Pregunta 1
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The focus of conflict theory is on social structures or what has been called the __________ level.
Pregunta 2
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According to consensus theory what notion is the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts?
Respuesta
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Evolution
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Nonsummativity
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Function
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Conflict
Pregunta 3
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What theory assumes the equivalence of humans with other species?
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Behaviorism
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Consensus
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Psychoanalysis
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Conflict
Pregunta 4
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What philosopher began the notion of nonsummantivity?
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Socrates
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Plato
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Aristotle
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Aries
Pregunta 5
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In a wholes view, _______ means making cuts or divisions such that relational wholes are retained.
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Content
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Context
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Nonsummativity
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Units
Pregunta 6
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According to Hanson what is the single most significant idea in the wholes approach?
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Context
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Wholes
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Parts
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Theories
Pregunta 7
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Once people being to ______ the strictures of conventional theory and science a new way of seeing things emerges that helps to capture things that remain just outside the grips of conventional viewing lenses.
Respuesta
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Learn
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Unlearn
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Speak
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Break
Pregunta 8
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What television show is Hanson’s favorite example for nonsummativity?
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Wheel of Fortune
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The Addams Family
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The Newly Wed Game
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The Price is Right
Pregunta 9
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Pavlov’s experiment on dogs concluded that learning was________
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Conditioned
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Intuitive
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Hard
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Inevitable
Pregunta 10
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Wiener picked this term to name the observed ability of systems to steer themselves.
Pregunta 11
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Because everything is related to everything in a system, there is no such thing as an ________ without causal status.
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Equifinality
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Cause and Effect
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Inaction or Action
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Accommodation
Pregunta 12
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What refers to the phenomena of interests that are a cooperative, or joint, creation?
Respuesta
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Co-emmergence
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Alliance
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Existence
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Causality
Pregunta 13
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The key to understanding change is to see it as having both components of what changes and what stays the same rather than just ______ alone.
Respuesta
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Understanding
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Change
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Emergence
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Causality
Pregunta 14
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What refers to the ability of a system to reintroduce output to input?
Respuesta
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Multifinality
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Circularity
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Feedback
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Effect
Pregunta 15
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What feedback refers to a feedback where there is change?
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Equal Feedback
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Negative Feedback
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Positive Feedback
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Neutral Feedback
Pregunta 16
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In general, the continuity of a system is served by____________ feedback.
Pregunta 17
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What refers to the idea that you can get a number of different results from the same stimuli?
Respuesta
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Multifinality
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Equifinality
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Equipotentiality
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Multiprocess
Pregunta 18
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What is a specific type of output that is driven by other processes of emotion and communication?
Respuesta
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Content
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Contextual
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Concepts
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Subcommunication
Pregunta 19
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Emotions as an overriding characteristic of human groups renders the causal position of content _________?
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Obsolete
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Primary
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Secondary
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Unimportant
Pregunta 20
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People act not on objects, but rather on the _______ objects have for them?
Respuesta
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Understanding
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Meaning
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Feeling
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Belief
Pregunta 21
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The two principle lines of thought that can be woven into a wholes approach to meaning are symbolic interactionism and ________ thought.
Respuesta
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Causal
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Provocative
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Expressionist
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Constructivist
Pregunta 22
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What captures the notion that because meaning is specific to context, systems of logic are parallel?
Respuesta
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Parallogic
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Characteristic
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Nonsummativity
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Content
Pregunta 23
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Hanson takes the definition of _______ as information in the broadest possible sense in order to allow for a broad range of kinds of information exchange in various systems.
Respuesta
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Understanding
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Communication
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Meaning
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Reality
Pregunta 24
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Report is pure information, while ________ is how to interpret this information.
Respuesta
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Command
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Demand
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Meaning
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Parallogic
Pregunta 25
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According to Hanson there is no such thing as no __________.
Respuesta
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Love
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Caring
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Communication
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Dialogue
Pregunta 26
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A situation that is inherently contradictory, intense and inescapable.
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Relationship
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Obligation
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Paradox
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Double-bind
Pregunta 27
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What denotes the author’s reference to emotion as a characteristic of human groups that is above or beyond rationality?
Respuesta
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Rational
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Suprarationality
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Nonsummativity
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Irrational
Pregunta 28
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The concept of suprarationality has four components that place emotion above and beyond rationality are equifinality & multifinality, cybernetics, context, and _________.
Respuesta
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Content
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Love
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Need
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Centrality
Pregunta 29
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Which kind of emotions are considered we-emotions?
