ECOSYSTEMIC
PSYCHOLOGY
PYC4808
Assignment 6 Answers 2024
Perfectionist Notes
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PYC4808 ASSIGNMENT 6 2024
ANSWERS WITH NOTES
Please note:
I was not sent question 6. So, I have attached last year’s memo answers for the quiz in the hopes
that question 6 is present among the past questions and answers. I deeply apologise! Good luck!
Question 1
At the level of second order cybernetics (SOC) we understand reality based on our own
epistemological premises and all our analyses or assumptions and perceptions are based on our own
perceptions.
Which of the following concepts best aligns with this statement?
a. Morphostasis
b. Wholeness and self-reference
c. Structural coupling
d. Non-purposeful drift
TEXTBOOK NOTES FOR THE ANSWER
What are the principles of SOC?
➢ Wholeness and Self-reference
➢ Openness and Closedness
➢ Autopoiesis
➢ Structural Determinism
➢ Structural Coupling and Nonpurposeful Drift
➢ Epistemology of participation
➢ Reality as a multiverse
1. Wholeness and Self-Reference
• We make distinctions based on our own frames of reference, and we punctuate reality according to
these epistemological premises
• (Becvar & Becvar, 2014, pp. 84)
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Question 2
According to Murray Bowen (1976), a dyad (two-person relationship) may be a relatively stable unit
when things are going well. However, when a problem arises, one member of the dyad may draw in
a third person, to create a____________ in an attempt to______________
a. Symmetrical relationship; diffuse tension/conflict
PSYCHOLOGY
PYC4808
Assignment 6 Answers 2024
Perfectionist Notes
PRIVATE TUTOR FOR HONOURS IN PSYCHOLOGY - UNISA
helping you achieve your best results
GUIDE INCLUDES:
MEMO ANSWERS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS WITH FEEDBACK FROM THE LECTURERS AND TEXTBOOK EVIDENCE FOR ANSWERS.
, Property of Perfectionist Notes
Plagiarism/distribution/selling/illegal use of these notes will be prosecuted
PYC4808 ASSIGNMENT 6 2024
ANSWERS WITH NOTES
Please note:
I was not sent question 6. So, I have attached last year’s memo answers for the quiz in the hopes
that question 6 is present among the past questions and answers. I deeply apologise! Good luck!
Question 1
At the level of second order cybernetics (SOC) we understand reality based on our own
epistemological premises and all our analyses or assumptions and perceptions are based on our own
perceptions.
Which of the following concepts best aligns with this statement?
a. Morphostasis
b. Wholeness and self-reference
c. Structural coupling
d. Non-purposeful drift
TEXTBOOK NOTES FOR THE ANSWER
What are the principles of SOC?
➢ Wholeness and Self-reference
➢ Openness and Closedness
➢ Autopoiesis
➢ Structural Determinism
➢ Structural Coupling and Nonpurposeful Drift
➢ Epistemology of participation
➢ Reality as a multiverse
1. Wholeness and Self-Reference
• We make distinctions based on our own frames of reference, and we punctuate reality according to
these epistemological premises
• (Becvar & Becvar, 2014, pp. 84)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Question 2
According to Murray Bowen (1976), a dyad (two-person relationship) may be a relatively stable unit
when things are going well. However, when a problem arises, one member of the dyad may draw in
a third person, to create a____________ in an attempt to______________
a. Symmetrical relationship; diffuse tension/conflict
