I like the cybernetics concept as a model here, but the use of the term psychological entropy is confusing. Is this equivalent to an error signal we would typically talk about with cybernetics?
This is not bad, sounds like the optimal treatment for you would be to recognise that the CA (archetype or self in psychoanalytic terms?) has deficiencies for the current situation, and thus you change the situation to make the CA flourish. Aka the Jock shouldn't stop being a Jock, he should meld his university life in a way that he can stay a Jock but one who does fine in the new environment (by joining a football team and skipping less classes). What about changing the Characteristic Adaption entirely? He could also totally renounce his CA and take on a new one (aka become a nerd or so), or even meld two different CAs. There are people who are very athletic and yet very scholarly, I always lovingly call these types Ogre Mages. Becoming an Ogre Mage would fix Chad's problems here entirely.
I like the cybernetics concept as a model here, but the use of the term psychological entropy is confusing. Is this equivalent to an error signal we would typically talk about with cybernetics?
This is not bad, sounds like the optimal treatment for you would be to recognise that the CA (archetype or self in psychoanalytic terms?) has deficiencies for the current situation, and thus you change the situation to make the CA flourish. Aka the Jock shouldn't stop being a Jock, he should meld his university life in a way that he can stay a Jock but one who does fine in the new environment (by joining a football team and skipping less classes). What about changing the Characteristic Adaption entirely? He could also totally renounce his CA and take on a new one (aka become a nerd or so), or even meld two different CAs. There are people who are very athletic and yet very scholarly, I always lovingly call these types Ogre Mages. Becoming an Ogre Mage would fix Chad's problems here entirely.
Let's collaborate... I'm dying for feedback on my animations of CBT, etc...
...FYI: I'm expert on Dr David D Burns flavor (huge initiative) of CBT... since the 1970's