VC Psychology an Essential Problem in Family Theory Discussion

I’m working on a psychology discussion question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

This discussion question should focus on the tension between fact based objective reality and personalized subjective reality.

The Watzlawick reading (in the required readings for this module) concludes with, ore will have to be said in the pages of this book about the persistence of this utopia in modern psychiatry, where the unquestioned belief in an objective reality, whose properties are accessible to normal people, determines the concepts of sanity and madness. lt shall be argued that this view is untenable and that we can only talk about interpretations of reality, of world images, but not about reality itself. our post should discuss the relevance of the reading and the specific statement nquestioned belief in an objective reality&or the study of family theory. Support your discussion from the literature.

Required Readings:

Sourcebook of family theory & research, text

Chapter 2: Contemporary and emerging theories in studying families, (pp. 35x).

Exploring family theories, text

Chapter 1: Symbolic interactionism theory, (pp. 136)

Chapter 6: Conflict theory, (pp. 230¶7)

Watzlawick, P. (1978). Overview. In, The language of change: Elements of therapeutic communication Download The language of change: Elements of therapeutic communication(pp. 3r). Norton.

Recommended Readings:

Aponte, H. J., & VanDeusen, J. M. (1991). Structural family therapy Download Structural family therapy. In A. S. Gurma & D. P. Kniskern (Eds.), Handbook of family therapy (Vol. 1, pp. 310ö0). Brunner/Mazel.

Cox, M. J., & Paley, B. (2003). Understanding families as systems Links to an external site.. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12(5), 193y6.

Madanes, C. (1991). Strategic family therapy. Download Strategic family therapy.In A. S. Gurman and D. P. Kniskern, Handbook of family therapy (Vol 2, pp. 39616). Brunner/Mazel.

Required Textbooks

Bengtson, V. L., Acock, A. C., Allen, K. R., Dilworth-Anderson, P., & Klein, D. M. (Eds.). (2005). Sourcebook of family theory & research. Sage. ISBN:978-0-7619-3065-5

Available through the ACU Library at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=tru… to an external site.

Smith, R. S., & Hamon, R. R. (2022). Exploring family theories (5th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780197530528

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association 2020: The official guide to APA style (7th ed.). American Psychological Association. ISBN: 9781433832185

American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.) American Psychiatric Association. ISBN 9780890425763