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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Watzlawick Theory | Relationships as Cybernetic Systems |
| Watzlawick view of comm | Has a content and relationship aspect. Content - what was said Relationship - how it's said defines the relationship |
| Watzlawick Focus | How feedback is used to control the 'other' |
| Homeostasis | Interaction patterns keep the system in balance; maintain the status quo. This explains why relationships are hard to change. |
| 5 axioms | cannot NOT communicate Communication has a content and relationship aspect The nature of relationship depends on how parties punctuate the communication sequence Humans communicate both digitally and analogically All communication is either Symmetrical or Complementray |
| Digital communication | represent by naming |
| Analog communication | represent by similarity |
| Symmetrical Communication | equal relationship, mirrors behavior |
| Complementary Communication | unequal relationship, behaviors interlock |
| What did Bateson do? | Applied cybernetics to animal and human interaction; introduced metacommunication |
| Metacommunication | A form of communication that means different things at different levels. |
| Rogers' Theory | Phenomenological |
| 3 characteristics of therapeutic relationships | Congruence, Unconditional Positive Regard, Empathetic Understanding |
| "Moments of Meeting" | Dialogue is experienced for brief moments. These moments are critical for successful therapy. |
| Rogers and Buber Agreement | If client can experience what he is expressing and understands the therapists' understanding, therapy is over. |
| Rogers and Buber Disagreement | Impossible for therapist and client to be on the same page. The therapist can see both sides whereas client can only see own side. Equality is impossible because only the client is looked at. |
| Rogers and Buber Response | It is possible because they meet on an 'equal basis' |
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