COUC 601 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
Double Blind Theory - Answer-The View that an individual who receives important contradictory
injections as different levels of abstraction about which he or she is unable to comment or escape in in a
no-win, conflict-producing situation
Who developed Double blind Theory - Answer-Gregory Bateson
Basics of double blind Theory - Answer-Theory of schizophrenia as a relationship phenomenon rather
than an intrapsychic disorder.
drawling attention to the family context that gave symptoms meaning.
its effort to look beyond the symptomatic person is family transactions was ground breaking in directing
researchers to examine what occurs in the exchange of information and the process of relationships
between persons as in a family.
First order cybernetics - Answer-A view from outside the system of the feedback loops and homeostatic
mechanisms that transpire within a system.
First order cybernetics continue - Answer-Means of understanding the general principles of how
systems of all kinds are self-regulated and thus maintain their stability
, Continue first order cybernetics - Answer-attention was directed towards structure, patterns of
organization and control through feedback cycles.
Second order cybernetics - Answer-A view of an observing system in which the therapist, rather than
attempting to describe the system by being an outside observer, is part of what is being observed and
treated.
Second order cybernetics continue - Answer-Lynn Hoffman and postmodern family therapists.
there can not be no outside independent observer of a system, since anyone attempting to observe and
change a system is by definition a participant who both influences and in turn is influenced by that
system
Second order cybernetics and first order cybernetics differ - Answer-First order cybernetics paradigm
conceives of two separate systems, the therapist system and the problem-client family system. therapist
is the external observer who attempts to effect changes by means of interventions from the outside.
Second order cybernetics is one big system of family and therapist who work together to find meaning
and in the process "re-Author" lives and relationships.
A first order view in family therapy would assume that is is possible to influence another person or
family by using this or that technique: I program you; I teach you; I instruct you. Second order view
would mean that therapists include themselves as part of what must change / they do not stand
outside.
Observers Role in Constructionists - Answer-families tell themselves stories' and develop beliefs about
themselves.
Organize their experiences and play a powerful role in shaping their lives
Stories come to represents dominant and burdensome discourses that lead them to believe they limited
options and are doomed to repeat their self-defeating behavior.
Answers
Double Blind Theory - Answer-The View that an individual who receives important contradictory
injections as different levels of abstraction about which he or she is unable to comment or escape in in a
no-win, conflict-producing situation
Who developed Double blind Theory - Answer-Gregory Bateson
Basics of double blind Theory - Answer-Theory of schizophrenia as a relationship phenomenon rather
than an intrapsychic disorder.
drawling attention to the family context that gave symptoms meaning.
its effort to look beyond the symptomatic person is family transactions was ground breaking in directing
researchers to examine what occurs in the exchange of information and the process of relationships
between persons as in a family.
First order cybernetics - Answer-A view from outside the system of the feedback loops and homeostatic
mechanisms that transpire within a system.
First order cybernetics continue - Answer-Means of understanding the general principles of how
systems of all kinds are self-regulated and thus maintain their stability
, Continue first order cybernetics - Answer-attention was directed towards structure, patterns of
organization and control through feedback cycles.
Second order cybernetics - Answer-A view of an observing system in which the therapist, rather than
attempting to describe the system by being an outside observer, is part of what is being observed and
treated.
Second order cybernetics continue - Answer-Lynn Hoffman and postmodern family therapists.
there can not be no outside independent observer of a system, since anyone attempting to observe and
change a system is by definition a participant who both influences and in turn is influenced by that
system
Second order cybernetics and first order cybernetics differ - Answer-First order cybernetics paradigm
conceives of two separate systems, the therapist system and the problem-client family system. therapist
is the external observer who attempts to effect changes by means of interventions from the outside.
Second order cybernetics is one big system of family and therapist who work together to find meaning
and in the process "re-Author" lives and relationships.
A first order view in family therapy would assume that is is possible to influence another person or
family by using this or that technique: I program you; I teach you; I instruct you. Second order view
would mean that therapists include themselves as part of what must change / they do not stand
outside.
Observers Role in Constructionists - Answer-families tell themselves stories' and develop beliefs about
themselves.
Organize their experiences and play a powerful role in shaping their lives
Stories come to represents dominant and burdensome discourses that lead them to believe they limited
options and are doomed to repeat their self-defeating behavior.
