GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY

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N., Pam M.S.
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an interdisciplinary conceptual framework that focuses on wholeness, pattern, relationship, order, integration and organisation. Designed to move past reductionistic and mechanistic tradition of science. Also called systems theory.

GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY: "General systems theory looks past traditional science methods."

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Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/general-systems-theory/ (accessed May 9, 2020).
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