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... mental equilibrium must not be disturbed : Hence , in what rather ironically is called pro- gressive education , the anxiety not to overload the child , not to impose constraints and to minimize all directing influences— with the result ...
... mental equilibrium must not be disturbed : Hence , in what rather ironically is called pro- gressive education , the anxiety not to overload the child , not to impose constraints and to minimize all directing influences— with the result ...
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... mental patients . Thus Karl Menninger ( 1963 ) was able to describe the progress of mental disease as a series of defense mechanisms , settling down at ever lower homeostatic levels until mere preserva- tion of physiological life is ...
... mental patients . Thus Karl Menninger ( 1963 ) was able to describe the progress of mental disease as a series of defense mechanisms , settling down at ever lower homeostatic levels until mere preserva- tion of physiological life is ...
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... mental disturbances in man , as a rule , involve disturbances of symbolic functions . Kubie ( 1953 ) , appears to be correct when , as a " new hypothesis " on neuroses , he distinguishes " psychopathological processes which arise ...
... mental disturbances in man , as a rule , involve disturbances of symbolic functions . Kubie ( 1953 ) , appears to be correct when , as a " new hypothesis " on neuroses , he distinguishes " psychopathological processes which arise ...
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The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Science and Society | 51 |
Advances in General System Theory | 89 |
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allometric animal appears applied approach aspects atoms basic Bertalanffy biological CALIFORN catabolism causality cell characteristics chemical classical classical physics closed systems complex components consideration considered constant contrast cultural Cybernetics defined differential dynamic editor elements energy entities entropy equations equifinality equilibrium essentially evolution example existence experience expressed fact feedback fields formulation function game theory growth curves homeostasis important increase individual information theory interaction isomorphic kinetics language laws living organism living systems LOS ANGELES Lotka Ludwig von Bertalanffy machine mathematical means mechanisms mechanistic mental metabolic rate modern nature nervous system open systems organismic phenomena physics physiological possible present principle problems processes protein psychology psychophysical quantitative reaction reality regulation relations robot scientific sense similar so-called sociological specific steady structure symbolic system theory teleology theoretical theory of open thermodynamics tion UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES vitalistic weight whole world picture York