ABSTRACT
Human behavior has been viewed from many perspectives over the years. This chapter outlines a view in which behavior is viewed through the lens of feedback control processes. Two layers of control processes, which manage two different aspects of behavior, are postulated. The layers work jointly to attain goals and to permit management of multiple goals across time – that is, they underlie the transforming of simultaneous motives into a stream of actions that shifts repeatedly from one goal to another.
