Quiz_ Systems Theory & Thinking

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Quiz: Systems Theory & Thinking 1. The notion that there is an objectively knowable world to be observed and measured represents which viewpoint? a. Modernism 2. The way a family organizes and maintains itself at any given time refers to its: a. Structure 3. A family’s metarules refers to: a. Rules about the rules 4. A dynamic state of balance or equilibrium in a system, or a tendency toward achieving and maintaining such a state in an effort to ensure a stable environment. a. Homeostasis 5. Families that live in relative isolation, communicating primarily among themselves, are apt to become: a. Relatively closed systems 6. Anthropologist Bateson has defined ______________ as “a difference that makes a difference.” a. Information 7. _____________________ Those circular mechanisms by which information about a system’s output is continuously reintroduced back into the system, initiating a chain of subsequent events. a. Feedback loops 8. By marital quid pro quo, Jackson was referring to: a. an exchange of benefits between marital partners. 9. Which of the following is not an example of a larger system with which problematic families may engage? a. Open systems 10. Another name for an amplifying loop is: a. Positive feedback
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