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System Justification Theory

2012
System justification is a social psychology term of art that designates any motivational tendency to defend, bolster, or rationalize existing social, economic, and political arrangements. It is conceptualized as a response tendency possessed by many, or perhaps most, members of society to see aspects of the overarching social system as good, fair, and ...
Jost, J. T., van der Toorn, J.
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A theory for environmental systems

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 1975
A theory for environmental systems is defined on the basis of two elements, termed ‘environmental unity’ and ‘behavior’. Environmental systems are regarded as non-living systems, each one related with only one biological system. We construct a material-energetic environmental diagram, which is introduced in terms of the theory of categories, thereby ...
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Systems theory and engineering

1994
This paper addresses the question concerning the direction in which traditional Systems Theory should be extended in order to meet the requirements of new technologies which have been developed for the engineering professions. It is of primary importance to include the available computer technology.
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Some Comments on Systems and System Theory

International Journal of General Systems, 1986
For a long time, people have been trying to characterize or define the notion of system. After all, “systems” are supposed to be what System Theory is about. The results so far have been contradictory and unsatisfactory. This confusion at the foundations has led many to conclude that there is no such thing as a “system” and hence to deny that System ...
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From theories to systems

Proceedings of the 1986 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work - CSCW '86, 1986
Anatol W. Holt, Thomas W. Malone, Ronald K. Stamper, Terry Winograd, Paul M. Cashman   +4 more
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Systems and Systems Theory

1997
The term system refers to a complex cognitive apparatus that organizes or orders an image of empirical phenomena in the mind of an observer according to a structural strategy. As a cognitive apparatus, the concept system consists of a cross-referenced set of ideas that produces a certain type of mental image used to represent phenomena thought of as ...
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FROM GENERAL SYSTEM THEORY TO FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY: SYSTEM THEORY IN FAMILY STUDIES

2023
Bu makalede aile çalışmalarını etkileyen ve önemli kuramsal yaklaşımlardan biri olarak kullanılan genel sistem teorisi ele alınacaktır. Genel sistem teorisi diğer kuramların aksine doğa bilimleri alanında geliştirilen ve klinik uygulamalar yoluyla aile araştırmalarına dâhil edilen bir kuramdır.
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Systems Theory and Skill Theory

1981
Two very different methods or philosophies are followed in scientific studies. One is mechanistic, reductionist and analytical, the other is teleological, holistic and synthetic. This latter is now generally described as the systems approach. The former is the one most readily understood; it has been used widely and has proved to be extremely ...
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Systems and Theories ≠ Theories and Systems

Contemporary Psychology: A Journal of Reviews, 1974
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Applying Systems Theory

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1995
L L, Lilley, R, Guanci
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