Problem 1: Understanding several theoretical perspectives is necessary before you can assess and change community or neighborhood systems. What is the ecological perspective? Give an example to illustrate your definition.
The ecological perspective explains how people experience their social environment and how it has a major influence on their interactions between systems within their community. For example, consider the experience of women in Iran where they must wear proper hijab in public because otherwise, the morality police would arrest those who violate the public dress code. So, in this case, the negative experiences of these women would affect their view of the police department.
Problem 2: What does the social systems perspective tell us about how communities respond to stressors? Provide an example to illustrate your answer.
Social system perspective based on the idea that behavior is influenced by a variety of factors that work together as a system. For example, when a community faces repeated shocks such as racism, poverty, and violent incidents that would affect the well-being of individuals in that community. Consider the situation that's going on in Iran right now where women are protesting over the death of a young woman in police custody who was allegedly wearing her hijab improperly. And now women protesting over their basic human rights which have been taken away from them over the past 40 years. So, the Iranian woman protesting demanded an end to decades of Women's oppression.
Problem 3: The nature of the community as a system means that it is subject to numerous influences, including its subsystems and its own larger environment. Thinking of your own community, identify at least two subsystems and larger environments. Discuss any goals.