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Child Psych

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Systems theory, as it applies to family therapy, maintains that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts and that families must be studied as a system, rather than a group of individuals. One idea of family systems theory posits that the same outcome can be reached through many different methods. What is this idea called?
  1. Equipotentiality
  2. Equifinality
  3. Feedback loop
  4. Morphostasis
Explanation
Answer: B - Equifinality suggests that one outcome can be reached through many different methods and that one beginning can have many different outcomes. This idea suggests that family systems are flexible and need not be constrained by specific environmental factors to achieve certain shared goals.
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