William T. Powers
A short post to the Control System Group network (CSGnet) on the difference between cataloging behaviors and modeling systems that use behaviors to control perceptions.
Papers
The Rubber Band Demo
Dag Forssell This script and the accompanying video are designed to introduce and demonstrate the basic concept of PCT. The article Perceptual Control: Management Insight for Problem Solving, in the book: Management and Leadership: Insight […]
Bill Powers
Powers (1978) in Psychological Review – Evidence for PCT over Stimulus-Response approaches
“Quantitative Analysis of Purposive Systems: Some Spadework at the Foundations of Scientific Psychology“ William T. Powers Psychological Review, 1978, Vol. 85, No. 5, 417-435
Books
The Study of Living Control Systems
The Study of Living Control Systems, a handbook of research methodology in psychology by Richard S. Marken is available from Cambridge University Press and from booksellers (February 2021).