PYC4808 Ecosystemic Psychology QUESTION BANK - What you need to know based on past papers

Define the following concepts and provide an appropriate example in each one: • These Questions are sometimes linked to a case study where the example must be from the case study – but if you KNOW your definitions, giving an example will be easy breezy. • Some papers they ask in general, others they ask specifically FOC or SOC • All of these usually have a mark allocation of (3) 1.1. Epistemology of participation (x7) 1.2. Theory (x2) 1.3. Model (x2) 1.4. Technique (x2) 1.5. Circularity (x3) 1.6. Feedback (x3) 1.7. Negative Feedback (SOC) (x2) 1.8. Openness and closeness (x2) 1.9. Openness and Closeness from Second Order Cybernetics (x3) 1.10. Openness and Closeness from First Order Cybernetics (x4) 1.11. Structural determinism (x6) 1.12. Reality as a multiverse (x6) 1.13. Equifinality (x3) 1.14. Equipotentiality (x1) 1.15. Rules and boundaries (x2) 1.16. Entropy (x1) 1.17. Perturbation (x1) 1.18. Structural Coupling and Non Purposeful drift (x2) 1.19. Cybernetics (x1) 1.20. Negentropy and entropy Subjectivity is seen as inevitable based on the assumption that one who is observing perceives, acts on, and participates in creating his or her own reality. This statement best fits with the theory, whereas in the individually based theories, reality is seen as objective and . 2.2. Mutual influence and mutual interaction refer to the principle of _ . 2.3. The process where information from past behaviour is fed back into the (2) (1) system in a circular manner, and which creates a change within the system, is referred to as . (1) 2.4. The tendency of s system towards stability, in other words, towards a state of equilibrium is referred to as