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A Foundational Explanation of Human Behavior: How to Get Beyond Observed Behavior to the Why of What We Do

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A Foundational Explanation of Human Behavior: How to Get Beyond Observed Behavior to the Why of What We Do - Madden, Bartley J
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Conventional psychology says your brain fits stimuli into a symbolic map of the world and calculates actions in response, an idea established in the early days of computers. But actually, even a well-designed robot doesn't work that way. The better explanation is that your brain controls input perceptions through actions to reduce the discrepancy between what we are experiencing and what we want to experience. This field of study is called Perceptual Control Theory (PCT).PCT opens the way to innovative thinking about the ...

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A Foundational Explanation of Human Behavior: How to Get Beyond Observed Behavior to the Why of What We Do 2021, Bartley J. Madden Foundation

ISBN-13: 9780988596986

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