Respuesta
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High-order emotions
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Context-level emotions
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Linear emotions
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Circular emotions
Pregunta 30
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Emotions can be thought of as overriding various forms of human behavior, an on/off or circuit interrupter switch that may forestall or amplify all other processes. This is because emotions are considered ____________.
Respuesta
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Suprarationality
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Linear
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Nonlinear
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Higher Order
Pregunta 31
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Changing a product in social process via policy can only be effective if a _________ approach is used.
Respuesta
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Categorizing
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Problems
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Wholes
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Self-regulating
Pregunta 32
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What is thought of as refinement of theory?
Respuesta
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Science
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Philosophy
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Mathematics
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Multiverse
Pregunta 33
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It is possible that during the _________ the desire to move science away from deity led to the denial or discard of emotions.
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Context
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Enlightenment
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Subjectivity
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Understanding
Pregunta 34
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The issue of meaning in the science of human groups involves approximation ___________meaning sets.
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Context Specific
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Data
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Sequence
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Time
Pregunta 35
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What refers to the number of different kinds of information that become data?
Respuesta
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Decoding
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Range
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Units
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Meaning
Pregunta 36
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Wholes or general systems theory approach is considered _____________ in that it can be applied across many disciplines to consider any form of substantive issue where there are two or more related parts, such as biology, computer science, family therapy, medicine, or psychology.
Respuesta
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Pan-systemic
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Pan-disciplinary
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Pandemic
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Interrelated
Pregunta 37
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A theory which focuses on social structures and assumes people are pitted against one another in the struggle to get resources is ___________________.
Pregunta 38
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The focus of conflict theory is at the __________ level, whereas the focus of symbolic interactionism on the everyday life of face-to-face interaction in human groups is at the __________ level.
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Micro, Macro
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Subjective, Objective
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Personal, Business
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Macro, Micro
Pregunta 39
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Nonsummativity is a concept encouraging therapists to ____________.
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View the family as a whole and not as collection of individuals
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Consider the individual instead of the whole family
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The whole is less than or equal to its parts
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View the family and the individuals in the family
Pregunta 40
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Tammy is a 2-year-old girl who has begun to potty train. Each time Tammy successfully uses her potty, her mom does the potty dance to celebrate with her, gives her a high five, and a sticker, which Tammy finds both amusing and fun. This is an example of ________________.
Pregunta 41
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Hanson equivocates trying to figure out the whole world by taking it apart into components is like trying to unscramble eggs. Her goal is to illustrate ____________.
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Things emerge when two parts act together that are not necessarily seen in those parts alone
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The importance of relationship and the way we interact with others
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Who or what to blame when problems arises
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The importance of looking at patterns within each individual
Pregunta 42
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The idea of nonsummativity implies that ______________.
Respuesta
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Relational patterns in human systems are always known to the individual
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Relational patterns in human systems are not always known to the individual
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The way humans interact is subconscious
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None of the above
Pregunta 43
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Change in one part of the system _____________.
Pregunta 44
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Two or more parts related or interconnected such that change in any one part changes all parts is known as ___________.
Respuesta
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A system
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A feedback loop
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Circular causality
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Nonsummativity
Pregunta 45
Pregunta
Unprotected sex resulting in pregnancy or a sexually transmitted infection is an example of ________________.
Respuesta
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Cause and effect
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Action and inaction
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Irresponsibility
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Consequences
Pregunta 46
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A true systems thinker recognizes the importance of discarding ______________ as a target of analysis.
Respuesta
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Change
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Blame
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Problems
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Content
Pregunta 47
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The classic example utilized to demonstrate both positive and negative feedback is the _____________.
Respuesta
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Air compressor
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Thermostat
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Television
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Camera
Pregunta 48
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Getting the same result from a variety of stimuli is ______________.
Respuesta
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Equifinality
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Linear causality
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Equipotentiality
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Circular causality
Pregunta 49
Pregunta
Because time is linked to a notion of equifinal and multifinal results, there is a means to move models of potential effects (intended or unintended) through________ time frames.
Respuesta
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Long-term or extended
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Short-term
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Cross-sectionally
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Immediately
Pregunta 50
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The issue of content is simultaneously an issue of ___________.
Respuesta
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Meaning
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Causality
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Context
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Cybernetics
Pregunta 51
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Context does not need to be in any fixed causal position because content is ________.
