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9. Describe and evaluate key factors that account for group influences
on human behavior.
Groups have a great deal of influence on human behavior. Some of these
influences include norms, which dictate acceptable and non-acceptable
behavior; roles, which are the parts people play within a group;
communication patterns, which refer to the ways in which members of a
group communicate; power, which refers to ones influence over the group,
part of the group, or an individual member of the group; status, which refers
to the ranking system of a group; and cohesiveness, which refers to a groups
ability to stick together.
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12. Apply the intersection of the concepts of ethnicity and social class
in assessing Raul Salazar's circumstances.
Raul is a member of a Puerto Rican family and is probably classified as
either lower-middle class or impoverished. Both of these labels work against
him. I dont believe his teachers have taken the time to understand his
culture and what it may infer about his social interactions. His social class
probably limits his access to services that may help him cope with the dayto-day issues of child trying to make it in a social environment that may hold
different norms and values than those of his family.
16. Identify at least two tools for conducting spiritual assessment with
Native Americans.
Our textbook gives five examples of tools for conducting spiritual
assessments with Native clients; spiritual histories, spiritual life maps,
spiritual genograms, spiritual ecomaps, and spiritual ecograms. However,
since the authors do not elaborate on how or when to use these tools, or
even what they are, I dont feel comfortable basing my answer to this
question on the aforementioned tools. Instead I would suggest that the
three dimensions of spiritual competence are all necessary tools in
conducting spiritual assessment with Native Americans. Like the order of
operations in algebraic expressions, the third dimension of spiritual
competence, implementing intervention strategies with Native American
clients (Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 5 th ed.), cant be
performed without first considering the first two dimensions. In order to
effectively approach the intervention step, one must first become aware
ones own worldviews. Additionally, one must be able to understand the
worldviews of Native American clients.