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... activity rather than reaction to stimuli is fundamental . This can be shown with respect both to evolution in lower ... activities are caused by central automatisms that do not need external stimuli . Therefore , such movements persist ...
... activity rather than reaction to stimuli is fundamental . This can be shown with respect both to evolution in lower ... activities are caused by central automatisms that do not need external stimuli . Therefore , such movements persist ...
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... activity for healthy existence . It is a symptom of mental disease that spontaneity is impaired . The patient increasingly becomes an automaton or S - R machine , is pushed by biological drives , obsessed by needs for food , elimi ...
... activity for healthy existence . It is a symptom of mental disease that spontaneity is impaired . The patient increasingly becomes an automaton or S - R machine , is pushed by biological drives , obsessed by needs for food , elimi ...
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... activity . Culture or civilization ; creative pro- ception in contrast to passive perception ( Murray , G. W. Allport ) , objectivation of both things outside and the self ( Thumb , 1943 ) , ego - world unity ( Nuttin , 1957 ) ...
... activity . Culture or civilization ; creative pro- ception in contrast to passive perception ( Murray , G. W. Allport ) , objectivation of both things outside and the self ( Thumb , 1943 ) , ego - world unity ( Nuttin , 1957 ) ...
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Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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