Respuesta
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An emotional characteristic of human groups rendering causal position of content secondary
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Co-emergent, meaning, certain things exist as a joint production, simultaneously
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Getting the same results from one stimuli from acting on a system
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The inability to gauge the effects based on knowledge or input alone
Pregunta 52
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Humans are not just considered simple stimulus – response of input - output relays, they are ________, capable of refracting and interpreting, any objective stimuli.
Respuesta
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Meaning Making beings
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Black Box beings
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Black or White
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Purpose Driven
Pregunta 53
Pregunta
___________ captures the notion that because meaning is specific to context, systems of logic are __________.
Pregunta 54
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Attention to report and command spawned the theory that ___________ between these two aspect of communication could contribute to the origins of _________.
Respuesta
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Separation; mental health
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Disjunctures; mental illness
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Connection; mental illness
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Conjunctures; mental health
Pregunta 55
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_________________ is a form of emotional pattern of uneven corrections; whereas ________________ reflects context, where emotional connections are wide open and shared equally.
Respuesta
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Definitional equality; definitional deficit
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Definitional deficit; definitional equality
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Content; context
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Suprarationality; rationality
Pregunta 56
Pregunta
How information fits into theories is best known as ______________.
Respuesta
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Validity
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Data
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Decoding
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Constructs
Pregunta 57
Pregunta
According to Hanson, how are science and theory related within a wholes approach?
Respuesta
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Science can be thought of as refinement and theory, and refinement depends on the theory in question.
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Science in its simplest form is not necessarily equivalent to logical positivism.
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Science within the within a wholes approach requires rethinking the basis of knowledge and finding proof at each turn.
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All of the above
Pregunta 58
Pregunta
Using language such as “human experience, contexts, and wisdoms” means speaking in terms of ____________.
Respuesta
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Subjectivity
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Universe
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Wholes
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Multiverse
Pregunta 59
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The task of _______ is to dig into the unconscious and release pent up frustration and self-disgust by hypnotizing or looking at the dreams of the patient, or analysand.
Respuesta
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Epistemological shift
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Social Theory
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Behaviorism
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Psychoanalysis
Pregunta 60
Pregunta
______ are ideas, often abstractions, which are developed in order to explain something such that you can move from the general.
Respuesta
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Feedback
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Concepts
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Cybernetics
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Process
Pregunta 61
Pregunta
A ______ can be defined as any two or more parts that are related, such that change in any one part changes all parts.
Pregunta 62
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What refers to the inference of relationships between things such that the combination brings about a result?
Respuesta
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Principle
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Nonsummativity
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Causality
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Unit
Pregunta 63
Pregunta
What is a situation that is inherently contradictory, intense, and inescapable?
Respuesta
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Command
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Report
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Cybernetic
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Double-bind
Pregunta 64
Pregunta
Consensus Theory has 3 central notions which of the following is NOT one of them?
Respuesta
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Nonsummativity
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Asymmetry
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Evolution
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Function
Pregunta 65
Pregunta
Conflict Theory has its roots in the work of?
Respuesta
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Herbert Spencer
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Sigmund Freud
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Karl Marx
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Emile Durkheim
Pregunta 66
Pregunta
Humans behave in accordance with how they are trained by a series of rewards and punishments is an idea from which theory?
Respuesta
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Behaviorism
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Conflict Theory
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Psychoanalysis
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Consensus Theory
Pregunta 67
Pregunta
___________ refers to how we divide up the world in order to study it
Respuesta
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unit
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context
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nonsummativity
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system
Pregunta 68
Pregunta
_____________ refers to the phenomena of interest that are cooperative, or joint, creation.
Respuesta
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action and inaction
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co-emergence
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system
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unit
Pregunta 69
Pregunta
“Damned if you do, damned if you don’t” sums up the principal of?
Respuesta
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co-emergence
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double-bind
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action and inaction
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paradox
Pregunta 70
Pregunta
Never changing and always changing are potentially equally destructive?
Pregunta 71
Pregunta
Humans interpret and create a world of _________ that mediates all behavior
Respuesta
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emotion
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meaning
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communication
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content
Pregunta 72
Pregunta
Gestures, voice tone and sequence are all example of?
Respuesta
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report
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command
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feedback
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emotion
Pregunta 73
Pregunta
The central features of emotion include?
Respuesta
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higher order
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nonlinear
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equifinal or multifinal
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all of the above
Pregunta 74
Pregunta
Observing pieces one after another, rather than at separated time points and inferring the linkages refers to?
Pregunta 75
Pregunta
A higher order, overarching, characteristic of human groups that can be seen as a characteristic of relationships rather than individuals is speaking about?
