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... homeostasis ' - as has been done – but at the risk that this physio- logically well - defined concept loses all meaning . Furthermore , if the principle of homeostatic maintenance is taken as a golden rule of behaviour , the so - called ...
... homeostasis ' - as has been done – but at the risk that this physio- logically well - defined concept loses all meaning . Furthermore , if the principle of homeostatic maintenance is taken as a golden rule of behaviour , the so - called ...
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... Homeostasis Instead of the theory of open systems , another model construct is more familiar to the American school ... homeostatic ' control are a significant but special class of self - regulating systems and phenomena Some Aspects of ...
... Homeostasis Instead of the theory of open systems , another model construct is more familiar to the American school ... homeostatic ' control are a significant but special class of self - regulating systems and phenomena Some Aspects of ...
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... homeostasis model is applicable in psychopathology be- cause nonhomeostatic functions , as a rule , decline in mental 1 ... homeostatic levels until mere preserva- tion of physiological life is left . Arieti's ( 1959 ) concept of pro ...
... homeostasis model is applicable in psychopathology be- cause nonhomeostatic functions , as a rule , decline in mental 1 ... homeostatic levels until mere preserva- tion of physiological life is left . Arieti's ( 1959 ) concept of pro ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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