Origins of the Planning Function: An Analysis of a Cognitive Theory of Behavior
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Authors
Lyon, Keith Edward
Issue Date
1968
Type
Thesis
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en_US
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The purpose of this thesis is twofold. In the first place I shall
be explicating a theory of behavior advanced by George Miller, Karl
Pribram, and Eugene Galanter based on the plans that people make
In addition, I shall attempt to solve a problem that the authors have
not developed, that of the origin of the basic plans presented and of
the planning function itself. I feel that this function in man must be
broken down into separate plans which can in turn be attributed to certain
innate plans and structures. In my analysis I develop the concept
of an anticipatory function which allows the organism to look into the
future in order to evaluate the results of his actions. This formulation
explains the selection of one plan in preference to another and is linked
to action through the structure hypothesized by the authors.
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iii, 26 p.
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