Respuesta
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meaning
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emotion
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communication
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feedback
Pregunta 76
Pregunta
Which is an example of co-emergence?
Respuesta
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Children on a seesaw
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The Prisoner's Dilemma
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Clapping
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All of the above
Pregunta 77
Pregunta
Which is an example of positive feedback?
Respuesta
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A man loses his job and begins drinking
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A child who works with a tutor and does not improve his grades
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A person who is told to lose weight but does not lose a single pound
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None of the above
Pregunta 78
Pregunta
To capture the idea that there is information exchanged that lets participants know how to interpret information is the definition for ____________.
Pregunta 79
Pregunta
What does Hanson say is central to human behavior?
Respuesta
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Communication
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Emotion
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Logic
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Linearity
Pregunta 80
Pregunta
What model allows for emergent contextual emotion?
Pregunta 81
Pregunta
A _________________science is one where impressions, constructions, and interpretations become the front and center focus of inquiry, rather than bias or noise to be drilled out.
Respuesta
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Objective
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Naturalistic
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Subjective
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Social
Pregunta 82
Pregunta
The consensus theory follows the assumption that:
Respuesta
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Humans are intrinsically noble
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Humans are intrinsically greedy and insatiable
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Humans are intrinsically motivated to do good
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Humans are extrinsically instructed to be greedy and insatiable
Pregunta 83
Pregunta
Conflict Theory focuses on all the following except:
Pregunta 84
Pregunta
In nonsummativity it is important to look at ___________.
Respuesta
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What's going on with an individual
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Patterns that exist between individuals
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The dynamics of a group, such as race and gender
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How parts fit together
Pregunta 85
Pregunta
In a causal system, which two are always present?
Pregunta 86
Pregunta
Hanson believes change is achieved by:
Respuesta
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report and command
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content and context
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reward and punishment
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feedback
Pregunta 87
Pregunta
The double bind concept draws on the concept of _____________ and ______________.
Pregunta 88
Pregunta
Sigmund Freud posited a tripartite model of human nature, all of these are part of Freud's model except_______.
Pregunta 89
Pregunta
In Pavlov’s experiment with dog’s what was the stimulus and reaction?
Respuesta
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food, salivation
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vibration, sitting down
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yelling, salivation
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bell, salivation
Pregunta 90
Pregunta
The two principle lines of thought that can be woven into a wholes approach to meaning are __________.
Respuesta
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structural conditions and structural analysis
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origin and complications
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symbolic interaction and constructivist thought
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symbolic interaction and family
Pregunta 91
Pregunta
Micro is to___________________ as Macro is to_____________________
Respuesta
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objective, subjective
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subjective, objective
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individual, societal
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universal, particular
Pregunta 92
Pregunta
The conventional theories approach is formed on assumption(s), where as the wholes approach focuses on __________.
Pregunta 93
Pregunta
Historically research divides the research variables to “understand” particular phenomena, how does the wholes approach respond to this idea.
Respuesta
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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, we cannot sum parts to find whole
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Dividing into units allows us to further understand social phenomena
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Studying individuals is a great predictor of the universal
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Assuming the universal and working towards nonmotheic is optimal
Pregunta 94
Pregunta
Neglect of the wholes leads to____________.
Pregunta 95
Pregunta
Statistical techniques are lacking in our field for analyzing _____________data.
Respuesta
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relational
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variable
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unit
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nomoethic
Pregunta 96
Pregunta
A direct cause and effect relationship between stimulus and response is inferred by what type of causality?
Respuesta
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cybernetic
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circular
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relational
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linear
Pregunta 97
Pregunta
Multiple expressions for snow like “corn”, “powder”, “boilerplate”, “manmade” and “corduroy” is an example of how human groups have capability of developing ____________.
Respuesta
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symbolic interactionism
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constructivist thought
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symbolism
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shared meaning
Pregunta 98
Pregunta
A parallogical view offers that while there is no single point, there are points, this is an idea that contradicts _____________.
Respuesta
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multiverse
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meaning patterns
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universals
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conventional meaning
Pregunta 99
Pregunta
The concept of ______________ discards the notion that there is such thing as mental heath or illness, instead focus becomes on why one person instead of another is taken as sick under like conditions.
Respuesta
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reality
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realities
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content
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universality
Pregunta 100
Pregunta
Cybernetic causality infers that no communication is communication.
Pregunta 101
Pregunta
“You look so pretty, no one will notice how much weight you have gained.”
Respuesta
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report and command
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not-not communicating
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symbolic interactionism
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double-bind
Pregunta 102
Pregunta
The idea that emotion can override various forms of human behavior.
