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PYC4808
Ecosystemic Psychology
Assignment 06 (2021)
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Table of Contents
Question 1 - 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. .....................................................................................3
Question 2 - 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. ................................................................................................................................5
Question 3 ...........................................................................................................................7
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. .............................................................................................................................7
3.2 - In all professions there are both explicit and implicit ethical guidelines, which have
been drawn up to ensure efficacy and competency. Discuss the ethical considerations to
bear in mind if you were working from an ecosystemic perspective (include the ethical
considerations for both FOC and SOC). ............................................................................8
3.3 - In your opinion, how can African ideologies and indigenous knowledge systems be
incorporated into ecosystemic psychology? .......................................................................9
3.4 - Provide a critique of ecosystemic psychology in which you cover both its merits and
its shortcomings .................................................................................................................9
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document may not be reproduced, copied or distributed. Failure to adhere to this results in plagiarism.
PYC4808
Ecosystemic Psychology
Assignment 06 (2021)
This assignment is only an example to give you an
idea of how you can tackle your own assignment.
Please do not submit this as your own and do not
copy it. This document and the information in this
document is the work of the author of this
document. This document may not be reproduced,
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results in plagiarism. Property of e-Tutor Psych
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document may not be reproduced, copied or distributed. Failure to adhere to this results in plagiarism.
Table of Contents
Question 1 - 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. .....................................................................................3
Question 2 - 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. ................................................................................................................................5
Question 3 ...........................................................................................................................7
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. .............................................................................................................................7
3.2 - In all professions there are both explicit and implicit ethical guidelines, which have
been drawn up to ensure efficacy and competency. Discuss the ethical considerations to
bear in mind if you were working from an ecosystemic perspective (include the ethical
considerations for both FOC and SOC). ............................................................................8
3.3 - In your opinion, how can African ideologies and indigenous knowledge systems be
incorporated into ecosystemic psychology? .......................................................................9
3.4 - Provide a critique of ecosystemic psychology in which you cover both its merits and
its shortcomings .................................................................................................................9
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