Sentences with phrase «of systems theories»

Understand the concepts of systems theories as foundational to the practice of marriage and family therapy.

With the aid of systems theory, a discipline which is part of bourgeois science — using, that is to say, categories which are immanent in the system — it can be demonstrated that a linked series of communications or, to use the technical term, switchable network, to the degree that it exceeds a certain critical size, can no longer be centrally controlled but only dealt with statistically.

With this primer of elementary information processes, we are in a better position to examine certain aspects of Whitehead's thought in the light of systems theory.

Here he documents his application of systems theory to world order by listing his contributions in that area, including: A Strategy for the Future (New York: George Braziller, 1974), a Report to the Club of Rome called Goals for Mankind (New York: New American Library, 1977), and its short summary, The Inner Limits of Mankind (New York, Pergamon Press, 1978).

The conceptual approach of systems theory is not a specific description of some ideal or metaphysical «general» system.

We have reviewed the ecclesiology of communio and the significance of systems theory in the institutional Church.

Re # 419 Patrick 027: Climate Science is just an application of system theory.

Having taken the course myself last fall, I know that a good understanding of systems theory would make a real positive difference in grasping the meaning of this course.

Marriage and family therapy is built on a foundation of systems theory which, when applied to life's problems, paves a path to wellness without stigmatization.

The therapists at Alpine Academy have a foundational stance of system theory while using a variety of approaches in their individual work with each student (i.e. cognitive - behavioral, systemic, experiential, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance - commitment therapy, EMDR, etc.).

It was a pilgrimage to the place that Minuchin had turned into the Mecca of family therapy itself, an initiation into the mysteries of how to put the airy abstractions of systems theory to work transforming lives.

A premise of Systems Theory is that a person's mental, emotional, and even physical health must be considered in the context of their relationships.

Hendrix states that the approach he developed and calls Imago Relationship Therapy is eclectic, growing out of psychoanalytic theory, depth psychology, the behavioral sciences as well as elements of systems theory, Gestalt, transactional analysis and cognitive therapy.

We discuss self - of - therapist skills, assessment and interventions, and the implementation of systems theory.

Fortunately, a second revolution is quietly taking shape — a new wave of systems theory and therapy — that marries the wisdom of clinical intuition with the rigors of scientific inquiry.

Participants are introduced to the key principles of Systems Theory, including a neutral stance on the couple relationship.

Principles of systems theory have been applied to the field of psychology to explore and explain behavioral patterns.

Additionally the more specific techniques of Neuro - Linguistic Programming (NLP), a system so often slighted, can provide specific and powerful application of system theory change.

Not exact matches

It was that skeptical mindset of questioning 18 th - century medical treatments that led Hahnemann to propose his new system, homeopathy, based on his «like cures like» theory.

The intuitive notion of harnessing the body's own immune system to fight the enemy within is more than a century old — and seemingly, each time researchers have seemed close to turning that theory into reality, a new stumbling block appears.

As has been reported, it will be a separate version of the network that can be accessed only from a company's internal IT systems, and in theory, subject to stricter corporate security and access rules.

One theory is that schools» justice systems are not subject to the same standards of evidence and burden of proof as the criminal - justice system.

In the course of hiring close to 10,000 people in my companies over the years, I've unfortunately seen the ineffectiveness of most of the fads, theories and scoring systems that promised to revolutionize the hiring process.

So thinking of a particular shift within the system as «anti-capitalist» makes about as much sense as thinking that the discrediting of a particular scientist or the fall of a particular scientific theory amounts to the downfall of science, as a whole.

In addition to SpaceX, the entrepreneur serves as chief executive of Tesla Motor Co., an electric car company, is chairman and co-founder of SolarCity and is working to build a high - speed «Hyperloop» transportation system, which — in theory — could revolutionize travel by cutting commute time from Los Angeles to San Francisco to 30 minutes.

Invoking history, physics, biology, climatology and his background in complex systems to debunk neoclassical economics, Orrell makes a plea for an unorthodox economics, one drawing on ethics and environmentalism as well as emerging areas of mathematics like non-linear dynamics and network theory.

