Wllllam T. Powers – Making Sense of Behavior – The Meaning of Control
Product Type | Ebook |
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Format Type | [ 1 PDF, 1 JPEG |
Author | Wllllam T. Powers |
Publisher | Benchmark Pubns Inc |
File Size | 76.09 MB |
ISBN-10 | 0964712156 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0964712157 |
Pages | 180 |
” Everyone who has read this book and takes these ideas to heart has been strongly influenced by it.” — Ray Jackson, Director of LeadershipEducation, Unisys University Leadership School
“Here, finally, is a conceptual model of a human that acts like a human.” — Sociology Professor Kent McClelland, Ph.D., Grinnell College
“The great thing a researcher can do with Perceptual Control Theory…is to return to the fundamental faith of science.” — Philip J. Runkel, Professor Emeritus, Education and Psychology, University of Oregon
About the Author
Mr. Powers’ interest in control theory began when he was a junior medical physicist at the Argonne Cancer Research Hospital in Chicago during the early 1950s. Since then he has carried on dual careers; an official one as a designer of electronic systems for science, medicine, and commerce, and an unofficial one as an explorer of the organization of living systems.
Now retired with his wife Mary in Durango, Colorado, he continues his work on living systems through a busy discussion group on the internet, through designing computer models of living control systems, and through meetings and conferences on his favorite subject.
He has published numerous articles in scientific and technical journals as well as authoring four books currently in print. With Richard J. Robertson, Professor of Psychology, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, an “early adopter” of PCT, he co-edited the first introductory college text* on Perceptual Control Theory, which is being adopted by increasing number of universities in the USA and abroad.
What is health?
The word health refers to a state of complete emotional and physical well-being. Healthcare exists to help people maintain this optimal state of health.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), healthcare costs in the United States were $3.5 trillionTrusted Source in 2017.
However, despite this expenditure, people in the U.S. have a lower life expectancy than people in other developed countries. This is due to a variety of factors, including access to healthcare and lifestyle choices.
Good health is central to handling stress and living a longer, more active life. In this article, we explain the meaning of good health, the types of health a person needs to consider, and how to preserve good health.
In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO)Trusted Source defined health with a phrase that modern authorities still apply.
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
In 1986, the WHOTrusted Source made further clarifications:
“A resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.”
This means that health is a resource to support an individual’s function in wider society, rather than an end in itself. A healthful lifestyle provides the means to lead a full life with meaning and purpose.
In 2009, researchers publishing inThe LancetTrusted Source defined health as the ability of a body to adapt to new threats and infirmities.
They base this definition on the idea that the past few decades have seen modern science take significant strides in the awareness of diseases by understanding how they work, discovering new ways to slow or stop them, and acknowledging that an absence of pathology may not be possible.
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