COUC 601 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Double Blind Theory - Answers 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 - Answers Gregory Bateson
Basics of double blind Theory - Answers 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 - Answers A view from outside the system of the feedback loops and
homeostatic mechanisms that transpire within a system.
First order cybernetics continue - Answers Means of understanding the general principles of how
systems of all kinds are self-regulated and thus maintain their stability
Continue first order cybernetics - Answers attention was directed towards structure, patterns of
organization and control through feedback cycles.
Second order cybernetics - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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.
Structural Theories - Answers Families develop certain basic characteristics and interactive patters
that they utilize to respond to internal and external stressors.
Founded on shared assumptions and family narratives and determine the manner in which families
adapt and cope with life changes and challenges.
A therapeutic model directed at changing or realigning the family organization structure in order to
alter dysfunctional transactions and clarify subsystem boundaries.
Narrative Theory - Answers Stories a family recounts help explain or justify their structure and
interactive patterns
A postmodern therapeutic approach in which the therapist and family members co-construct new
storied about their lives that encourage the possibilities of new experiences
How families therapists with functional outlook respond to systems - Answers Concern themselves
with understanding what is occurring, how it occurs and when it is occurring; focus on the process
rather than the content of transactions.
Double Blind Theory - Answers 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 - Answers Gregory Bateson
Basics of double blind Theory - Answers 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 - Answers A view from outside the system of the feedback loops and
homeostatic mechanisms that transpire within a system.
First order cybernetics continue - Answers Means of understanding the general principles of how
systems of all kinds are self-regulated and thus maintain their stability
Continue first order cybernetics - Answers attention was directed towards structure, patterns of
organization and control through feedback cycles.
Second order cybernetics - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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.
Structural Theories - Answers Families develop certain basic characteristics and interactive patters
that they utilize to respond to internal and external stressors.
Founded on shared assumptions and family narratives and determine the manner in which families
adapt and cope with life changes and challenges.
A therapeutic model directed at changing or realigning the family organization structure in order to
alter dysfunctional transactions and clarify subsystem boundaries.
Narrative Theory - Answers Stories a family recounts help explain or justify their structure and
interactive patterns
A postmodern therapeutic approach in which the therapist and family members co-construct new
storied about their lives that encourage the possibilities of new experiences
How families therapists with functional outlook respond to systems - Answers Concern themselves
with understanding what is occurring, how it occurs and when it is occurring; focus on the process
rather than the content of transactions.