Respuesta
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nonlinear
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context-level emotion
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sexism
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higher order
Pregunta 103
Pregunta
Symbolic interactionism begins with the idea that people are what?
Respuesta
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objective
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subjective
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creative and reflexive
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judgemental
Pregunta 104
Pregunta
Blame is not compatible with general systems theory because it involves _______ thinking rather than circular.
Respuesta
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individual
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process
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linear
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all of the above
Pregunta 105
Pregunta
_______ is the ability of a system to reintroduce output as input in order to maintain homeostasis.
Respuesta
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regulation
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feedback
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change
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cybernetics
Pregunta 106
Pregunta
Emotion is different from meaning and communication because it is _________.
Respuesta
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nonlinear
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linear
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subjective
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circular
Pregunta 107
Pregunta
_________ is significant for theory and is founded in the idea that the whole is more than the sum of its parts. For example: Two men buy their wives chocolate treats for Valentine’s Day. The first wife thinks her husband is being sweet and thoughtful. The second wife gets mad because she is on a diet and thinks her husband is not supporting her while she’s trying to lose weight. Although both husbands did the same thing, they each received different reactions because the _______ is different.
Respuesta
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feedback
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context
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variables
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content
Pregunta 108
Pregunta
A married couple starts arguing because she nags and presses. The husband then withdraws. As he withdraws, she nags and pushes him harder. Both enter into a “seesaw” pattern that can only continue if they both play. When looking at the course of this couple’s communication and behavior pattern, which of the following terms comes into play?
Respuesta
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feedback
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action and inaction
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punctuation
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change
Pregunta 109
Pregunta
A husband comes home to his wife cooking meatloaf for dinner. He goes wild and beats her up, but then apologizes while crying hysterically. A model of _____ would look long range at the patterned cycles of emotional reactions between the spouses that were redundant, hence amiable to analysis. According to this model, both spouses may recognize that a recent loss of employment may have caused tension leading to the dissipation.
Respuesta
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suprarationality
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irrationality
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emotion
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communication
Pregunta 110
Pregunta
Before a situation can be changed what needs to be identified?
Respuesta
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reason
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solution
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cause
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effect
Pregunta 111
Pregunta
What expresses the idea that when you act on a system of interrelated parts, you cannot gauge the effects based on knowledge of the input alone.
Respuesta
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Multifinality
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Feedback
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Equifinality
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A and C
Pregunta 112
Pregunta
Which is an example of noncommunication?
Respuesta
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Teenage girl ignores her parents because she isn’t allowed to go to a party.
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A wife and husband sit across from each other without speaking with their arms crossed.
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Two strangers standing in line at the coffee shop.
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There is no such thing as noncommunication.
Pregunta 113
Pregunta
Which famous scholar did extensive work around the nature-nurture debate with ducks?
Respuesta
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Konrad Lorenz
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B. F. Skinner
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Erving Goffman
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W. F. Whyte
Pregunta 114
Pregunta
Who concluded that learning is conditioned?
Respuesta
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B. F. Skinner
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Jean Piaget
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Ivan Pavlov
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Sigmund Freud
Pregunta 115
Pregunta
A double bind is a situation that is inherently not which of the following?
Respuesta
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Contradictory
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Intense
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Irresolvable
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Inescapable
Pregunta 116
Pregunta
Which of the following is not viewed as co-emergent?
Respuesta
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Communication
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Words
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Meanings
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Thoughts
Pregunta 117
Pregunta
What is thought of as the refinement of theory?
Respuesta
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Science
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Positivism
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Multiverse
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Subjectivity
Pregunta 118
Pregunta
The connection to a baby sucking on his hands and having an oral fixation in adulthood is in relation to ___________________ theory?
Respuesta
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Psychoanalytic
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Consensus
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Behaviorism
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Conflict
Pregunta 119
Pregunta
What is the main idea of the wholes approach in connection with theories?
Respuesta
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Following the assumptions of theory leads to the correct answer
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Never look at the big picture
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Looking beyond cause and effect gives way to new meaning
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Theories are always concrete
Pregunta 120
Pregunta
The concept of context should be viewed in all of the following except ___________.
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in relationships
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with others
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in concert
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individually
Pregunta 121
Pregunta
Using language like “human experience” rather than “the world” are thinking in the contexts of ______________________.
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multiverse
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universe
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local
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global
Pregunta 122
Pregunta
Cybernetics is the study of the self-regulating properties of systems. The word “cyber” is derived from ___________, which reflects the notion of steering.
