Behavior: The control of perception

Abstract

Proposes a new model of behavior based on the theory that one's perceptions are all that can be known, and that the purpose of all actions is to control the state of this perceived world. A hierarchical structure of neurological control systems is suggested in which each control system specifies the behavior of lower level systems and thus controls its own perceptions. Conflicts of this model with behaviorism and psychoanalysis are examined. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)