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Making Sense of Behavior: The Meaning of Control

By William T. Powers

Book information

Publisher
Benchmark Publications Incorporated
ISBN
0964712156, 9780964712157
Google Books ID
1xxjPQAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
46 MB (48645704 bytes)
Pages
180\204
Topic
Psychology
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2020-09-20 00:55:10
Control theoryCyberneticsperceptual control theorySystems Theory

Description

The along-anticipated work on Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) by the originator of this system of ideas, written for the general public in nontechnical language. Back cover copy by Richard S. Marken, Senior Behavior Scientist, The RAND Corporation. "Some of the best science is done by people who refust to take the obvious for granted. Copernicus didn't take the sun's daily trek across the sky for granted, Einstein didn't take the regular tick of time for granted, and William T. Powers didn't take the appearance of behavior for granted...A number of scientists, impressed by the power and beauty of control theory as applied to behavior, have devoted their research efforts to testing and expanding Powers' ideas on living control systems. Obviously, I am one of them. I knew after reading Behavior: the Control of Perception (Powers, 1973) that Powers had something very important to say.

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