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Graduate Sociology
Who was most influential in developing "systemic family therapy?"
  1. James Yorke
  2. Gregory Bateson
  3. Michael Butz
Graduate Sociology
Considering Hanson's concept of "Parallogic," which of the following statements is FALSE?
  1. Parallogic captures the notion that because meaning is specific to context, systems of logic are parallel.
  2. The parallogical imperative is to situate any event in its native context before judging it.
  3. A parallogical view offers that while there is no single point, there are points.
  4. Parallogical thinking means thinking in terms of "the way" as opposed to "a way."
Graduate Sociology
Which is a FALSE statement concerning "measurement error?"
  1. Traditional test construction theory assumes that it is possible to reduce error to about 10% to 20% of a total test variance, but generally no more.
  2. Because of sensitivity to initial conditions, the behavior of chaotic systems can only be predicted for extended periods of time.
  3. Measurement error limits our ability to make predictions much more than in linear models.
  4. Measurement error does not influence recognition of any of the characteristics of nonlinear systems, providing that enough data points are sampled.
Graduate Sociology
Most complex systems cannot be successfully modeled in mathematical terms.
  1. True
  2. False
Graduate Sociology
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
  1. The principle of co-emergence applied to research means retaining relational units at all phases of the process.
  2. A systems approach looks for cause, product, and outcomes.
  3. Blame is incompatible with a ageneral systems theory approach.
  4. Time dimensions are crucial for any investigation of cybernetic process.
Graduate Sociology
Based on Chaos Theory, certain metaphors may be applied to behaviors observed in families. Which is NOT one?
  1. A compressed rubber ball being bounced around.
  2. A butterfly flitting around.
  3. A computer shutting down.
  4. A snow avalanche careening down a slope.
Graduate Sociology
_____ is an attractor whose movement varies wildly but seems to have a pattern in its search for a new solution to a novel situation.
  1. A Fixed Point Attractor
  2. A Cyclic Attractor
  3. A Strange Attractor
Graduate Sociology
Which group believes that chaos only exists if you are able to model it?
  1. Theorists
  2. Modelers
Graduate Sociology
Which is a FALSE statement about family therapy in the future?
  1. Family therapists will be able to surpass the family's natural ability to heal itself.
  2. Therapists will substitute power and control for collaboration.
  3. Minimal intervention will be advantageous because of the danger involved in therapy.
  4. Therapists will intervene only as much as is necessary.
Graduate Sociology
Which of the following is a FALSE statement?
  1. No two loops of an attractor are exact replicas.
  2. Attractor patterns are complex maps that capture the interplay between instability and change in systems.
  3. Strange attractors can be thought of as an idealized state toward which an unpredictable or dynamical system is attracted.
  4. Multiple levels of nonlinear processes unfold constantly and simultaneously even in the simplest of relationships
Graduate Sociology
_____ supposes that vast, sweeping changes are the result of minute primary differences.
  1. Perturbation
  2. The Butterfly Effect
  3. Period-Doubling Route
  4. Point Attractor
Graduate Sociology
Relationships can be conceived as existing in ______ instead of ______.
  1. Phrase Space/Phase Space
  2. Phase Space/Phrase Space
Graduate Sociology
Fractals may be described mathematically by a number known as its fractal dimension. Which is a TRUE statement?
  1. The lower the fractal number, the more complex the shape.
  2. The higher the fractional number, the more order and determinism.
  3. Very high fractal dimensions usually indicate the existence of pure random behavior.
Graduate Sociology
___________ refers to the inference of relationships between things such that the combination brings about a result.
  1. Nonsummativity
  2. Consensus
  3. Causality
  4. Classical conditioning
Graduate Sociology
Which is NOT a characteristic of family health, according to chaos and complexity theory?
  1. Shows a pattern or process of self-organization
  2. Exists primarily to meet basic needs
  3. Adapts rapidly, slowly, or somewhere in between
Graduate Sociology
Which is a FALSE statement concerning Fractals?
  1. Fractals or fractal-like objects can be found virtually everywhere in the natural world.
  2. A fractal is a fragmented geometric shape that can be subdivided in parts, each part greatly resembling the whole.
  3. Fractal theory may be applied to a chronically undifferentiated family system.
  4. Fractals are strange dynamic shapes, such as circles, squares, and tetrahedrons.
Graduate Sociology
Of the three models presented in this book, which one has been the one most frequently applied in family therapy to date?
  1. Chaos Theory
  2. Complexity Theory
  3. Conflict Theory
  4. New Physics Theory
Graduate Sociology
Families who are in instrumental or perceptual crises resemble chaotic systems. Which is NOT a similarity?
  1. The crises are frequent.
  2. The crises are self-limiting.
  3. The crises are predictable.
  4. The crises represent a chance for improved functioning.
Graduate Sociology
Which is a FALSE statement?
  1. A similar belief between family therapists and chaoticians is that unpredictable behavior can arise in even small systems.
  2. A family has an identity of its own, which is not reducible to the personality and interactions of its members.
  3. A major reason many systems are inherently unpredictable is that many complex systems are highly sensitive to initial conditions.
  4. Chaotic behavior is mathematically predictable and the result of many interacting variables.
Graduate Sociology
Symptoms of schizophrenia in an individual may best be described using which paradigm of systemic family therapy?
  1. Totality
  2. Open system
  3. Double bind
  4. Self-organization
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