understanding community

Influence

________- refers to the sense of having importance or of feeling valued.

Membership

________- refers to the feeling of belonging or sharing a sense of personal relatedness.

Integration

________ and fulfillment of needs- refers to the feeling of fulfillment, which stems from the personal investments that members make in maintaining community membership or in participating in community activities and affairs.

Emotional safety

________- feelings of security and trust in revealing how one really feels.

Boundaries

________- allowing others to belong and keeping others out.

Contact hypothesis

________- members of the community become close when there are lots of opportunities for interaction.

emotional connection

Shared ________- refers to a sense of shared cultural and historical heritage and the feeling that common experiences will continue to be shared.

Personal Investment

________- sacrifices made to maintain membership.

Investment

________- the community becomes important to someone who has given time, energy, money, effort, and emotional openness to other members of the community.

Spiritual bond

________- the spark of friendship where members are able to be with other members in the community in order to have a setting and audience to express unique aspects of ones personality and see oneself mirrored in the eyes and responses of others.

Common symbol system

________- things used to represent the community.

Sense of belonging

________ and identification- members feeling that they belong, fit in, and are accepted by the community.

Communities

________- could either be referred to as a territorial, a network of interrelationships within a common interest, or as a shared spiritual /emotional connectedness.

event hypothesis

Shared ________- increased importance of shared event results into greater community bond.

Communities

could either be referred to as a territorial, a network of interrelationships within a common interest, or as a shared spiritual/emotional connectedness

Communities

are social constructs

Community as a shared political territory and heritage

a traditional understanding of community refers to a group of people living in the same geographical area

Community as a network of interpersonal ties based on a common interest

these ties, as it turns, provide mutual support, a sense of identity, and a sense of belongingness for the members

Sense of Community

"a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members needs will be met through their commitment to be together."

Membership

refers to the feeling of belonging or sharing a sense of personal relatedness

Boundaries

allowing others to belong and keeping others out

Emotional safety

feelings of security and trust in revealing how one really feels

Sense of belonging and identification

members feeling that they belong, fit in, and are accepted by the community

Personal Investment

sacrifices made to maintain membership

Common symbol system

things used to represent the community

Influence

refers to the sense of having importance or of feeling valued

Integration and fulfillment of needs

refers to the feeling of fulfillment, which stems from the personal investments that members make in maintaining community membership or in participating in community activities and affairs

Shared emotional connection

refers to a sense of shared cultural and historical heritage and the feeling that common experiences will continue to be shared

Contact hypothesis

members of the community become close when there are lots of opportunities for interaction

Quality of interaction

when interaction brings about positive experiences and good relationships, it would then fosters a great bond

Closure to events

when iterations are ambiguous and community tasks are unresolved, then community cohesion will be inhibited

Shared event hypothesis

increased importance of shared event results into greater community bond

Investment

the community becomes important to someone who has given time, energy, money, effort, and emotional openness to other members of the community

Effect of honor and humiliation to community members

members who have been publicly rewarded or recognized by the community will be more attracted to that community, similarly, members who have been publicly humiliated

Spiritual bond

the spark of friendship where members are able to be with other members in the community in order to have a setting and audience to express unique aspects of ones personality and see oneself mirrored in the eyes and responses of others