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McPhail, Clark; Tucker, Charles W. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1990
Extends control systems theory to analyze purposive collective behaviors, ranging from simple to complex, involving small and large groups. Suggests that complex collective phenomena can be explained as the repetition or combination of individual and collective sequences of action. Posits that control systems theory can be used to elucidate…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Competition, Conflict
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Williams, William D. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1990
Describes the Giffen effect: demand for a commodity increases as price increases. Explains how applying control theory eliminates the paradox that the Giffen effect presents to classic economics supply and demand theory. Notes the differences in how conventional demand theory and control theory treat consumer behavior. (CH)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Consumer Economics, Economics
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Lane, Irving M.; Messe, Lawrence A. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Conformity
O'Leary, Charles J.; Goldman, Morton – J Appl Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, College Students
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Pavlovski, Raymond P.; And Others – American Behavioral Scientist, 1990
Experimentally examines reorganization, a fundamental component of William T. Powers' theory of mind based on the control theory of behavior. Attempts to model reorganization, focusing on improvements in performance with practice and how practice influences attention. Speculates how outputs from higher levels of the control hierarchy are involved…
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Computer Simulation
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Plooij, Frans X.; And Others – American Behavioral Scientist, 1990
Describes two studies involving chimpanzee mother-infant pairs in Tanzania between 1980 and 1987 that implemented control theory concepts. The first identified behavioral development in infant chimps; the second observed the growth of independence and parenting patterns. Concludes that the hierarchy of controlled variables develops consecutively…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Child Rearing, Ethology
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Miller, Adam W., Jr.; Babcock, Bonnie B. – Journal of General Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Staats, Arthur W. – 1968
Psychological researchers should deal with the concrete stimulus-response principles of learning on which behavior is based, and study behaviors that are representative of real life behaviors. The present research strategy has come from two faulty ideas: first, a concern with underlying, inferred mental processes, rather than with actual tasks or…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning, Experimental Psychology
Walker, Martha; Holbert, William – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Church Related Colleges
ELLIS, NORMAN R. – 1963
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF 21 AUTHORS IN THIS VOLUME ARE DEVOTED TO ASSESSING THE STATUS OF RESEARCH AND THEORY IN MENTAL DEFICIENCY, FOCUSING ATTENTION ON THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED. PART ONE IS CONCERNED WITH RESEARCH FINDINGS AND THEORIES TO EXPLAIN MENTAL DEFICIENCY. COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES REPRESENTED INCLUDE FIELD…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Behavior, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research