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PYC4808 Assignment 6 Semester 2 2023
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PYC4808ASSIGNMENT 6 2023
,Assignment 6 - Unique assignment number 888794 (Due date 7 September 2023)
Assignment 6 is the final assignment for PYC4808 and counts 50% towards your final mark.
• Assignment 06 is a compulsory written assignment. This assignment is marked out of
100, and contributes 50% towards your final mark.
• Assignment 06 requires you to apply your theoretical and conceptual knowledge of
Ecosystemic psychology to a case scenario. The maximum length of your assignment
should be ten (10) typed pages (excluding your plagiarism declaration, the table of
contents and reference list).
• Please number your answers according to the assignment questions. Do not
create your own numbering structure. Therefore, do not number your introduction and
conclusion. Just number the answers to the assignment questions.
• Submit your assignment in PDF on myUnisa. Please ensure that your PDF document
is not a read-only document, as if it is, the on-screen marking tools will not work.
• Remember to reference your work. Please refer to and follow the seventh edition of
the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing guidelines. You will be
penalised for work that is not referenced correctly. You must provide both in-text
referencing and a reference list.
• Work that is not referenced at all will receive a final mark of 0 and disciplinary action
may be taken against the student who submitted the work. Remember to include a
table of contents, introduction, and conclusion, as well as the plagiarism declaration.
• There is no new reading material needed for this assignment. Review all previous work
covered, in order to answer the questions of assignment 6, which is largely aimed at
you applying what you have learnt.
, Case Scenario
Covid-19 has brought about many new challenges across various contexts. In order to slow
the infection rate, a national lockdown was enforced, which on one hand was aimed at
protecting the population from the effects of Covid-19 and slowing down the spread, with new
terminology such as "lock-down, self-isolation, social distancing, flatten the curve....new
normal" surfacing (Pillay & Barnes, 2020). On the other hand, the solution to the problem
created many individual, familial, social, community, educational, occupational, financial and
other challenges. Reflect on the changes that took place both in the country, but within the
context of academia, teaching and learning. You may even find it helpful to write a page of
your own personal challenges and insights gained over the last two years with regards to the
changes we have all experienced, to varying degrees.
Once you have thoroughly reflected on the above, answer the questions below, in
relation to you as a student at Unisa.
Question 1
In view of the above excerpt, as a student of Unisa, an Open Distance Learning Education
Institution, provide a first order cybernetic analysis of Unisa as a system. In your answer,
describe the context as a first order cybernetic thinker, and apply at least five (5) first order
cybernetic principles/concepts to your analysis.
(25 marks)
Question 2
In view of the above excerpt, as well as your answer for question 1, include yourself in the
observed, and provide a second-order cybernetic analysis of Unisa as a system. In your
answer, describe how a second-order cybernetic thinker would contextualise Unisa, and apply
at least five (5) second order principle/concepts to your analysis.
(25 marks)
Question 3
Second order cybernetics can be viewed as a meta-perspective. In line with this
premise, answer the questions below:
3.1 According to Becvar and Becvar (2014), systemic thinking is not an either/or approach.
Discuss this statement and justify how FOC and SOC can be integrated in a complementary
manner. (10 marks)
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