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5 - Exploring the Hierarchy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2021

Richard S. Marken
Richard S. Marken
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Summary

PCT assumes that purposeful behavior is produced by a hierarchy of control systems, with control systems at each level of the hierarchy controlling different types of perceptual variables. This chapter described the two main lines of research that have been aimed at exploring different aspects of this hierarchy. One line of research is aimed at testing the proposed nested relationship between systems in the hierarchy. The other is aimed at testing Powers' proposal regarding the types of perceptual variables controlled by control systems at each of the different levels of the hierarchy.

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hierarchical control modellevels of controlnested controltypes of controlled variablestests of hierarchical control
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The Study of Living Control Systems
A Guide to Doing Research on Purpose
 , pp. 68 - 88
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Exploring the Hierarchy
  • Richard S. Marken, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Book: The Study of Living Control Systems
  • Online publication: 02 February 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108752138.006
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  • Exploring the Hierarchy
  • Richard S. Marken, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Book: The Study of Living Control Systems
  • Online publication: 02 February 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108752138.006
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  • Exploring the Hierarchy
  • Richard S. Marken, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Book: The Study of Living Control Systems
  • Online publication: 02 February 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108752138.006
Available formats
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