CYAF 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Emergence, Morphogenesis, Homeostasis
25 Jan 2017
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Family system as holistic: family is unit of analysis, family is a structural and an emotional system, holism: the total is more than the sum of its parts (eg: cake, holism: Composition law: families comprised of elements" with unique (phy. /emot. ) character; interdependent (eg: mobile) Emergent properties: emotional character (eg, power, tension) evident when all members present! Boundaries: fst recognizes systems internal and external to the family unit!! > family analyses: boundaries: abstract dividers delineating members within a group and which determine involvement across groups. Relationships within family: subsystems: boundaries de ne degree of involvement between family members. Often based on generation and role: primary subsystems. Each has unique emotional behavioral characteristics different from emergent properties. Interactions across subsystems impacted by boundary dynamics : open/diffuse < > clear/ semi-permeable < > closed/rigid. Boundaries created and maintained by sub-system members! Predict subsystem dynamics: family dynamics involving boundaries alignments:
