FACS 2000 Lecture 1: Human Ecosystems

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Family and Consumer Sciences
• Course: FACS 2000
• Professor: Giraudo

Document Summary

Driven by deep commitment to individuals and families and communities. Interrelated elements achieving unity within a large system. Group of units combined to form a while and to operate in unison. A holistic view of people and their environments they create. Includes role of technology applied to physical world. Things external to the family that can affect it. Systems are interactive and interdependent: e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple of (cid:862)(cid:374)uclear(cid:863) fa(cid:373)il(cid:455): Systems have boundaries with varying degrees of permeability (closed vs open) Systems require inputs: time, finance, knowledge/skills, health/energy, physical, environment, community. The activity within a system is known as throughput. Systems generate outputs: goals met, human development, services, garbage. Feedback converts outputs into inputs inputs throughputs outputs feedback i(cid:374)puts . Systems seek equilibrium, but are always dynamic. Systems: are interactive and interdependent, have boundaries with varying degrees of permeability, requires inputs, have throughputs (activities within the system, generate outputs, use feedback to convert outputs into inputs, seek equilibrium but are always dynamic.