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Cybernetics |
Study of feedback mechanisms in self-regulating systems., Study of feedback mechanisms in self-regulating systems.
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Feedback Loop |
the process by which a system gets the information necessary to maintain a steady course.
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Family Homeostasis |
automatic tendency to maintain balance, when the system is challenged., EX. If a behavior that persists over time, a feedback loop is likely maintaining the behavior., EX. If a behavior that persists over time
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Negative Feedback Loop |
supplies error -correcting information that gives order and self –control to people in their lives. Pulls system back on track and maintains homeostasis.
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Positive Feedback Loop |
information that reinforces the direction a system is taking. It can have desirable or undesirable consequences., information that reinforces the direction a system is taking. It can have desirable or undesirable consequences.
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What is a family? |
Family” is a maker of meaning-based on a families, social cultural and historical experiences.
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What is the role of the therapist in family therapy? |
Therapists do not attempt to discover the truth, but look at patterns of interactions and how the symptoms have stabilizing and adaptive functions.
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What is the Redundancy principle? |
family has repetitive behavioral patterns
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What is a boundary? |
invisible line that separates individuals in a subsystem
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What is epistemology? |
framework of conceptualization of what is being observed and considered. According to Bateson-worldview or belief system.
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What is the difference between process and content? |
o Process is how people talk about something→ circular.
o Content-linear- what they actually talk about. |
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What is the purpose of symptoms in a family? |
Symptoms have purpose in helping maintain family stability
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What is a first order change? |
➢ First order Change-superficial change that does not alter the system.
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What is a second order change? |
second order Change-change in system itself.
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Who was the founder of cybernetics? |
Gregory Bateson, biologist
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What was the focus of cybernetics |
Family rules, negative and positive feedback, sequences of family interactions.
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What is Equifinality? |
Ability to reach a final goal in a variety of ways
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What is Constructionism in therapy? |
Therapy which helps clients find new perspectives in their lives.
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What is deconstruction? |
Process of freeing clients from the tyranny of entenched behaviors.
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Systems What is interpersonal context
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Persons behavior is powerfully influenced by their context.
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What is compementarity? |
Reciprocity which is the defining feature of every relationship. if one person changes, the relationship changes.
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What are the family rules |
1.Marital quid pro quo-rules are well formed and each partner gives and receives in return.
2.Redundancy principle- behavior patterns repeat 3. meta-rules-Rules about rules |
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Family homeostasis |
Automatic tendency to reach a steady state when a system is challenged.
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What is culture? |
Culture refers to the common patterns of behavior and experience derived from settings in which people live.
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SystemsWhat is ethnicity
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Refers to common ANCESTERY through which individuals have evolved shared values and customs.
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