PYC4808 2023
ASSIGNMENT 2 – MCQ and answers
Ecosystemic Psychology
, Question 1
Marked out of 1
Question text
Systems thinking (also referred to as systems family therapy) is described as counter-cultural and is a
shift from the modernist perspective. Danie, a psychology student, describes himself as a modernist
thinker. Which of the following premises are consistent with the modernist way of thinking, and which
you would expect to be part of Danie’s descriptions of the world:
a. Causality is linear
b. Causality is recursive
c. We can discover reality which is separate from us
d. As an observer, we remain separate from that which we are observing
The correct answer is:
Select one:
1.
a) and c)
2.
b), c) and d)
3.
a), c) and d)
4.
All of the above
Question 2
Marked out of 1
Question text
At the heart of individualism, the individual is regarded as the primary agent. In order to best
understand the content that we are learning, and ensure logical consistency, epistemologies, theories
and assumptions must be logically linked. Although many of the individualistic theories (e.g.,
psychoanalytic psychology) do appreciate one’s relationships with others, which of the following
theorists do not fit epistemologically with the systemic theory?
Select one:
1.
Gregory Bateson and Paul Watzlawick
2.
Sigmund Freud and B. F. Skinner
ASSIGNMENT 2 – MCQ and answers
Ecosystemic Psychology
, Question 1
Marked out of 1
Question text
Systems thinking (also referred to as systems family therapy) is described as counter-cultural and is a
shift from the modernist perspective. Danie, a psychology student, describes himself as a modernist
thinker. Which of the following premises are consistent with the modernist way of thinking, and which
you would expect to be part of Danie’s descriptions of the world:
a. Causality is linear
b. Causality is recursive
c. We can discover reality which is separate from us
d. As an observer, we remain separate from that which we are observing
The correct answer is:
Select one:
1.
a) and c)
2.
b), c) and d)
3.
a), c) and d)
4.
All of the above
Question 2
Marked out of 1
Question text
At the heart of individualism, the individual is regarded as the primary agent. In order to best
understand the content that we are learning, and ensure logical consistency, epistemologies, theories
and assumptions must be logically linked. Although many of the individualistic theories (e.g.,
psychoanalytic psychology) do appreciate one’s relationships with others, which of the following
theorists do not fit epistemologically with the systemic theory?
Select one:
1.
Gregory Bateson and Paul Watzlawick
2.
Sigmund Freud and B. F. Skinner
