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39 Cards in this Set
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Closed System |
Uses up Energy and Dies |
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Differentiation |
Becoming specialized in structure and function |
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Entropy |
Closed, Disorganized, Stagnant, Using Up Available Energy |
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Equifinality |
Arriving at the same end from different beginnings |
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Homeostasis |
Steady State |
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Input |
Obtaining resources from the environment necessary to obtain goals of the system |
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Negative Entropy |
Exchange of Energy and Resources between systems to promote growth and transformation |
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Open System |
A system with cross-boundary exchange |
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Output |
A product of the system that exports to the environment |
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Subsystem |
Major component of system made up of 2 or more interdependent components that interact to attain their own purpose and the purposes of the system in which they're embedded |
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Suprasystem |
An entity that's served by a number of component systems organized in interacting relationships |
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Throughput |
Energy that is integrated into the system so it can be used up by the system to accomplish its goals |
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Role Ambiguity |
Lack of Clarity of Role |
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Role Complementary |
Role that is carried out in an expected way (ie parent-child; social worker-client) |
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Role Discomplementary |
The role expectations of others differ from one's own. |
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Role Reversal |
When 2 or more individuals switch roles |
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Role Conflict |
Incompatible or conflicting expectations |
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Psychodrama |
Treatment approach when roles are enacted in a group context. Members of group recreate their problems and devote themselves to the role dilemma of each member. |
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Group Polarization |
When discussion in group decision-making strengthens a dominant point-of-view and results in a shift to a more extreme position than any if the members would adopt on their own. |
Trumpets, QAnon |
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The Strength's Perspective is based on: |
•The Humanistic approach- the assumption that clients have the capacity to grow, change and adapt. •Clients/Families are experts about their own lives and situations (clients have the knowledge important in defining and solving their problems.•Are resilient, survive, and thrive despite difficulties . •Are resilient, survive, and thrive despite difficulties |
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Strengths Perspective defines "Strength" in both clients and families as (and examples of each) |
•any ability that helps an individual or family confront and deal with a stressful life situation as an opportunity for growth. •individual strengths: cognitive abilities, coping mechanisms, personal attributes, interpersonal skills, external resources •Family strengths: kinship bonds, community supports, religious connections, flexible roles, strong ethnic traditions |
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The Strength's Perspective focuses on these 2 things, using what type of assessment? |
•Focuses on understanding clients/families on the basis of their internal AND external resources and •Mobilizing them to improve their situations •Systematic Assessment of all strengtjs and resources available to meet clients goals is used |
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3 Methods to Enhance Strengths Include: |
•Collaboration/Partnership of Social Worker and Client •Creating Opportunities for learning or displaying competencies •Environmental Modification- environment is BOTH a resource and target of intervention |
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An event is most likely to lead to emotional or psychological trauma if: |
•it happened unexpectedly •There was no preparation for it •feeling of having been powerless to prevent it •It happened repeatedly •Someone was intentionally cruel •It happened in childhood |
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Nonverbal Communication |
Facial expression, body language, posture etc |
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Metacommunication |
The context within to interpret the content of the message (aka nonverbal communication, body language,vocalizations) |
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Information Processing Block |
Failure to perceive and evaluate potentially useful information |
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Information Processing |
-Responses to information that are mediated through one's perception and evaluation of knowledge received |
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Information |
Anything people perceive from their environment or from within themselves. People act in response to information |
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Echolalia |
Repeating noises and phrases. Associated with ASD, Catalonia, Schizophrenia |
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Double Bind |
Offering 2 contradictory messages and prohibiting the recipient from noticing the contradiction |
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Context |
The circumstances surrounding human exchanges of information |
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Cognitive Dissonance |
•Arises when a person has to choose between 2 contradictory attitudes and beliefs. •The most dissonance arises when 2 options are equally attractive |
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3 Ways to Reduce Dissonance |
•Reduce the importance of conflicting beliefs •Acquire new beliefs that change the behavior •Remove the conflicting attitude or behavior This theory is relevant when making decisions and solving problems |
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Self-Psychology |
Defines the self as the central organizing and motivating force in personality. -child's needs are met and develops a strong sense-of-selfhood as a result of receiving empathetic responses from early caretakers (self-objects). -"empthetic failures " by caretakers results in lack of self-cohesion |
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Objective of Self Psychology |
-to help the client gain a greater sense of self-cohesion through therapeutic regression where client reexperiences frustrated self-object needs |
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3 Self Object Needs |
Mirroring- behavior validates the clients sense of a perfect self Idealization: child borrows strength from others and identifies with someone more capable Twinship/Twinning: child needs an alter ego for a sense of belonging |
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Ego Psychology |
Focuses on rational, conscious processes of the ego. Based on assessment of client as in the here and now Treatment focuses on the ego functioning of a client because healthy behavior is under control of the ego. The goal is to maintain and enhance the ego's control and management of stress and its effects |
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Ego Psychology addresses these 4 things |
Behavior in varying situations Reality testing: perception of a situation Coping abilities: ego strengths Capacity for relating to others |
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