theory that studies the of feedback mechanisms in self-regulating
systems. -
correct answer ✅Cybernetics
what theory utilizes "feedback loop" -
correct answer ✅cybernetics
feedback loop -
correct answer ✅the process by which a system gets the
information necessary to maintain a steady course.
indicates that a system is straying off the mark and that corrections
are needed to get it back on course -
correct answer ✅negative feedback
which theory utilizes "negative/positive feedback" -
correct answer ✅cybernetics
reinforces the direction a system is taking -
correct answer ✅positive feedback
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runaway process -
correct answer ✅when the reinforcing effects of positive feedback
tend to compound a systems errors (bad thing)
which theory utilizes "runaway process" -
correct answer ✅cybernetics
who invented "cybernetics?" -
correct answer ✅Norbert Winer (1948) and Gregory Bateson
(1991)
named after the Greek word for "steersman" in automobiles and
used to explain the persons maintenance of homeostasis -
correct answer ✅Cybernetics
cybernetics focuses its attention on what three things -
correct answer ✅1) family rules 2) negative feedback and 3)
sequences of interaction
these govern the range of behavior a family system can tolerate
(the family's homeostatic range) -
correct answer ✅family rules
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sequences of interactions -
correct answer ✅a problem that characterize a systems section to
feedback loops
origins in the 1940s when theoreticians began to construct models
of the structure and functioning of mechanical and biological units.
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correct answer ✅Systems Theory
according to this theory, the essential properties of a system drise
from the relationship among its parts -
correct answer ✅systems theory
which theory utilizes "sequences of interaction" -
correct answer ✅systems theory
who invented Systems Theory -
correct answer ✅Don Jackson
family homeostasis -
correct answer ✅the self-regulation that keeps systems stable
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which theory utilizes "family homeostasis" -
correct answer ✅systems theory
who invented "general systems theory" -
correct answer ✅Ludwig bon Bertalanffy (1940), Mark Davidson
(1983)
general systems theory -
correct answer ✅starting with investigations of the endocrine
system it is "any entity maintained by the mutual interaction of its
parts"
Social Constructionism -
correct answer ✅focuses on how family members beliefs affect
their actions, and how cultural forces shapes those beliefs
who invented social constructionism -
correct answer ✅Paul Watzlawick (1984)
personal contract theory -
correct answer ✅theory of making sense of the world by creating
our own constructs of the environment