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PYC4808 ASSIGNMENT 02 MCQ AND ANSWERS 2023.
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
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
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
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