Cybernetics Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The Covid-19 pandemic greeted a world that was unprepared for its long-lasting and catastrophic impact. Regardless of individual beliefs, cultures, age, gender or socio-economic status; it has infiltrated our communities and societies to its very core. This paper describes the impact of Covid-19 on the University of South Africa (UNISA) with regards to its faculty, students and system; from a First-Order Cybernetics (FOC) and Second-Order Cybernetics (SOC) perspectives. The discussion includes...

Indications For Couple Therapy correct answer: When the presenting problem is clearly related to the couple's relationship; the development of problems in one partner coincided with the onset of relationship conflict; or the couple is thinking about ending their relationship and wants to resolve issues with the help of a therapist. Social Constructionism correct answer: A strand of postmodernism that is based on the assumption that knowledge is constructed through social interactions and i...

Chapter 1 History of Marriage and Family Therapy (p. 3-17) Collaboratively p. 6 correct answers Initially, marriage counseling was practiced in two ways. In this definition, each partner was seen by his/her own therapist. Concurrently p. 6 correct answers Initially, marriage counseling was practiced in two ways. In this definition, one therapist worked with both spouses at different times. Conjoint Therapy p. 6 correct answers A form of family therapy where the therapist meets with the ...

ABC-X Family Crisis Model correct answers 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 answers Describes a variety of engagement techniques such as joining, used principally by Structural Family Therapists in which the therapist adapts themselves to the family's style of interacting....

group dynamics correct answers Interactions among group members that emerge as a result of properties of the group rather than merely their individual personalities. Process correct answers how members of a family or a group relate schizophrenogenic mother correct answers Term for aggressive, domineering mothers thought to precipitate schizophrenia in their offspring metacommunication correct answers every message has two levels, report and command; metacommunication is the implied comm...

8 Page documentation on Cybernetics Analysis of a UNISA system. Got a distinction for this paper.

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bombastic (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas requisite necessary for relief or supply apocryphal of questionable authenticity laconic brief and to the point garrulous full of trivial conversation ascetic practicing great self-denial taciturn habitually reserved and uncommunicative tempestuous (of the elements) as if showing violent anger demarcation the boundary ...

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, fami...

Full portfolio assignment for PYC4808, received a distinction for this module. These are the questions the portfolio consisted of. PLEASE USE THIS AS AN OUTLINE ONLY. DO NOT COPY DIRECTLY, AS UNISA WILL PICK UP PLAGIARISM, AS THEY SUBMIT ALL PORTFOLIOS FOR HONOURS TO TURNITIN. Question 1 In view of the above excerpt, as a student of Unisa, a Open Distance Learning Education Institution, provide a first order cybernetic analysis of Unisa as a system. In your answer, describe the cont...