FMTH503 || with Complete Solutions.
What is the biggest conceptual influence on early development in family therapy? correct
answers general systems theory
What is cybernetics the study of? correct answers feedback loops
Content is more aligned with what kind of thhinking? correct answers reductionism, cause and
effect
What is a family therapist more concerned about, content or process? correct answers process,
relationships
reframing correct answers Altering a family's description of behavior to make it more amenable
to therapeutic change
equifinality correct answers The ability of complex systems to reach a given final goal in a
variety of different ways.
positive feeedback loop correct answers used to promote change, amplifies deviation/change
negative feeedback loop correct answers used to maintain homeostasis, reduces deviation/change
isomorphism correct answers a similarity of the processes or structure of one organization to
those of another
feedback loops correct answers The return of a portion of the output of a system, especially when
used to maintain the output within predetermined limits (negative feedback),
or to signal a need to modify the system (positive feedback).
symptom maintenance correct answers not addressing the process, symptoms continue to present
holism correct answers parts of a whole are in interconnected and they cannot be understood
without reference to the whole, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
reductionism correct answers attempt to understand human behavior in simple components
report correct answers aka digital, information conveyed, words that are spoken, aligned with
content
nonsummativity correct answers concept suggesting that any system including the family is
greater than the sum of its parts (the individuals in it) and therefore it is necessary to examine
patterns rather than merely each individual's behavior
MRI Mental Research Institute correct answers produced ideas of metacommunication and 3
ways to communicate: syntax, semantics, pragmatics
, epistemoloogy correct answers The branch of philosophy concerned with the study of
knowledge. Used by Bateson to mean worldview or belief system.
axiom correct answers a statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted,
or self-evidently true
GST - General Systems Theory correct answers A biological model of living systems as whole
entities that maintain themselves through continuous input and output from the environment;
developed by Ludwig von Bertalanffy.
linear cause and efffect correct answers The idea that one event is the cause and another is the
effect
cybernetics correct answers The science of feedback; how information, especially positive and
negative feedback loops, can help self-regulate a system.
first order change correct answers Temporary or superficial changes within a system that do not
alter the basic organization of the system itself.
second order change correct answers Basic change in the structure and functioning of a system.
paradoxical communication correct answers The receiver becomes confused when contraditions
appear betwen what is said and what is expressed in tone or gesture. An example is the parent
who says, "Stop obeying me" or the command to "Ignore these directions."
symmetrical relationship correct answers one in which the interaction between two people is
characterized by a high frequency of the same kinds of behavior, one-upmanship
parsimony correct answers complex phenomena should be explained by the simplest principles
possible
complementary correct answers one in which the interaction between two people is characterized
by a high frequency of exchanges of opposite kinds of behavior
parallel relationship correct answers one in which each person alternates in the complementary
positions and includes a combination of both symmetrical and complementary behaviors
paradigm shift correct answers new understanding because an old idea doesn't answer new
questions, such as the shift from reductionism to systems theory
intersubjectivity correct answers the psychological relation between people, emphasizing that we
are inherently social beings
communication theory correct answers The study of relationships in terms of the exchange of
verbal and nonverbal messages.
What is the biggest conceptual influence on early development in family therapy? correct
answers general systems theory
What is cybernetics the study of? correct answers feedback loops
Content is more aligned with what kind of thhinking? correct answers reductionism, cause and
effect
What is a family therapist more concerned about, content or process? correct answers process,
relationships
reframing correct answers Altering a family's description of behavior to make it more amenable
to therapeutic change
equifinality correct answers The ability of complex systems to reach a given final goal in a
variety of different ways.
positive feeedback loop correct answers used to promote change, amplifies deviation/change
negative feeedback loop correct answers used to maintain homeostasis, reduces deviation/change
isomorphism correct answers a similarity of the processes or structure of one organization to
those of another
feedback loops correct answers The return of a portion of the output of a system, especially when
used to maintain the output within predetermined limits (negative feedback),
or to signal a need to modify the system (positive feedback).
symptom maintenance correct answers not addressing the process, symptoms continue to present
holism correct answers parts of a whole are in interconnected and they cannot be understood
without reference to the whole, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
reductionism correct answers attempt to understand human behavior in simple components
report correct answers aka digital, information conveyed, words that are spoken, aligned with
content
nonsummativity correct answers concept suggesting that any system including the family is
greater than the sum of its parts (the individuals in it) and therefore it is necessary to examine
patterns rather than merely each individual's behavior
MRI Mental Research Institute correct answers produced ideas of metacommunication and 3
ways to communicate: syntax, semantics, pragmatics
, epistemoloogy correct answers The branch of philosophy concerned with the study of
knowledge. Used by Bateson to mean worldview or belief system.
axiom correct answers a statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted,
or self-evidently true
GST - General Systems Theory correct answers A biological model of living systems as whole
entities that maintain themselves through continuous input and output from the environment;
developed by Ludwig von Bertalanffy.
linear cause and efffect correct answers The idea that one event is the cause and another is the
effect
cybernetics correct answers The science of feedback; how information, especially positive and
negative feedback loops, can help self-regulate a system.
first order change correct answers Temporary or superficial changes within a system that do not
alter the basic organization of the system itself.
second order change correct answers Basic change in the structure and functioning of a system.
paradoxical communication correct answers The receiver becomes confused when contraditions
appear betwen what is said and what is expressed in tone or gesture. An example is the parent
who says, "Stop obeying me" or the command to "Ignore these directions."
symmetrical relationship correct answers one in which the interaction between two people is
characterized by a high frequency of the same kinds of behavior, one-upmanship
parsimony correct answers complex phenomena should be explained by the simplest principles
possible
complementary correct answers one in which the interaction between two people is characterized
by a high frequency of exchanges of opposite kinds of behavior
parallel relationship correct answers one in which each person alternates in the complementary
positions and includes a combination of both symmetrical and complementary behaviors
paradigm shift correct answers new understanding because an old idea doesn't answer new
questions, such as the shift from reductionism to systems theory
intersubjectivity correct answers the psychological relation between people, emphasizing that we
are inherently social beings
communication theory correct answers The study of relationships in terms of the exchange of
verbal and nonverbal messages.
