# Communicating PCT

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## [About the Communicating PCT category](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/about-the-communicating-pct-category/15985)

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**Author:** [@bnhpct](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/bnhpct)\
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## [Why learn and communicate PCT?](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/why-learn-and-communicate-pct/16266)

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**Author:** [@JohnGraham](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/JohnGraham)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 4:40am UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/why-learn-and-communicate-pct/16266 "2026-09-17T04:40:44Z")

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Hi there, I haven’t really introduced myself and don’t know exactly where to start other than I’m John in New Zealand I’ve gone from a few years ago stumbling across Tim and Margaret Carey’s RTP Intervention Proces…

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## [PCT is where it's AT](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/pct-is-where-its-at/16167)

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**Author:** [@bnhpct](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/bnhpct)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/pct-is-where-its-at/16167 "2025-05-05T20:11:00Z")

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For the 35 or so years that I have been involved with PCT objections to the word “control” have recurred. Emotional discomfort with controlling others and being controlled is a bump in the road for many people. The Cont…

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## [Origin of the coinage "Perceptual Control Theory"](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/origin-of-the-coinage-perceptual-control-theory/16171)

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**Author:** [@rsmarken](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/rsmarken)\
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**Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/origin-of-the-coinage-perceptual-control-theory/16171 "2025-04-20T16:40:53Z")

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Continuing the discussion from PCT is where it's AT: I thought Kent came up with it as well. But I was talking to Gary Cziko a while ago and he thought that he was the first to use it on CSGNet and that Kent was the fi…

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## ["Negative Feedback" Versus Negative Feedback](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/negative-feedback-versus-negative-feedback/16160)

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**Author:** [@Abbott](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/Abbott)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/negative-feedback-versus-negative-feedback/16160 "2025-02-21T14:33:16Z")

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In the popular parlance, “negative feedback” is criticism. In control systems, “negative feedback” is usually a good thing, as it acts to reduce error between the desired and perceived state of affairs, with respect t…

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## [Behavior controls perception?](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/behavior-controls-perception/15793)

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**Author:** [@rsmarken](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/rsmarken)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 12:44am UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/behavior-controls-perception/15793 "2021-04-26T00:44:25Z")

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One popular way to describe the difference between PCT and other theories of behavior is to say that while other theories hold that perception controls behavior PCT states that behavior controls perception. I’m sure I ha…