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... concept is the internally determined control process of the system which maintains one of its varia- bles at a given steady - state value . In their early paper on cybernetics , Rosenblueth , Wiener , and Bigelow saw rudimentary ...
... concept is the internally determined control process of the system which maintains one of its varia- bles at a given steady - state value . In their early paper on cybernetics , Rosenblueth , Wiener , and Bigelow saw rudimentary ...
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... concepts : ( 1 ) ' structure ' and ( 2 ) ' process . ' " The concept ' structure ' predicates that a phenomenon consists of identifiable parts organized in functional rela- tions ; i.e. , the parts work together as a whole . . . . In ...
... concepts : ( 1 ) ' structure ' and ( 2 ) ' process . ' " The concept ' structure ' predicates that a phenomenon consists of identifiable parts organized in functional rela- tions ; i.e. , the parts work together as a whole . . . . In ...
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... concept of defense mechanisms presented by Freud and developed further by his daughter Anna is similar in some ways to my concept of adjustment processes.427 I prefer the latter phrase for two reasons . First , the word " mechanism ...
... concept of defense mechanisms presented by Freud and developed further by his daughter Anna is similar in some ways to my concept of adjustment processes.427 I prefer the latter phrase for two reasons . First , the word " mechanism ...
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