General Systems Model

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General Systems Model

• Applicable to variety of counseling psychology
  activities

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Environmental Systems

• Macrosystems
• Mesosystems
• Microsystems

Bronfenbrenner, U. Ceci, S. J. (1994).
Nature-nurture reconceptualized A
bio-ecological model. PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW,
101(4), 568-586
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Environmental Systems
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Interaction at the Interface

• Message sender
• Message content
• Message receiver

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Macrosystems

• Macrosystems
• Government (Agencies)
• Religion (Differences and Similarities)
• Education (P-16)
• Industry (Employment, Lay-off)
• Family (Traditional, Untraditional)
• Self
• Mesosystems
• Microsystems

Bronfenbrenner, U. Ceci, S. J. (1994).
Nature-nurture reonceptualized A
bio-ecological model. PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW,
101(4), 56586
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Macrosystem Model
Self
Government
Family
Religion
Industry
Education
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Macrosystem (Government)
Self
Government
Family
Religion
Industry
Education
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Macrosystem (Religion)
Self
Government
Family
Religion
Industry
Education
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Macrosystem (Education)
Self
Government
Family
Religion
Industry
Education
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Macrosystem (Industry)
Self
Government
Family
Religion
Industry
Education
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Macrosystem (Family)
Self
Government
Family
Religion
Industry
Education
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Macrosystem (Self)
Self
Government
Family
Religion
Industry
Education
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Macrosystem Over-all
Government
Self
Family
Religion
Industry
Education
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Mesosystems

• Macrosystems
• Mesosystems (I, P, O)
• Input
• Process
• Output
• Microsystems

Bronfenbrenner, U. Ceci, S. J. (1994).
Nature-nurture reconceptualized A
bio-ecological model. PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW,
101(4), 568-586
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Mesosystems Model
Input Process
Output
Report
Analysis
Data
Receiver Action
Content Thinking
Sender Image
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Interaction at the Interface

• Message sender
• Message content
• Message receiver

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Microsystems

• Macrosystems
• Mesosystems
• Microsystems (Multi-part model)
• Goals
• Assessment
• Intervention
• Outcome
• Feedback

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Microsystem Model
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Program Goals/Objectives

• Resources
• Texts, materials, knowledge, information
• Performance
• Action verb, observeable
• Critertion level
• Rate of performance

Mager, R. F. (1966). Preparing instructional
objectives. Bananthy, B. H. (1968).
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Assessment Model
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Appropriate Intervention
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Intervention Background

• http//www.ittheory.com/gagne1.htm
• http//tip.psychology.org/gagne.html
• http//www.auburn.edu/academic/education/eflt/gagn
  e.html
• http//www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/bloo
  m.html

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Evaluation Model