This book describes psychological research methods that treat the behavior of living organisms as purposeful rather than mechanical.

Correspondence between William T. Powers, originator of Perceptual Control Theory, PCT, and Philip J. Runkel, professor of psychology and education at the Unive

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Runkel links Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) thinking to psychological literature and discusses it against that background.

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What happens when a government begins a major foreign policy commitment and then later receives new information that it is failing? The question of how to deal

During the past two decades, there has been a dramatic increase in interest in the study of motor control and learning. In this volume authors from a variety of