Glossary of systems theory

There are many theories that have influenced the nursing practice. But which one has had the greatest lasting effect? The nursing process is built off of the general systems theory! General systems theory is a general science theory of systematical approach. It is a holistic approach to systematical theories. It has been a basis of which many other theorists have built off. This generalized theory and approach can be very helpful in the nursing profession. What would nursing be today if our…

from a Family Systems Perspective. Dale & Smith (2012) posit that the social system within which the family exists is imperative to understanding human behavior. Family Systems Perspective seeks to understand a person-in-environment through analysis of the social group, the family. There are several concepts central to Family Systems theory which we can investigate to help us understand and analyze my decision to change schools. These concepts come from the inclusive Family System Theory, which…

Introduction In the profession of social work, emphasis is placed on theory being applied to practice. Essentially, theories are important in the social work profession because they examine human behaviors and how the environment may have an impact on a client’s behavior. In this analysis, the psychological and social dimensions is used for the transpersonal perspective to provide an understanding of the psychological developments of spirituality and the spiritual dimension is used to provide an…

Family”. The perspectives are separated into either being micro-level orientations, macro-level orientations, or both. These orientations represent theories, which the reading calls “a perspective or a set of statements that explains why processes and events occur” (69), which can help analyze research and find solutions. Macro-level orientation theories represent large-scale patterns of society and use a top down view on influences on marriage and family. The reading lists economic forces,…

Systems thinking (ST) is a concept to understand how a complex system (e.g. health management) functions as a whole by examining how the components (subsystems) of the entire system are connected and interact dynamically instead of as individual stakeholders. Historically, ST was developed and used by various disciplines in the twentieth century to transfer methods across disciplines known as interdisciplinary (Peters, 2014). Multiple disciplines can collaborate about methods and conceptual…

Systems theory is a relatively new concept developed in the 20th century. Originally meant to apply understanding to physical systems today it is now being used to understand biological and social systems (Minuchin, 1985). Adopted by social workers in the 1970’s the system perspective remains influential and in particular when dealing with families. Family systems theory is broken into 3 domains. First, change in one component will effect all other components. Second, family systems are made…

Holistic approaches to assessment can be defined as dealing with the whole unit or module at any time rather than bit part or task by task, this is a global assessment method of a learning based, in holistic assessment learners or assessors have to develop complex mental responses to learners learning (Akubuilo 2012, Sadler 2009 et al). Learners are able to demonstrate different areas and aspects of their qualification or learning program at the same time, the strengths of using a holistic…

Homeostasis, Set Point Theory, and Settling Point Theory The world as we know it is ever changing. With growing knowledge and technology evolving every second, it is no surprise that the ideas of the human body would change as well. There have been many different theories about the human body and its weight maintenance, the ones touched upon in this paper are homeostasis, set point theory, and settling point theory. Though they are alike in some ways, they are also different. According to…

Family Systems Theory Based off of general systems theory, family systems theory views each family as its own system and family members affect the family system as a whole (Lindstrom et al., 2015). “Families have interrelated elements and structures, interact in patterns, have boundaries and use messages and rules to shape their members” (Morgaine, 2001). As well as interacting within themselves, these family systems interact with many other systems around them. Family systems theory allows…

Our body as we know it is a complex system as well as the class room environment where skill learning takes place. This is due to the multiple moving parts inside the systems. Complex systems also have other facets to them such as having multiple levels to them, having attractor states to do things in certain ways, having self-emergent discovery, affordances constraints, as well as things working together independently but together as a whole. Our bodies being complex as well as the class room…