Simple cybernetics - we place ourselves outside of the system as the experts
Second order cybernetics - we place ourselves within the system
Recursion - reciprocal causality
An isolated cause/effect event (linear thinking) is a - partial arc of a larger pattern
Recursion - system of interaction and mutual influence
Basic elements of a system - recursion and feedback
Cybernetics - essentially control or feedback mechanism
In terms of first order cybernetics, use WHAT not - WHY
Units in system are seen as parts of a - whole (interconnectedness)
Punctuation - taking an interaction and making it small
Punctuation - taking a small segment out of a bigger picture
Punctuation - used to make a distinction between the chain of reactions (section of interactions)
Pesticides in 1960s is an example of - punctuation and recursion
, As a therapist you can't pull out of the system but you can - change your position in the system
Feedback - process in which info about past behaviors is fed back into the system in a circular fashion
Feedback - output of a system is reentering as an input
Two types of feedback - positive and negative
Positive feedback - a change has occurred and has been accepted by the system
Negative feedback - status quo is being maintained (no change)
Positive and negative feedback are both - recursive
Too much stability isn't healthy because - it leads to being unstable at some point-you need change to
adapt to outside environment
Changes eventually lead to - stability
Morphostasis - a tendency towards stability (state of equilibrium)
Morphogenesis - behavior that allows for growth/change
Rule - relationship pattern within a system to which a system operates
Rules and boundaries distinguish - your system from other systems
Rules form - the boundary of a system
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