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Page 1 PYC4808 Assignment 1
PYC4808
2021
Assignment 1 and 5
Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers
Assignment
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Assignment 1
Question 1
Systems thinking (also referred to as systems family therapy) is described as
counter- cultural and is a shift from the modernist perspective. Danie, a
psychology student, describes himself as a modernist thinker. Which of the
following premises are consistent with the modernist way of thinking, and
which you would expect to be part of Danie’s descriptions of the world:
a. Causality is linear
b. Causality is recursive
c. We can discover reality which is separate from us
d. As an observer, we remain separate from that which we are observing
The correct answer is:
1. a) and c)
2. b), c) and d)
3. a), c) and d)
4. All of the above
Answer: 3
Question 2
At the heart of individualism, the individual is regarded as the primary agent.
In order to best understand the content we are learning, and ensure logical
consistency, epistemologies, theories and assumptions must be logically
linked. Although many of the individualistic theories (e.g. psychoanalytic
psychology) do appreciate one’s relationships with others, which of the
following theorists do not fit epistemologically with the systemic theory?
1. Gregory Bateson and Paul Watzlawick
2. Sigmund Freud and BF Skinner
3. Jay Haley and Carl Whitaker
4. None of the above
Answer: 2
Question 3
In line with being logically consistent, and of being aware of how it is that we
think and perceive the world and those around us, which of the following
options accurately reflect a logically consistent epistemology and a theory
respectively:
1. Psychodynamic theory and Behavioural Theory
2. Social constructionism and Systems Theory
3. Systems theory and Classical conditioning
4. Social constructionism and classical conditioning
Answer: 2
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