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Note on self‐regulating systems and stress
Author(s) -
Notterman Joseph M.,
Trumbull Richard
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830040406
Subject(s) - organism , stimulus (psychology) , identification (biology) , anxiety , psychology , self identification , fight or flight response , cognitive psychology , social psychology , computer science , biology , ecology , sociology , genetics , gender studies , psychiatry , gene
If the components of performance of self‐regulating systems, for example detection and identification of the stimulus and availability of response, can be precisely defined for the gross behavior of an organism responding to its environment, the study of the effects of stress can be made correspondingly differentiated and precise. In particular, it would be interesting to know whether certain nonspecific responses, sometimes interpreted as anxiety symptoms, are attempts of the organism to get more feedback from the environment.