SWB102 Practice Question With
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What is the multidimensional approach to human development? - ANSWER
Implementing an approach with more than one feature/design to address a
situation that is considered complex or needs to be assessed from several
points of view.
Why is the multidimensional approach needed? - ANSWER Helps understand
the way in which individuals develop, needed to meet individual needs
Main advantage of the multidimensional approach? - ANSWER Able to suit
the specific needs of each person and apply the right treatment for them to
have the most effective help
Lifespan & Life course approaches - ANSWER Human behaviour in context of
what most people are doing at a certain age and stage in the human lifespan.
Main advantage of Lifespan & Life course Approaches - ANSWER Help to
identify resources and supports when needs are not being meet according to
milestone - e.g. early intervention
Limitations to Lifespan & Life course Approaches - ANSWER ◦Development
influenced by culture and context
◦Normative style leads to othering and stigma as well as one-size fits all
approach
◦Limit individually and culturally appropriate strategies
,What are the dangers of a normative approach - othering? - ANSWER
Diversity among humans - mind-body-emotional diversity - is acknowledged.
However, stereotypes and norms embedded in society about typified humans
can create prejudice, stigma and Othering.
Part of our role is identify and challenge norms that lead to othering.
e.g. milestones - notions of good child/bad child
What is the normative approach? - ANSWER relating to a particular standard
of comparison for a person or group often as determined by cultural/societal
ideals
What is othering? - ANSWER A phenomenon in which some individuals or
groups are defined and labeled as not fitting in within the norms of a social
group. It is an effect that influences how people perceive and treat those who
are viewed as being part of the in-group versus those who are seen as being
part of the out-group.
What is: Person-Environment Interactional understanding Human
Development Kurt Lewin's B = f (P, E)? - ANSWER Lewin's "Grand Truism"
Where B= behaviour
P = factors internal to person
E = factors in external environment
Behaviour (B) is a function (f) of person (P) and environment (E)
What is Bronfenbrenner's Ecological systems theory 1979? - ANSWER The
ecology of human development involves the scientific study of the
progressive, mutual accommodation between an active, growing human
, being and the changing properties of the immediate settings in which the
developing person lives, as this process is affected by relations between
these settings, and by the larger contexts in which the settings are embedded
(Bronfenbrenner 1979, 21)
What are the 5 systems of Ecological systems theory? - ANSWER 1.
Microsystem
2. Mesosystem
3. Exosystem
4. Macrosystem
5. Chronosystem
What is the microsystem in Bronfenbrenner's theory? - ANSWER The factors
present in the immediate environment of the person (e.g., home, school,
workplace, etc.).
What is the mesosystem in Bronfenbrenner's theory? - ANSWER Comprises
the interrelations among major settings containing the developing person at
a particular point in his or her life. (e.g., between parents work and school)
What is the exosystem in Bronfenbrenner's theory? - ANSWER Those
structural factors that exist outside of the immediate environment that do
not themselves contain the developing person but impinge upon or
encompass the immediate settings in which that person is found, and
thereby influence, delimit, or even determine what goes on there. (e.g.,
political & legal systems, education & health policies & services)
What is the macrosystem in Bronfenbrenner's theory? - ANSWER The
overarching institutional patterns of the culture or subculture, such as the
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What is the multidimensional approach to human development? - ANSWER
Implementing an approach with more than one feature/design to address a
situation that is considered complex or needs to be assessed from several
points of view.
Why is the multidimensional approach needed? - ANSWER Helps understand
the way in which individuals develop, needed to meet individual needs
Main advantage of the multidimensional approach? - ANSWER Able to suit
the specific needs of each person and apply the right treatment for them to
have the most effective help
Lifespan & Life course approaches - ANSWER Human behaviour in context of
what most people are doing at a certain age and stage in the human lifespan.
Main advantage of Lifespan & Life course Approaches - ANSWER Help to
identify resources and supports when needs are not being meet according to
milestone - e.g. early intervention
Limitations to Lifespan & Life course Approaches - ANSWER ◦Development
influenced by culture and context
◦Normative style leads to othering and stigma as well as one-size fits all
approach
◦Limit individually and culturally appropriate strategies
,What are the dangers of a normative approach - othering? - ANSWER
Diversity among humans - mind-body-emotional diversity - is acknowledged.
However, stereotypes and norms embedded in society about typified humans
can create prejudice, stigma and Othering.
Part of our role is identify and challenge norms that lead to othering.
e.g. milestones - notions of good child/bad child
What is the normative approach? - ANSWER relating to a particular standard
of comparison for a person or group often as determined by cultural/societal
ideals
What is othering? - ANSWER A phenomenon in which some individuals or
groups are defined and labeled as not fitting in within the norms of a social
group. It is an effect that influences how people perceive and treat those who
are viewed as being part of the in-group versus those who are seen as being
part of the out-group.
What is: Person-Environment Interactional understanding Human
Development Kurt Lewin's B = f (P, E)? - ANSWER Lewin's "Grand Truism"
Where B= behaviour
P = factors internal to person
E = factors in external environment
Behaviour (B) is a function (f) of person (P) and environment (E)
What is Bronfenbrenner's Ecological systems theory 1979? - ANSWER The
ecology of human development involves the scientific study of the
progressive, mutual accommodation between an active, growing human
, being and the changing properties of the immediate settings in which the
developing person lives, as this process is affected by relations between
these settings, and by the larger contexts in which the settings are embedded
(Bronfenbrenner 1979, 21)
What are the 5 systems of Ecological systems theory? - ANSWER 1.
Microsystem
2. Mesosystem
3. Exosystem
4. Macrosystem
5. Chronosystem
What is the microsystem in Bronfenbrenner's theory? - ANSWER The factors
present in the immediate environment of the person (e.g., home, school,
workplace, etc.).
What is the mesosystem in Bronfenbrenner's theory? - ANSWER Comprises
the interrelations among major settings containing the developing person at
a particular point in his or her life. (e.g., between parents work and school)
What is the exosystem in Bronfenbrenner's theory? - ANSWER Those
structural factors that exist outside of the immediate environment that do
not themselves contain the developing person but impinge upon or
encompass the immediate settings in which that person is found, and
thereby influence, delimit, or even determine what goes on there. (e.g.,
political & legal systems, education & health policies & services)
What is the macrosystem in Bronfenbrenner's theory? - ANSWER The
overarching institutional patterns of the culture or subculture, such as the