That a passing bird dropping stale bread can neutralize a multi-billion dollar scientific facility comes as no surprise to anyone who has experienced delay on the Toronto subway — where flakes of snow can shut down the system for months — but two scientists have come up with a novel alternative theory for the disruption: time traveling terrorists.

Economic theory is most comfortable with fully integrated systems in which prices and flows of goods and services along with real and financial capital responding continuously and completely to market forces.

Financial industry norms and academic theories — even popular beliefs — have always assumed assets saved for retirement would be systematically withdrawn — following the «4 % rule» or some other rule of thumb or system — by retirees in order to maintain a consistent standard of living.

Given the complexity of the system, however, there are not many traders who fully understand the theory.

Alternatively, such systems may require detailed calculations of rebalancing costs versus expected rewards that in theory boost your returns, but in reality spoil your weekends.

Tesla has presented to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee two theories about what caused the May 7 fatal crash of a Model S vehicle that was running with the Autopilot system enabled.

Dowd has written extensively on the history and theory of free banking / private money, central banking, financial regulation, and commodity monetary systems.

He also discusses the potential weaknesses of using the Austrian system, saying that strictly speaking from an Austrian School, you don't get any help regarding the timing of when we would expect to happen, however, you can still use other theories to help with that aspect.

George Selgin has worked out the theory of competitive free banking in detail, and he argues that such a system would be stable, inflation resistant and self - regulating.

1: the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially: the study of God and of God's relation to the world 2 a: a theological theory or system b: a distinctive body of theological opinion 3: a usually 4 - year course of specialized religious training in a Roman Catholic major seminary»

Just as an example, GRAVITY or at least our system of laws, rules, concepts, and equations explaining it is a THEORY.

Stripped down to the basics, they call themselves skeptical, but are generally only skeptical of theories and beliefs that do not fit in their very narrow reductionist belief system.

«In essence, it is a synthesis of the results obtained by Greek astronomy... On the motions of the Sun, Moon, and planets, Ptolemy again extended the observations and conclusions of Hipparchus — this time to formulate his geocentric theory, which is popularly known as the Ptolemaic system» (15th edition, 1975, Macropaedia, Vol.

In another sense, however, conservatism does rest in a system of belief, and is opposed as much to the theory as to the practice of socialist and liberal politics.

the negation of ideology, the political secularization of the doctrine of original sin, the cautious sentiment tempered by prudence, the product of organic, local human organization observing and reforming its customs, the distaste for a priori principle disassociated from historical experience, the partaking of the mysteries of free will, divine guidance, and human agency by existing in but not of the confusions of modern society, no framework of action, no tenet, no theory, and no article of faith, a distrust of the systems and processes of the idol of self and of the lust for power and status, scorn to all approaches of ideology and meta - narrative.

Resistance to the heliocentric theory of our solar system was by churches afraid that this discovery would discredit God.

The concept of plate tectonics was laughed to scorn, there was no «theory of relativity,» and we literally had no grasp of what truly lay beyond our solar system.

And his book suggests that scientists should address the obvious metaphysical implications of twentieth - century physics: e.g., Einstein and quantum mechanics and the more recent developments in the field of chaos theory and nonlinear systems.

Evolution is a theory in the same way that the sun centered model of the solar system is a theory.

The theory of societies, like modern general systems theory, pictures a world made up of societies within societies (systems within systems) That is, societies do not just line up side by side like mosaics — they form «nested hierarchies» that go from subatomic particles through cells to animal bodies, or through stars to galaxies.

Metaphysical realism, understood in a processive way, requires this triple sense of objectivity: novel human doings in need of guidance, long - enduring systems of belief that provide the schemata of interpretation by which that guiding can be done, and opportunistic skill in sculpting act and theory, fact and canon, into a coherent, fruitful basis for intelligent action.

Besides, since the set of experiences changes (e.g. because of new scientific theories), and because it is difficult to check if, in fact, every experience confirms a given truth (system), it is better to say that adequacy and necessity (or apriority) are ideals.

In his widely persuasive attempt to apply «systems theory» to political analysis, for instance, David Easton writes that «what distinguishes political interactions... is that they are predominantly oriented toward the authoritative allocation of values for a society» (EPA 50; see also PcS, chapter v).

However, this theory appeared to overlook the actual power of discipline which was carried on by the civil magistrates in the earlier Congregational system.