Reflections On Prillitensky’s Power, Wellness, Oppression, Liberation, Transformational Leadership 1 and 2, and APA Multicultural Guidelines The intersection of power, leadership, and multicultural inclusion into such a flexible dynamic is intriguing, not because it is generally overlooked by those in power who prefer to label multiculturalism as Minority, but because it may be the first time I have seen it considered seriously on such a scale. This puts some power into… Read More
Hypothesis Assignment: Framing Social Values (Work with me here. I am formulating ideas for a thesis on unintentional propaganda and this is part of an assignment so it may not be immediately understandable. Big things, good things, are coming.) Hypothesis: Individuals of multiple ages, social classes and genders within a specific ethnic group internalize general frameworks (“interpretive schemata” or “logics… Read More
Reflections on Northwest Colorado Community Food Assessment and Guidelines for Conducting a Focus Group With this specific food assessment, I appreciate what all of us will be doing even more. Essentially, this assessment will teach us life-long skills that each of us can take with us, and more immediately, it will serve to improve the lives of the residents of three Georgia counties. That is my intent and my… Read More
Reflections On Bronfenbrenner’s “Toward An Experimental Ecology Of Human Development” Nelson and Prillitensky’s Ecology, Prevention, and Promotion In this article as I interpret it, Bronfenbrenner argues that the sciences that relate to human development in theory, method, and substance, are generally caught and placed in a box to verify stringent ideas of what it means to evolve and develop as a human. Bronfenbrenner is correct in pointing out the limited significance of… Read More
Reflections On Bronfenbrenner’s “Toward An Experimental Ecology Of Human Development” In this article as I interpret it, Bronfenbrenner argues that science, at least the sciences that relate to human development in theory, method, and substance, are generally caught and placed in a box to verify stringent ideas of what science defines as evolving and developing as a human. When studies do not allow for variation… Read More
A Short Analysis of Stolte and Fender’s Summary of Framing Social Values: An Experimental Study of Culture and Cognition Introduction. The authors immediately introduce the research question: “How and why does a given social value come to shape the way a person thinks, feels, and acts in a specific social situation.” (p 59). The researchers reason, “an individual internalizes general frameworks from the culture in which she/he is embedded and socialized,” building upon the… Read More
Reflections on the Community Food Security Assessment Toolkit This reflection may be filled with more questions than analysis, though it will certainly include that. However, I see this as an incomplete assessment only. According to the abstract, it contains a toolkit for “assessing various aspects of community food security.” Nowhere do I see steps to improve the food security and access food security… Read More
Reflections on I Need Feminism Because… 1 Beginning this I had thought that it should be, “I am a feminist because…” primarily because feminism has been on my mind for the last several years probably without placing the label on it, and quite possibly due to the roles that my grandmother and my aunt have played in my life. My life is… Read More
Reflections on Van Wormer and Besthorn’s Community and Community Development (Ch 6) “What does wellness, security, and happiness mean to you?” Thus, my first Community Psychology class ended with a question and an introduction to the first reading. My first reaction was, this is Abraham Maslow and his hierarchy of needs. On page 198 of the reading, Maslow’s third tier of needs is introduced as community and… Read More