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The present Hsrk dêv€loped àf!er maÌly years of
experj.mental :esearch j_B thÊ laboratory of n.f. Hô1asz.
Halasz I qork leans heavily tolaards úod.ern control theory
ítr gêDêrai, aüd. more specifically the d]I¡aÌ i-cal sÈability
theory in nìich bebaviou¡aÌ systens are see¡ as së1f-
regalatory in the context of active stâbilization. ttsing
thê ÐCå as a b€havicura.l parâdlgm, he atteßpts to s€ek an
improved ¡a.l"ance b€tyeen fcrqal adeguacy and 1êbaratory
relevasce in exFouûding a tbeorT ûf thê hÕneostatic
staiiil,i.zai-ian of ¡êhaviour. Àcticns {ox CRr s} are s€eI¡
as systsns cf ûov€oents cocrdinat€d i¡ the fusction of a
result." ¡.cquisiticn of a CB co es about as a result of
ê*perier¡.e, å!d thrÐugh the ítt€rnal_ pracess of equiJ-i-
brirm" the expression cf a ¡egulation or ar acquired
stabilization of coordi¡atire processês. As such, he
vie*ed behävioural oscillaticn {and sÈability) via a
qìra.litati-rre dynanical syste$ th€ory. That is, a control
thêory prcvidi-og a lasis fcr an €xperinetrtal- analysis of
the si'ability of cÐnditioning {Ilalasz,196B).
thê Hal,aszia¡ scheme ls baseit on: {'l} a moder¡¡
physi.cal noilel of a contrell€d pxocess, {2} an i¡cl"usive
but €xplicitlÏ defin*d sêt cf i n te gro- differen r-ia1 egra-
ti.ns Fostuìat€ð to gcver¡ statistical neasurès of beha-
viou.raL perforrBanc€, aFp-].ied tc, l3) a paradígnatic kj_nd
of {¡êuranûscularJ conditj.on€dactivity. {p.2, Hal-asz,
.r9?4) .
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