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Summary-Abstracts of Theories

Summary-Abstracts of Theories. Theory Title Theory’s Central Notion Theory’s Central Claim Theory’s Key Concepts Theory’s Strengths and Weaknesses. Background to Systems Theory. Back 100 yrs. Hegel, Marx Biology model Four parts: objects (elements), attributes, relationships, environment.

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Summary-Abstracts of Theories

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  1. Summary-Abstracts of Theories • Theory Title • Theory’s Central Notion • Theory’s Central Claim • Theory’s Key Concepts • Theory’s Strengths and Weaknesses

  2. Background to Systems Theory • Back 100 yrs. Hegel, Marx • Biology model • Four parts: objects (elements), attributes, relationships, environment

  3. Characteristics of System • Wholeness • Hierarchy • Self-Regulation • Environmental Interchange • Balance • Change-Morphogeneses • Equifinality

  4. Offsprings of S.T. • Cybernetics--study of control or regulation in systems • Information Theory • Entropy=uncertainty • Information=measure of uncertainty • Redundancy=predictability • If you’ve been surprised, you’ve been informed.

  5. Application • Sociometric Graph--families, classroom • MSU-Billings • A political gathering • Religious service

  6. Strengths--Weakness of ST • See Littlejohn at the end of chapter 3

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