w/ environmental stimuli

    • Reinforcement  

    • Imitation

• Problems = Undesirable Behavior

• All behavior can be changed (ones can learn or be conditioned to new behavior)

(Social) Behavioral Perspective - Intervention Implications (2)

• Promote Self-efficacy

• Behavior Modification

Humanistic Perspective - Key Concepts (3)

• Unlimited capacity for change

• Uniqueness & Value of Individual

• Individual’s freedom of Action

Humanistic Perspective - Intervention Implications (2)

• Strengths based

• Client centered