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Greek
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Latin
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Arabic
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Hebrew
Pregunta 123
Pregunta
In analysis based in a wholes approach, the relational unit is never broken down past the minimum of ______ interrelated parts.
Pregunta 124
Pregunta
According to Hanson, blame is incompatible with general systems theory approach in that it violates the principle of ________.
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cybernetics
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nonsummativity
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multifinality
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equifinality
Pregunta 125
Pregunta
A wholes approach stresses that _______ is not singular and universal, but subjective and context dependent.
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reality
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meaning
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content
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change
Pregunta 126
Pregunta
Hanson’s stressing of the need for finding a way rather than the way reflects the concept of ________ rather than _______.
Pregunta 127
Pregunta
Which theorist believes humans are driven by subconscious desires?
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Sigmund Freud
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B. F. Skinner
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Emile Durkheim
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Herbert Spencer
Pregunta 128
Pregunta
The idea that patterns of relationships are at the heart of individual problems such as eating disorders or abuse is an example of:
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summativity
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nonsummativity
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cybernetics
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units
Pregunta 129
Pregunta
How does the wholes approach define causality?
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Direct linear relationship between cause and effect
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There are no differentiating characteristics mediating cause and effect
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Cybernetic patterns that are interactive and continuous
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Cause and effect are finite
Pregunta 130
Pregunta
Which example best fits the concept of multifinality?
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The death of a parent leading to different reactions among children
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Many different factors that lead to developing a drug addiction
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Lack of energy in result of depression
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Fear of eating in public from disordered eating
Pregunta 131
Pregunta
Which example best fits the concept of equifinality?
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Consequences of malnutrition from anorexia
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The death of a family member leading to various coping efforts
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Many different factors that lead to developing a drug addiction
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Lack of energy in result of depression
Pregunta 132
Pregunta
Alice has been dating her boyfriend for two months and has waited patiently for him to kiss her. Finally, after Algebra class, he kisses her on the cheek. She walks to her locker in a blissful haze and cannot remember her combination. This is an example of what type of emotion?
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context level
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higher order
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nonlinear
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equifinality
Pregunta 133
Pregunta
When observing sequence in an intimate relationship, face-to-face interaction will be:
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action-inferring-responses-acting
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phrases-responses-reactions-actions
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actions-responses-phrases
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phrases-inferring-responses-narratives
Pregunta 134
Pregunta
Reality is _____, meaning is _______, and therefore context is _____?
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Objective; Subjective; Specific
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Subjective; Specific; Objective
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Specific; Objective; Objective
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Objective; Specific; Subjective
Pregunta 135
Pregunta
Comparing Hanson’s two concepts “Realities” and “Parallogic” all are similarities except?
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Thinking in terms of “a way” instead of “the way”
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Dismissing the linear way of thinking
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Focusing on human subjectivity
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Viewing situations as context-specific rather than universal
Pregunta 136
Pregunta
How would Hanson best describe “Black Box Humans” compared to “Meaning Model Humans”?
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Meaning model human beings are reflective and creative in the sense of being able to refract and interpret any given objective stimuli, whereas black box humans have a simple stimulus-response and simple input-out relay.
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Black box humans have complex stimulus response whereas Meaning Model Humans have simple stimulus responses
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Black Box Humans Process and are able to self-reflect and interpret whereas Meaning making humans are not
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Meaning model humans aren’t able to process output relays whereas Black Box Humans are
Pregunta 137
Pregunta
All of these are tools that can be used to understand general systems theory approach except?
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data
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decoding
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range
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theories
Pregunta 138
Pregunta
__________ reflects contexts where emotional connections are wide open and shared equally.
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Definitional deficit
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Definitional equality
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Suprarationality
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Multifinality
Pregunta 139
Pregunta
Shortages in terms of emotional connections being translated into surface patterns are considered patterns of uneven connections or __________.
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Definitional deficit
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Definitional equality
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Equifinality
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Multifinality
Pregunta 140
Pregunta
In a parallogic view, what must be done before judging an event or situation?
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Ignore factors such as age, race, gender, and illness
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Assume there is a gap between the observer and the event or situation
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Think about the event or situation in its native context
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Make sure that you are thinking independently of context
Pregunta 141
Pregunta
What two kinds of behavioral data does Hanson believe are “relevant to the conception of realities and a multiverse?”
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Actual and reported behavior
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Real and imagined behavior
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Positive and negative behavior
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Emotional and physical behavior