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Abstract— This paper presents a study of the deterministic and stochastic behavior of the entropy of a 5‐dimensional, 2400 state, system across each of six psychotherapeutic sessions. The growth of entropy was found to be logarithmic in each session. The stochastic behavior of a moving 600 second estimator of entropy revealed a Box‐Jenkins model of type (1,1,0) — that is, the first difference of the entropy series was first order autoregressive or prior state sensitive. In addition, the patient and therapist entropy series exhibited no significant cross correlation across lags of −300 to +300 seconds. Yet all such pairs of series exhibited high coherency past the frequency of.06 (on a full range of 0 to.5). Furthermore, all the patients and therapists were attracted to a geometric center of mass in 5‐dimensional space which was different from the geometric center of the region where the system lived. The process significance of the findings and the relationship between the deterministic and stochastic results are discussed. The paper is then placed in the broader context of our efforts to provide new and meaningful quantitative dimensions and mathematical models to psychothera

ISSN:0731-7239    

DOI:10.1002/sres.3850090301

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract— Like every biotic, species mankind constitutes an extremely complex nonequilibrium system. This paper tries to gain an insight into its structure. Recognizable organizational patterns are the definable social populations (family, community, urban population, people, cultural population, etc.); they are ordered hierarchically. The social population is in itself a nonequilibrium system. Its structure can most appropriately be achieved by reducing it to the essentials and establishing a model. Within this “basic system” the flow of information and energy, the structuring processes connected with self‐organization etc. is described by a set of formulae (Tabs. 1–4; Fig. 1). The “basic system” can be regarded as a module that can also be used to form complex structures, above all the superior nonequilibrium system: Mankind as society (Fig. 2). This is a task f

ISSN:0731-7239    

DOI:10.1002/sres.3850090302

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract— The goal of science is presented as the achievement of a completely unified and consistent account of all possible phenomena. The process of advancement in methodological approaches to this goal is discussed, with emphasis given to the exposing and refining of limiting assumptions. Two methodologies are examined, that of systems inquiry and the Eastern mode of inquiry, and are viewed as refinements to the limiting assumptions of traditional scientific methodology. Each is then taken in the context of the assumptions of the other, and a synthesis is achieved. This synthesis maximizes the refinement potential of each, coordinating them into an ever‐deepening process of refinement that approaches a theoretically “complete” account of all possible ph

ISSN:0731-7239    

DOI:10.1002/sres.3850090303

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract— This paper puts forth the thesis that self‐alienation is not a modern phenomenon. It is an outcome of self‐inhibition, believed to be the price we have to pay for civilization.Submitting this belief to a test, we notice on the contrary that just saying no is an obstacle to bringing out the best in us. It requires the will to go counter to survival mechanisms that have been refined over eons. It involves inevitably an unwitting and systematic suspension of adaptive functioning. What we glimpse ourselves to be capable of remains largely unrealized.The structure and function of such an environment, the context in which such disabling occurs, is compared with situations in which adaptive functioning is not impaired. Thus we see that problems attributed to inhibition gone awry are instead inextricably bound up with our reliance on it as a strategy for self‐man

ISSN:0731-7239    

DOI:10.1002/sres.3850090304

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0731-7239    

DOI:10.1002/sres.3850090305

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0731-7239    

DOI:10.1002/sres.3850090306

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0731-7239    

DOI:10.1002/sres.3850090307

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY