need high school PCT text

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[Brian D’Agostino (20050414.1955 EST)]

I’m teaching robotics to some high school students, and I’m looking for a very elementary introduction to percerptual control theory, ideally one that will also have some practical relevance for programming control systems in C using a Handy Board processor. Does anyone know of anything like this?

Thanks,

Brian D’Agostino

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[From Rick Marken (2005.10.14.2250)]

Brian D'Agostino (20050414.1955 EST)

I'm teaching robotics to some high school students, and I'm looking for a _very_ elementary introduction to percerptual control theory, ideally one that will also have some practical relevance for programming control systems in C using a Handy Board processor. Does anyone know of anything like this?

May I humbly suggest my little paper:

Marken, R. S. (2002) Looking At Behavior Through Control Theory Glasses, Review of General Psychology, 6, 260–270

It's a pretty elementary introduction to PCT (without ever mentioning it by name) and, while it doesn't deal with the relevance of PCT to robotics at the programming level, it does refer to articles and programs (that are available on the internet and pointed to at http://www.mindreadings.com/PCTGlasses.htm) that do.

Best

Rick

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[From Bjorn Simonsen (2005.04.15,09:20 EST)]
Brian D'Agostino (20050414.1955 EST)]

I think Rick's proposal is acceptable.
But I can't neglect a reference to Tom Borboun. I appreciate his accounts.
An I am in short his comments, his knowledge and his simple way to explain
aspects of PCT.
Below you find headings and URLs

Some Basic Examples of Perceptual Control, Tom Bourbon, 3 March 2001
http://www.responsiblethinking.com/tom/Examples.htm

Perceptual Control: The Simplest Model, Tom Bourbon, 3 March 2001
http://www.responsiblethinking.com/tom/SimplestModel.htm

Responsible Thinking Process, W. Thomas Bourbon, Ph.D.,
(tom@tombourbon.com), Perceptual Control Theorist, Rochelle, Texas with
extensive help from Caroline Bourbon Young and assistance from Tim Carey
http://www.brandtpublishing.com/books/revised2-ch19.html

Chapter 19
Perceptual Control Theory, Reality Therapy, and the, Responsible Thinking
Process
W. Thomas Bourbon, Ph.D., (tom@tombourbon.com), Perceptual Control Theorist,
Rochelle, Texas
with extensive help from Caroline Bourbon Young and assistance from Tim
Carey
http://responsiblethinking.com/PCT-Reality-Therapy-Book-Two-Chapter-19.htm

Perceptual Control Theory, Reinforcement Theory, Countercontrol, and the
Responsible Thinking Process � . By Tom Bourbon, (tom@tombourbon.com),
Houston, Texas, USA, 17 October 1997
Copyright� 1997 by W. Thomas Bourbon
http://responsiblethinking.com/rtpvrft.html

Applied PCT
http://responsiblethinking.com/tom/PCTFacts/applied.htm

PERCEPTUAL CONTROL THEORY (PCT), Basic Models
http://responsiblethinking.com/tom/

Contemporary I will refer to The Psychological Record, 1960, 46. 39-47. "On
the accuracy and reliability of predictions by Perceptual Control Theory:
Five years later by W. Thomas Bourbon

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[From Brian D'Agostino (2005.04.15.0655 EST)]

Thanks Rick and Bjorn, I'll get Rick's article at the library tonight and I've already looked at some of Tom's. This stuff looks just right.

Brian

[From Rick Marken (2005.10.14.2250)]

  Brian D'Agostino (20050414.1955 EST)

  I'm teaching robotics to some high school students, and I'm looking for a _very_ elementary introduction to percerptual control theory, ideally one that will also have some practical relevance for programming control systems in C using a Handy Board processor. Does anyone know of anything like this?

May I humbly suggest my little paper:

Marken, R. S. (2002) Looking At Behavior Through Control Theory Glasses, Review of General Psychology, 6, 260�270

It's a pretty elementary introduction to PCT (without ever mentioning it by name) and, while it doesn't deal with the relevance of PCT to robotics at the programming level, it does refer to articles and programs (that are available on the internet and pointed to at Mind Readings.com Behavior Examples) that do.

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[From Bjorn Simonsen (2005.04.15,09:20 EST)]
Brian D'Agostino (20050414.1955 EST)]

I think Rick's proposal is acceptable.
But I can't neglect a reference to Tom Borboun. I appreciate his accounts.
An I am in short his comments, his knowledge and his simple way to explain
aspects of PCT.
Below you find headings and URLs

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[From Dag Forssell (2005 0925 PST)]

How about the BYTE articles.

See http://www.livingcontrolsystems.com/about_pct.html and scroll down a little.

Best, Dag

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At 08:51 PM 4/14/2005 -0400, you wrote:

[Brian D'Agostino (20050414.1955 EST)]

I'm teaching robotics to some high school students, and I'm looking for a _very_ elementary introduction to percerptual control theory, ideally one that will also have some practical relevance for programming control systems in C using a Handy Board processor. Does anyone know of anything like this?

Thanks,

Brian D'Agostino