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A system is an entity that maintains its existence & functions as a whole through the interaction of its parts
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| True or false, in a system the arragement of the pieces is crucial |
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| In a system if you change the structure the __________ changes |
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—Is a complex set of human relationships interacting in many ways
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| A human system is a living system and....... |
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| ...all living systems (work groups, families, sports teams) have system elements |
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| Define and give an example for family system element: Interdependent Components |
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People in the system, their roles and their functions
Example of people: parents, grandparents and newborns
Example of roles: Wager earner, Nurturer, problem child initiator, scapegoat |
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| Define and give an example for family system element: Inputs and outputs |
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Information that flows into the system and the products or energy of that information returned to the suprasystem.
Examples of Inputs: Newspapers, radio broadcasts, phone calls.
Examples of Outputs: Work, volunteering, money to charity, attendance at church services, support for friends and family. |
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| Define and give an example for family system element: Boundries and hierarchies |
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Dividing lines, Individiual differences, core ideas
Examples: Marital dyad, subsystem, sibiling subsystem, nuclear subsystem, extended family supra system, community suprasystem, world suprasystem |
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| Define and give an example for family system element: Rules for Operation |
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Guildines in the system
Examples: Parents make the rules, when a parent has been drinking the rest of the family compensates, children solve conflicts with physical force between each other but never with parents or people outside the system |
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| Define and give an example for family system element: System Goals |
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Desired outcomes of the system
Examples: Prosperity for family members, happiness, social recognition, promotion of self-worth among familiy members, maintenance of an unhappy marriage, support for a parents alcohol dependency |
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| Define and give an example for family system element: Feedback mechanisms |
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Devices that indicate if the system is moving towards its goals.
Examples: Cheerful participation in events may indicate movement toward a goal of happiness. Chores left undone may indicate mevement away from family harmony. Confilct between spouses may indicate movement away from self worth goals. |
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| Inputs and outputs are the ________ that moves in and out of the system |
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| What are the 3 approaches to the family systems theory |
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The interactional view
The structural view
The constructionist view |
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| Define the interactional view as an approach to the family systems theory |
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Analyzes how patterns of interaction define relationships within family system
Emphasis is on the relationship defining aspects rather than the content of the messages
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| Define the structural view as an approach to the family systems theory |
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—Focuses on social organization and the roles of each member within the family system
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Define the constructionist view as an approach to the family systems theory |
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Focuses on meaning-making processes in the family.
Focuses on how does the family construct its particualr social reality. |
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| Define "meaning-making process" |
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Meaning-making processes = how do they make sense of the world/their surroundings/the situation
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The more complex a system becomes the ______
likely it will adapt to change. |
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| A system that continuously interacts with its environment |
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| A system which is isolated from its surronding environment. |
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| Systems are _______ ever completely open or closed to all influences |
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| A system is ________ if you add or subtract a part |
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| Systems thinking is important because? |
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| Each of us is a system living in a world of systems |
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There is a limit to how big a man made system can grow?
true or false |
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A jigsaw puzzle and a chess game.
Which is the example of detail complexity and which is the example of dynamic complexity. |
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| Jigsaw puzzle is detail complexity and the chess game is dynamic complexity. |
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| You can not have stability without _______. |
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| What is the principle of leverage? |
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| Systems can change if the right combination of actions is found. Change can be relatively easy if the right connections are identified. |
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| Discontinous system behaviour is what? Give an example |
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Discontinous system behavoiur is when something wierd happens given the right special set of circumstances.
Example would be a computer crashing when 2 certain programs are run together |
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When you are dealing with a system you can ______ just do one thing.
Expect ________ ______ |
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