Couc 601 Exam 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Double Blind Theory - CORRECT ANSWER The View that an individual who receives
important contradictory injections as different levels of abstraction about which he or she is unable to
comment or escape in in a no-win, conflict-producing situation
Who developed Double blind Theory - CORRECT ANSWER Gregory Bateson
Basics of double blind Theory - CORRECT ANSWER Theory of schizophrenia as a
relationship phenomenon rather than an intrapsychic disorder.
drawling attention to the family context that gave symptoms meaning.
its effort to look beyond the symptomatic person is family transactions was ground breaking in
directing researchers to examine what occurs in the exchange of information and the process of
relationships between persons as in a family.
First order cybernetics - CORRECT ANSWER A view from outside the system of the feedback
loops and homeostatic mechanisms that transpire within a system.
First order cybernetics continue - CORRECT ANSWER Means of understanding the general
principles of how systems of all kinds are self-regulated and thus maintain their stability
Continue first order cybernetics - CORRECT ANSWER attention was directed towards
structure, patterns of organization and control through feedback cycles.
Second order cybernetics - CORRECT ANSWER A view of an observing system in which the
therapist, rather than attempting to describe the system by being an outside observer, is part of what is
being observed and treated.
Second order cybernetics continue - CORRECT ANSWER Lynn Hoffman and postmodern
family therapists.
there can not be no outside independent observer of a system, since anyone attempting to observe and
change a system is by definition a participant who both influences and in turn is influenced by that
system
, Second order cybernetics and first order cybernetics differ - CORRECT ANSWER First order
cybernetics paradigm conceives of two separate systems, the therapist system and the problem-client
family system. therapist is the external observer who attempts to effect changes by means of
interventions from the outside.
Second order cybernetics is one big system of family and therapist who work together to find meaning
and in the process "re-Author" lives and relationships.
A first order view in family therapy would assume that is is possible to influence another person or
family by using this or that technique: I program you; I teach you; I instruct you. Second order view
would mean that therapists include themselves as part of what must change / they do not stand
outside.
Observers Role in Constructionists - CORRECT ANSWER families tell themselves stories' and
develop beliefs about themselves.
Organize their experiences and play a powerful role in shaping their lives
Stories come to represents dominant and burdensome discourses that lead them to believe they limited
options and are doomed to repeat their self-defeating behavior.
Structural Theories - CORRECT ANSWER Families develop certain basic characteristics and
interactive patters that they utilize to respond to internal and external stressors.
Founded on shared assumptions and family narratives and determine the manner in which families
adapt and cope with life changes and challenges.
A therapeutic model directed at changing or realigning the family organization structure in order to
alter dysfunctional transactions and clarify subsystem boundaries.
Narrative Theory - CORRECT ANSWER Stories a family recounts help explain or justify their
structure and interactive patterns
A postmodern therapeutic approach in which the therapist and family members co-construct new
storied about their lives that encourage the possibilities of new experiences
How families therapists with functional outlook respond to systems - CORRECT
ANSWER Concern themselves with understanding what is occurring, how it occurs and when it
is occurring; focus on the process rather than the content of transactions.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Double Blind Theory - CORRECT ANSWER The View that an individual who receives
important contradictory injections as different levels of abstraction about which he or she is unable to
comment or escape in in a no-win, conflict-producing situation
Who developed Double blind Theory - CORRECT ANSWER Gregory Bateson
Basics of double blind Theory - CORRECT ANSWER Theory of schizophrenia as a
relationship phenomenon rather than an intrapsychic disorder.
drawling attention to the family context that gave symptoms meaning.
its effort to look beyond the symptomatic person is family transactions was ground breaking in
directing researchers to examine what occurs in the exchange of information and the process of
relationships between persons as in a family.
First order cybernetics - CORRECT ANSWER A view from outside the system of the feedback
loops and homeostatic mechanisms that transpire within a system.
First order cybernetics continue - CORRECT ANSWER Means of understanding the general
principles of how systems of all kinds are self-regulated and thus maintain their stability
Continue first order cybernetics - CORRECT ANSWER attention was directed towards
structure, patterns of organization and control through feedback cycles.
Second order cybernetics - CORRECT ANSWER A view of an observing system in which the
therapist, rather than attempting to describe the system by being an outside observer, is part of what is
being observed and treated.
Second order cybernetics continue - CORRECT ANSWER Lynn Hoffman and postmodern
family therapists.
there can not be no outside independent observer of a system, since anyone attempting to observe and
change a system is by definition a participant who both influences and in turn is influenced by that
system
, Second order cybernetics and first order cybernetics differ - CORRECT ANSWER First order
cybernetics paradigm conceives of two separate systems, the therapist system and the problem-client
family system. therapist is the external observer who attempts to effect changes by means of
interventions from the outside.
Second order cybernetics is one big system of family and therapist who work together to find meaning
and in the process "re-Author" lives and relationships.
A first order view in family therapy would assume that is is possible to influence another person or
family by using this or that technique: I program you; I teach you; I instruct you. Second order view
would mean that therapists include themselves as part of what must change / they do not stand
outside.
Observers Role in Constructionists - CORRECT ANSWER families tell themselves stories' and
develop beliefs about themselves.
Organize their experiences and play a powerful role in shaping their lives
Stories come to represents dominant and burdensome discourses that lead them to believe they limited
options and are doomed to repeat their self-defeating behavior.
Structural Theories - CORRECT ANSWER Families develop certain basic characteristics and
interactive patters that they utilize to respond to internal and external stressors.
Founded on shared assumptions and family narratives and determine the manner in which families
adapt and cope with life changes and challenges.
A therapeutic model directed at changing or realigning the family organization structure in order to
alter dysfunctional transactions and clarify subsystem boundaries.
Narrative Theory - CORRECT ANSWER Stories a family recounts help explain or justify their
structure and interactive patterns
A postmodern therapeutic approach in which the therapist and family members co-construct new
storied about their lives that encourage the possibilities of new experiences
How families therapists with functional outlook respond to systems - CORRECT
ANSWER Concern themselves with understanding what is occurring, how it occurs and when it
is occurring; focus on the process rather than the content of transactions.
