COUC 601 THEORIES OF FAMILY SYSTEMS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE WITH SOLVED
QUESTIONS
◉ 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.
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE WITH SOLVED
QUESTIONS
◉ 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.
