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PYC4808 - Assignment 6: First & Second Order Cybernetics

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The Covid-19 pandemic greeted a world that was unprepared for its long-lasting and catastrophic impact. Regardless of individual beliefs, cultures, age, gender or socio-economic status; it has infiltrated our communities and societies to its very core. This paper describes the impact of Covid-19 on the University of South Africa (UNISA) with regards to its faculty, students and system; from a First-Order Cybernetics (FOC) and Second-Order Cybernetics (SOC) perspectives. The discussion includes an analysis of UNISA as a system by highlighting the principles of FOC and SOC. It also highlights African knowledge systems within ecosystemic psychology and the merits and shortcomings of ecosystemic psychology in general. It also lists and describes in detail; the principles of First-Order and Second-Order Cybernetics. Final Mark - 87%

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
(UNISA)




PYC4808
ECOSYSTEMIC PSYCHOLOGY




ASSIGNMENT 6
UNIQUE NUMBER – 820648




(Final Mark 87%)

, TABLE OF CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION
1. QUESTION 1 – FIRST ORDER CYBERENTICS ANALYSIS OF UNISA AS A
SYSTEM
2. QUESTION 2 – SECOND ORDER CYBERNETICS ANALYSIS OF UNISA AS A
SYSTEM
3. QUESTION 3
3.1. SYSTEMIC THINKING IS NOT AN EITHER/OR APPROACH -
3.2. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FROM AN ECOSYSTEMIC PERSPECTIVE
3.3. INCORPORATING AFRICAN IDEALOGIES AND KNOWLEDGE
SYSTEMS INTO ECOSYSTEMIC PSYCHOLOGY
3.4. MERITS AND SHORTCOMINGS OF ECOSYSTEMIC PSYCHOLOGY
4. CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

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