William T. Powers
A hard-hitting essay by the creator of PCT on what you see when you look at behavior through the eyes of a physical scientist.
Introduction
How Can Perceptual Control Theory Enhance the Practice of Psychological Therapies? A working Bibliography
Assembled by Sarah Alsawy & Warren Mansell (August 2012) Historical and Philosophical Context lntegrative & Transdiagnostic Theoretical articles PCT, Core Processes, Goal Conflict and Mental Health – Research Studies Method of Levels – lntroductory articles […]
Books
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Approaches to a Science of Life. Word Pictures and Correlations versus Working Models
William T. Powers & Philip J. Runken Throughout this volume, Phil and Bill exchange candid assessments of the players, methods and dominant approaches in psychology and the social sciences, and the difficulties that go with […]
Bill Powers
Perceptual Control Theory at 40
This intro to PCT is slanted toward those coming into to this subject from the physical sciences. Bill Powers develops an argument that leads from conventional views of behavior to the new view that PCT gives us, emphasizing in the end the odd role that organisms, seen through the eyes of PCT, play in a world otherwise dominated by physical laws. The point will be to show that control theory provides us with the germ of a radically new understanding, a break with all traditional theories of behavior—and many new ones as well […]