PSY 441- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 13 pages long!)
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Intro to systems theory: systems theory involves not looking at things in isolation but instead at they connect as a whole, many areas in science use (cid:858)classical science(cid:859) This is an approach to the world like a clock. System theory says if you look at the whole only then will you understand the. If you take it apart piece by piece you can understand individual parts: boundary permeability. Can also be mental/ emotional walls: people say that the universe is composed of 3 elements- space time and matter, Systems theory adds an addition element- organization. Suggests that things are not random and there is design and purposefulness in the universe: classical science tries to explain everything. This lead to finding the explanation more complicated than the actual phenomenon that is being studied. Systems theory wants to find the underlying function: boundary permeability. Some are flexible / can be opened/closed.
