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PYC4808 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 w...

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PYC4808 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: 4



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: 4




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