Community Psychology Essay

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INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF THE CARIBBEAN INSTITUTE FOR THEOLOGICAL AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT NAME: ANA-SHAREE DALIKA COHEN PROGRAMME: BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PYSCHOLOGY COURSE: COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY YEAR: 2 LECTURER’S NAME: MS DONNA MILLER DATE GIVEN: FEBRUARY 5, 2013 DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 26, 2013 (ONE WEEK EXTENTION) ID NUMBER: 1102C0149 NO. OF HOURS: 45 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION: Write 6-8 pages essay that a) Outline the development of Community Psychology b) Discusses the current and future applications as well as implications of community psychology in a Caribbean. Abstract In order to successfully complete this essay, careful planning and consideration was done, mainly because; there are many fields in psychology that focuses on many different aspects of our lives. Therefore I had to scan through materials, eliminate unnecessary literature to focus on the development of community psychology as well as discussing the current and future applications as well as implications of community psychology in a Caribbean. I had to ensure that my sources were related to the assigned topic and I had to prudently evaluate my sources based on credibility, reliability and validity. Community psychology is one of the courses that I’m currently enrolled in at the International University of the Caribbean. The Caribbean people perceive community psychology as a discipline that is not fully developed. This means that persons will not get well-paid jobs out of this field nor will they be recognized as having high ranking jobs. No one really value community psychology and before engaging critically with the course it was vague, stereotypical, generalized and somewhat incomplete. We had this discussion in our first class. At our first class my lecturer briefly introduced us to this field of psychology. From prior knowledge I knew
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