Cybernetics - Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

At the simple cybernetic level we place ourselves outside the system as observers of what is going on inside the system. Using a metaphor of a black box to describe a system whose operation we are trying to understand by observing what goes into and what comes out of the system. We do not see ourselves as either part of the system or concerned with why it does what it does. Our focus is on describing what it does. We ask questions such as who are the members of the system? What are the...

3 primary phenomena that emerged into MFT correct answers Psychoanalysis, group therapy, and race to cure schizophrenia (and Bateson's research of family communication) Betrand Russell correct answers Theory of logical types (to define hierarchies based on level of abstraction) Norbert Weiner correct answers Cybernetics - Family has feedback loops(ongoing) to self-correct a family system refined Shannon-Weaver Model of Communication by adding two new features: feedback is an essential fe...

MFT Final Exam Question and answers correctly solved 2023/2024Family therapy - correct answer first created to treat schizophrenia. A way of thinking in systemic relational terms. A set of strategies for intervening with individuals, couples, families, and other systems. Widely used since 1950's Not defined by a number Systems approach forges collaborative relationships Psychotherapeutic approach focuses on interactions Heart of the approach is systems theory Systems theory - c...

MFT EXAM. MODELS OF THERAPY REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ General systems theory/cybernetics founder Ludwig Bertalanffy, Gregory Bateson, Norbit wiener Theory of change of general systems theory Change occurs when members of the system understand how their actions and communications affect the system as a whole. Once individuals have a greater understanding of this, they can work more effectively together to optimize emotional and social functioning of the system Foundati...

Detriangulation - ANS Bowen: The process by which an individual removes self from emotional field of two others Formulation - ANS A therapeutic hypothesis about what is responsible for creating and maintaining a client's presenting problem Process - ANS How members of a family or group relate; in contrast to content, which is what they talk about Treatment contract - ANS An explicit agreement between the client and therapist that specifies the terms of therapy, including things...

Family therapy Family therapy, also referred to as couple and family therapy, marriage and family therapy, family systems therapy, and family counseling, is a branch of psychotherapy that works with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. Change and view of family relationships It tends to view change in terms of the systems of interaction between family members. It emphasizes family relationships as an important factor in psychological health. ...

First-order change is correct answers when the family changes behavior but is governed by the same rules Second-order change is correct answers when the entire system changes because all the individuals therein are changed Process versus content can be explained as correct answers when the therapist understands what was said as well as how/when it was said Cybernetics is correct answers the scientific study of self-correcting processes in systems: families and machines alike What's ...

Family therapy correct answers first created to treat schizophrenia. A way of thinking in systemic relational terms. A set of strategies for intervening with individuals, couples, families, and other systems. Widely used since 1950's Not defined by a number Systems approach forges collaborative relationships Psychotherapeutic approach focuses on interactions Heart of the approach is systems theory Systems theory correct answers Comes out of mid 20th century biology, physics, ch...

Question 1 2 / 2 pts The family therapist who joins a family and engages in a dialogue rather than observing from outside is probably an advocate of: first-order cybernetics second-order cybernetics both of the above neither of the above Question 2 2 / 2 pts The key to understanding how system theory operates: emphasizes S-R connections supports linear explanations of behavior views component parts as greater than the whole stresses wholeness and organization Question 3 2 / 2 pts...

MFT LICENSING Questions And Answers 2024. ABC-X Family Crisis Model - correct answer Rueben Hill's model used to explain whether or not a stressful event would result in crisis in some families but not in other's. A=stressor B=family's crisis- meeting resources C=family's definition of the stressor X=the crisis Accomodation - correct answer Describes a variety of engagement techniques such as joining, used principally by Structural Family Therapists in which the therapist adapts them...