Human Ecology
A condition of struggling for control over various environmental aspects.
What is competition?
When applying this theory, social workers will assess and individual's sense of this in their community.
What is well-being?
Three common structural approaches are political, geographical, and this.
What is power structural?
Symbolic interactionist theories focus on how people use language, words, and these to maintain social reality.
What are symbols?
Conflict theories pose direct opposition this type of theory.
These are of utmost importance to Human Ecology Theories.
What are demographics?
This theory emphasizes how community members feel about themselves and this.
What is social interactions?
Social workers using structural theories are primarily concerned with confronting and correcting injustices to make resources more what?
What is equitable?
Labeling theory indicates that society creates the definition of behaviors that are considered bad or this.
What is deviant?
These theories focus on the degree to which society is characterized by conflict and this.
What is discrimination?
Social workers analyze communities based on concepts like competition and this.
What is segregation?
This perspective views community members as bound together for psychological and this reason.
What is social?
Functionalist theories emphasize a community's _________ and ways to achieve it.
What is purpose?
The symbolic interactionist perspective views society as the sum of interactions of individuals and these.
This term associated with conflict theories is defined as the ability to control collective actions.
What is power?
Social workers assess inequalities and problems faced by people with fewer resources. Resource distribution is often based on this.
What is social class?
Assessing community expectations and this are essential to social work assessment when applying this theory.
What are practices?
Under a functionalist perspective, social workers must carefully analyze this to proposed major changes.
What are repercussions?
Empowerment theories use this type of perspective which views community problems as starting points for growth and does not focus on deficits.
What is strength perspective?
Conflict theories can be divided into 2 categories, class conflict and this.
This is blending a range of groups.
What is integration?
A social worker sees a problem in a community and wants to initiate a change. When assessing the change using this theory, the social worker would determine if this was present among the community members.
What is a similar concern?
What is functionalist theory?
The seven resiliencies of Kwanzaa are used to strengthen communities. These include unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, collective economics, purpose, creativity and this.
What is faith?
Class conflict is based on differences in social class - the haves and have-nots and was developed by this person.
Who is Karl Marx?