CAREY STREETER
STUDENT NUMBER – 13335510
“You are required to write a two-page essay critically comparing the role of the psychologist, and the
approach they would take towards psychotherapy from a first order, and a second order approach. In
your essay, discuss how one considers the concept of change, and how change is conceptualised from a
FOC and a SOC (as per Becvar and Becvar, 2014).”
PYC4808 ASSIGNMENT 03
UNIQUE NUMBER - 639213
DUE DATE - 21 JUNE 2022
, Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION: THE PSYCHOLOGIST & PSYCHOTHERAPY .................................... 2
FIRST-ORDER CYBERNETICS: A PSYCHOTHERAPY APPROACH ............................. 2
SECOND-ORDER CYBERNETICS: A PSYCHOTHERAPY APPROACH ......................... 3
THE CONCEPT OF CHANGE: HOW IS CHANGE CONCEPTUALIZED IN FOC AND
SOC? .......................................................................................................................................... 3
REFERENCES......................................................................................................................... 5
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STUDENT NUMBER – 13335510
“You are required to write a two-page essay critically comparing the role of the psychologist, and the
approach they would take towards psychotherapy from a first order, and a second order approach. In
your essay, discuss how one considers the concept of change, and how change is conceptualised from a
FOC and a SOC (as per Becvar and Becvar, 2014).”
PYC4808 ASSIGNMENT 03
UNIQUE NUMBER - 639213
DUE DATE - 21 JUNE 2022
, Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION: THE PSYCHOLOGIST & PSYCHOTHERAPY .................................... 2
FIRST-ORDER CYBERNETICS: A PSYCHOTHERAPY APPROACH ............................. 2
SECOND-ORDER CYBERNETICS: A PSYCHOTHERAPY APPROACH ......................... 3
THE CONCEPT OF CHANGE: HOW IS CHANGE CONCEPTUALIZED IN FOC AND
SOC? .......................................................................................................................................... 3
REFERENCES......................................................................................................................... 5
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