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Systems Theory
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- 1Family Therapy- Paradigm shift from traditional epistemological bases
- What is going on in their system? - 2Systems Theory- Psychological problems shift from within the individual to the system they are a member of.
- Organization + Wholeness = key to understanding how systems operate - 3Cybernetics- Cybernetics: Self-regulating, feedback mechanisms
- 4Cybernetics- Homeostasis: Families tendency to maintain stability by using feedback
- 5CyberneticsNorbert Wiener- Originator of cybernetics in engineering
Gregory Bateson- Extended systems theory and cybernetics to behavioral sciences - 6Cybernetics- Thermostat MetaphorA- Room temperature
B- Thermostat
C- Fernis - 7Feedback loopFeedback- returned information that influences system
- Circular mechanism, feedback reintroduces in system, chain that influences each other - 8Feedback loopHow do you make family rules?
A- Child breaks rule
B- Rule- used to keep homeostasis
C- Mom- how does the mom react - 9Negative Feedback- Signals System to go back to homeostatic range
-Guilt, punishment
- 10Positive Feedback- Vicious cycle causes more of the same
-Many times intended as negative feedback
(Kid breaks rule- mom just yells- causes the kid to continue bad behavior) - 11Family Therapy - Don Jackson- Observed family interaction fallows a pattern
- Person + Person + Relationship = 3 - 12Individual Development- Erick Erickson
Identity VS Role - who am I?
Intimacy VS isolation - Do I feel lonely?
Generativity VS stagnation- what am I doing that matters?
Integrity VS Despair- Do I feel ok with life lived and choices? - 13Family Development TheoryEvelyn Duvall- Approached family development through life cycle stages and family staged
- Family life cycle- predictable steps and developmental tasks families experiences
- Family stage- time period of the family has a unique structure - 14Attachment TheoryAn affectionate bond between a person and an attachment person.
-John Bowlby- Infants form an attachment with primary caregiver
- Mary Ainsworth- Three attachment
- Mary Main- Added one more style - 15Attachment Theory- Secure attachmentAdult- Easy to get close to others, don't worry about being abandoned often
Caregiver- Successfully formed a secure parental attachment bond to the child - 16Attachment Theory- Ambivalent/ ResistantAdult- Others don't get as close as they would like and can scare people away
Caregiver- Inconsistent between appropriate and neglectful responses - 17Attachment Theory- AvoidantAdult-uncomfortable being close to others
Caregiver- Little to no response to a distressed child - 18Attachment Theory - DisorganizedChild- contradictory behavior ( approaching someone with back turned)
Caregiver- Role confusion, communication errors
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- Marriage and Family therapy Flashcards on Systems Theory, created by Jasmine Gutierrez on 27/11/2019.
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