Toward a cybernetic psychology
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to review the relationship between cybernetics and psychology. Design/methodology/approach - The paradigms of cybernetics are reviewed and then applied to psychology. Findings - Applying the paradigms of cybernetics to psychology provides a conceptually coherent account of what is a psychological individual. Originality/value - It is of value to bring conceptual coherence to the discipline of psychology, which, thus far in its history, has lacked it.
cybernetics psychology paradigms first-order cybernetics second-order cybernetics