Understanding Community Dynamics Quiz

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What are the gains from understanding community dynamics as mentioned in the text?

  • Benchmarking data, preliminary project planning information, community's strengths and challenges (correct)
  • Resource flows constituting a local economy, social justice and human diversity, application of community assets and strengths
  • Understanding community's dominant rules and norms, gauging the attitude and behavior of the community, networking and partnership building
  • Opportunity for directed and well-informed dialogue with the community, making project implementation less complicated, unique community power structure

According to Murphy and Cunningham (2003), what are the three interacting processes that define small communities?

  • Opinion, discrimination, values and ethics
  • Social fabric, unique community power structure, set of resource flows (correct)
  • Geographical location, work, social system
  • Territories, social justice, human diversity

Which perspective relates communities with geographical location, work, and social system?

  • Traditional Perspective (correct)
  • Alternative Perspectives
  • Subjective and integrative perspective
  • Feminist and social justice perspective

What is the distinguishing feature of Alternative Perspectives according to the text?

<p>Integration of social justice, human diversity, values, and ethics (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which process constitutes a local economy for small communities according to Murphy and Cunningham (2003)?

<p>Resource flows (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does understanding community dynamics provide an opportunity for according to the text?

<p>A more directed and well-informed dialogue with the community (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which factor is not mentioned as a gain from understanding community dynamics in the text?

<p>Oppression and discrimination (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'An underlying web of human relationships' is associated with which process defining small communities according to Murphy and Cunningham (2003)?

<p>'Social fabric' (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the alternative perspective integrate according to the text?

<p>Social justice, human diversity, values, ethics (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the capacity to influence decision-making and distribution processes in a community known as?

<p>Connections (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which base of local community power involves the support of the people in the community?

<p>Rewards (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the ability to provide awards, promotion, money, and gifts that are useful to meet individual or organizational goals known as?

<p>Rewards (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which base of local community power involves fostering respect and loyalty based on charm, talents, and skills?

<p>Personal Traits/Expertise (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the leadership title or higher organizational/institutional position known as in the context of local community power?

<p>Legitimate Power (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which base of local community power involves influence through manipulation and coercion?

<p>Coercion (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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