Living SystemsOffering a detailed analysis of each of the major aspects and characteristics encountered at all seven levels, Living Systems identifies multiple variables of each of 9 matter-energy and information-processing subsystems, the normal and pathological states of these variables, and practical indicators for measuring changes in them. It also specifies cross-level formal identities among the levels and describes the artifacts, machines, or technologies at each level. |
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... overload . 105 The researchers tachistoscopically exposed strings of letters of various lengths for 3 s each . Imme- diately after each exposure the subject was asked to write in order the letters he remembered . The strings were of ...
... overload . 105 The researchers tachistoscopically exposed strings of letters of various lengths for 3 s each . Imme- diately after each exposure the subject was asked to write in order the letters he remembered . The strings were of ...
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... overload " ( see pages 159 and 160 ) . They explicitly regard this as a sort of information input overload.160 They find that , in general , the more important the executive position , the greater is the stress . Increasing numbers of ...
... overload " ( see pages 159 and 160 ) . They explicitly regard this as a sort of information input overload.160 They find that , in general , the more important the executive position , the greater is the stress . Increasing numbers of ...
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... overload , action cycles , and the completion gradient . J. Amer . Psy- choanal . Assn . , 1964 , 12 , 752-775 . 157 Lipowski , Z. J. The conflict of Buridan's ass or some dilem- mas of affluence : the theory of attractive stimulus overload ...
... overload , action cycles , and the completion gradient . J. Amer . Psy- choanal . Assn . , 1964 , 12 , 752-775 . 157 Lipowski , Z. J. The conflict of Buridan's ass or some dilem- mas of affluence : the theory of attractive stimulus overload ...
Contents
Tables of the Critical Subsystems | xi |
Preface to the First Edition | xxvii |
Outline of Chapters 3 4 and 6 through 12 | xxxviii |
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