Crisis Intervention Definitions
Crisis - correct answer ✔Any event in which our systems of control, both
internal and external, become stressed to the point of dysfunction, requiring
third-party intervention to regain control and return those systems to a state of
equilibrium.
Crisis responders - correct answer ✔Those tasked with containing and de-
escalating crisis in its earliest stages.
Intervention - correct answer ✔Actions taken to restore a system to a state of
equilibrium.
Urie Bronfenbrenner - correct answer ✔Author of Ecological Systems
Theory, one of the most important theories in developmental psychology.
Equilibrium - correct answer ✔A balance of opposing forces within a system.
Internal/External systems of control - correct answer ✔Internal - Cognitive
and emotional coping mechanisms employed by the individual to alleviate
stress and return to a state of equilibrium.
External - Systems external to the individual that are tasked with maintaining
public order.
Microcrisis - correct answer ✔A crisis event that is limited to a single
individual or family and their immediate environment.
, Microsystem - correct answer ✔People and institutions that directly influence
a child's psychological development.
Mesocrisis - correct answer ✔A crisis event that has, and will continue to,
spread by direct contact to other previously unaffected people systems unless
contained.
Mesosystem - correct answer ✔A confluence of Microsystems that interact to
shape a child's psychological development.
Exocrisis - correct answer ✔
Exosystem - correct answer ✔Influences beyond a child's immediate
environment that impact their development indirectly.
Macrocrisis - correct answer ✔A crisis event that has the capacity to initiate
a chain reaction of new crisis events, and to spread to other previously
unaffected people and systems even in geographic regions far removed from
the original crisis.
Macrosystem - correct answer ✔The broader cultural and social values and
norms that impact a child's development.
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 - correct answer ✔
Sir Robert Peel - correct answer ✔
Clara Barton - correct answer ✔
Crisis - correct answer ✔Any event in which our systems of control, both
internal and external, become stressed to the point of dysfunction, requiring
third-party intervention to regain control and return those systems to a state of
equilibrium.
Crisis responders - correct answer ✔Those tasked with containing and de-
escalating crisis in its earliest stages.
Intervention - correct answer ✔Actions taken to restore a system to a state of
equilibrium.
Urie Bronfenbrenner - correct answer ✔Author of Ecological Systems
Theory, one of the most important theories in developmental psychology.
Equilibrium - correct answer ✔A balance of opposing forces within a system.
Internal/External systems of control - correct answer ✔Internal - Cognitive
and emotional coping mechanisms employed by the individual to alleviate
stress and return to a state of equilibrium.
External - Systems external to the individual that are tasked with maintaining
public order.
Microcrisis - correct answer ✔A crisis event that is limited to a single
individual or family and their immediate environment.
, Microsystem - correct answer ✔People and institutions that directly influence
a child's psychological development.
Mesocrisis - correct answer ✔A crisis event that has, and will continue to,
spread by direct contact to other previously unaffected people systems unless
contained.
Mesosystem - correct answer ✔A confluence of Microsystems that interact to
shape a child's psychological development.
Exocrisis - correct answer ✔
Exosystem - correct answer ✔Influences beyond a child's immediate
environment that impact their development indirectly.
Macrocrisis - correct answer ✔A crisis event that has the capacity to initiate
a chain reaction of new crisis events, and to spread to other previously
unaffected people and systems even in geographic regions far removed from
the original crisis.
Macrosystem - correct answer ✔The broader cultural and social values and
norms that impact a child's development.
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 - correct answer ✔
Sir Robert Peel - correct answer ✔
Clara Barton - correct answer ✔
