List of Important Publications in Psychology - Control Theory Psychology

Control Theory Psychology

  • Powers, William T.(2005). Behavior: The control of perception (2nd Edition) New Canaan, Connecticut: Benchmark. The basic textbook on the control theory approach to understanding behavior and cognition.
  • Powers, William(2008). Living control systems III: The fact of control. Bloomfield, New Jersey: Benchmark
  • Marken, Richard S. (1992). Mind readings: Experimental studies of purpose., Los Angeles, CA: MindReadings.com
  • Marken, Richard S. (2002). More mind readings: Methods and models in the study of purpose., St. Louis, MO: Newview.
  • Runkel, Phillip (2003). People as living things. The psychology of perceptual control.,Hayward, CA: Living Control Systems Publishing
  • Cziko, Gary (2000). The things we do: Using the lessons of Bernard and Darwin to understand the what, how and why of our behavior., Cambridge, MA: MIT Press

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