Richard S. Marken

Study of Living Control Systems

ISBN: 978-1-108-61905-9
EAN: 9781108619059
Produktnummer: 35945440
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 0 S.
Plattform: EPUB

A Guide to Doing Research on Purpose

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This book is a guide to doing a new kind of psychological research that focuses on the purposes rather than the causes of behavior. The research methods described here are based on a theory of behaviour called Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) that views organisms as purposeful rather than mechanical systems. According to PCT, purposeful behaviour involves acting to control perceptual input variables. Thus, understanding the purposeful behaviour of living organisms is a matter of determining the perceptual variables they are controlling when they are carrying out various behaviors. This book outlines research methods that determine what percept… Mehr