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[From Tim Carey (990503.08020]



>[From Rick Marken (990429.1020)]


I apologise for my lateness in replying to this post. I've been offline for
a few days. Please excuse any redundancy.

I'm not going to get caught up in the coercion argument again. Didn't it
occur at this time last year? Perhaps it is a cyclical thing.

I would like the following clarified though ...

>Bill then asked you:
>
>> I _would_ like to know what word you use to refer to one
>> person using force or the credible threat thereof to control
>> another person's behavior.


The conversation seems to centre on the external control of behaviour. Is
this as new slant on PCT or am I missing something. I'm asking for the
following reasons:

1. I thought the term "behaviour" in technical PCT referred to the 'working
of the entire loop' ie perceiving, comparing, and acting. I find it hard to
understand how someone could externally control these 3 aspects of
behaviour.

2. My understanding of PCT was that behaviour wasn't controlled but was the
process by which perceptions were controlled. So again, I'm at a bit of a
loss to make sense of a "control of behaviour" statement in this forum.

Cheers,

Tim