Niklas Luhmann - 2025 ACF Regionals

Question

This thinker’s application of autopoiesis, or self-creation, to his systems theory was controversial for its alleged abuse of scientific terminology. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this author of Theory of Society. This German author developed a sociologically oriented systems theory that analyzes the role of, and disturbances in, communication in social organizations.

ANSWER: Niklas Luhmann (“LOO-mahn”)

[10m] Luhmann’s systems theory was influenced by this transdisciplinary field led by Norbert Wiener and Gregory Bateson. This field studies feedback systems where outputs also serve as inputs.

ANSWER: cybernetics

[10e] Luhmann wrote a “sociological theory” of this concept in an analysis of unexpected situations. In economics, people fearful of uncertain outcomes have an “aversion” to this concept.

ANSWER: risk [prompt on volatility or beta]

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Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
North	2025-02-01	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Northeast	2025-02-01	Y	5	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Overflow	2025-02-01	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
Pacific Northwest	2025-02-01	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
UK	2025-02-01	Y	10	15.00	100%	50%	0%
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Data


UCF C	Florida B	0	10	10
Michigan State	Ohio State A	0	10	10
Ohio State B	Case Western B	0	10	10
Chicago A	Illinois A	10	10	20
Brandeis A	Harvard B	0	10	10
Brown A	Brandeis B	0	10	10
Georgetown A	Notre Dame A	0	10	10
Stanford B	Georgetown B	10	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10
Vanderbilt A	Alabama A	0	10	10
Oxford A	Bristol	10	10	20
George Washington B	John Jay College	0	10	10
Maryland B	Maryland A	0	10	10
Florida A	Valencia A	10	10	20
Kenyon	Carnegie Mellon B	0	10	10
Case Western A	Carnegie Mellon A	0	10	10
South Carolina	Liberty C	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	UNC B	0	10	10
UNC D	Liberty A	0	10	10
William & Mary	Wake Forest	0	10	10
Missouri	Chicago B	0	10	10
Iowa State	Minnesota B	10	10	20
Winona State	Wisconsin A	10	10	20
Dartmouth A	MIT A	0	10	10
Harvard A	UMass Boston	0	10	10
Iowa	Purdue	0	10	10
Bruin A	Louisville A	10	10	20
Manchester	Cambridge A	0	10	10
Southampton A	Cambridge B	10	10	20
Oxford C	Imperial B	10	10	20
Imperial A	Oxford B	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins A	George Washington A	0	10	10
Rutgers A	Haverford A	0	10	10
Binghamton A	ESF A	0	10	10
Cornell C	Cornell D	0	10	10
RIT A	RIT B	0	10	10
UCF B	Florida State A	0	10	10
Michigan B	Michigan D	0	10	10
Michigan C	Michigan A	0	10	10
Liberty B	Duke	0	10	10
Virginia A	UNC C	10	10	20
Wisconsin B	Carleton	0	10	10
BU	Tufts A	0	10	10
Notre Dame B	Northwestern A	0	10	10
Notre Dame C	Northwestern B	0	10	10
UW A	Alberta	10	10	20
UBC	UW B	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10
Southampton B	Cambridge C	10	10	20
Warwick B	Cambridge D	0	10	10
Cambridge E	Warwick A	10	10	20
Durham	NYU C	0	10	10
LSE	Sheffield	0	10	10
Penn B	Columbia B	0	10	10
NYU B	Cornell B	0	10	10
NYU A	Haverford B	10	10	20
Yale A	Columbia C	0	0	0