1. PSY 270 COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY Week 8 Day 1

2. Schedule  Exam Thursday  Group work day on Tuesday, come to class  If all groups are not represented, I will not offer any more work days.

3. Outline today  Ecology  Sense of Community  Exam Review

4. Barker: Ecological Psych & Behavior Settings  Behavior settings  Underpopulated settings  Limitations  Contributions

5. Kelly Four Ecological Principles  Interdependence  Cycling of resources  Adaptation  Succession  Contributions  Limitations

6. Moos: Social Climate  Relationship  Personal development  System maintenance & change  Limitations  Contributions

7. Seidman: Social Regularities  Definition  Routine patterns of social relations among the elements within a setting over time  Focus on roles and relationships not individuals (power)  Limitations  Contributions

8. Environmental Psychology  Physical environment influence on behavior  Useful at microsystem, neighborhood and community

9. Sense of Community  Types of Communities  McMillan-Chavis Model  Types of Neighborhoods

10. Types of Communities  Broadly defined, a community is any group of 2 or more individuals who share something in common, but feel different from others in some way:  Kenneth Heller (1989) – Conceptualizes Community in 3 ways: 1. Geographic Community/Locality – membership based on locale (i.e., city, town, neighborhood).1. Geographic Community/Locality – membership based on locale (i.e., city, town, neighborhood). 2. Relational Community – membership based on social interaction (i.e., families, clubs, organizations, groups).2. Relational Community – membership based on social interaction (i.e., families, clubs, organizations, groups). 3. Community as Collective Power – membership based on a shared goal and emerge when people together for some unified action.3. Community as Collective Power – membership based on a shared goal and emerge when people together for some unified action.

11. McMillan-Chavis Model of Sense of Community  Membership Sense of investment and belongingSense of investment and belonging  Influence Power individuals exert on community and power that the group exerts on individualsPower individuals exert on community and power that the group exerts on individuals  Integration and fulfillment of needs Shared values among members, exchange of resourcesShared values among members, exchange of resources  Shared emotional connection “spiritual bond” by shared history among members“spiritual bond” by shared history among members

12. Types of Neighborhoods (Warren & Warren, 1977)  Integral  Parochial  Diffuse  Stepping Stone  Transitory  Anomic

13. Neighborhood Type Summary IdentityInteractionLinkages IntegralHighHighHigh ParochialHighHighLow DiffuseHighLowLow Stepping Stone LowHighHigh TransitoryLowLowHigh AnomicLowLowLow

14. Review  From colleagues in class  Chapters 5, 6 & 7 notes on web  Multiple choice  Short answer  Essays