Perceptual Control Theory Quiz
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What is the main concept behind perceptual control theory (PCT)?

  • Setting reference values externally to the system
  • Manipulating stimuli to cause specific behavioral responses
  • Maintaining a sensed variable at or near a reference value through negative feedback control loops (correct)
  • Establishing linear causation between stimuli and behavior
  • In engineering control theory, how are reference values typically set?

  • Through endogenous maintenance
  • By a user outside the system (correct)
  • By the outputs of the control loop
  • By the physical properties of the environment
  • What distinguishes perceptual control theory from some models in behavioral and cognitive psychology?

  • It relies on external reference values for control
  • It models negative feedback loop closed through the environment (circular causation) (correct)
  • It focuses on stimuli as causes of behavior (linear causation)
  • It uses biological homeostasis and reflexes as examples
  • What are examples of controlled perceptual variables with endogenously maintained reference values in living organisms?

    <p>Biological homeostasis and reflexes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In PCT research, where is the focus of publications?

    <p>Experimental psychology, neuroscience, ethology</p> Signup and view all the answers

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