I must first declare an interest, in both senses of the word. Firstly I find Perceptual Control T... more I must first declare an interest, in both senses of the word. Firstly I find Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) very interesting and promising, and secondly I have long known and admired the work of Frans Plooij who has a chapter in this book and who introduced me to PCT. I am also indebted to his critique of an earlier draft of this review, thereby helping me avoid showing too much of my ignorance and avoid some of my more egregious misunderstandings. But there is a meta message here, which is that PCT practitioners often claim it represents a Kuhnian paradigm shift in behaviour studies, but it has not gained the traction within scientific community it perhaps should have done. PCT theorists might say that is the fate of many radically new ideas, it takes time to get them accepted. But there may be another reason exemplified by some chapters in this Richer, J.M. (2020). PERCEPTUAL CONTROL THEORY: A PARADIGM SHIFT? Human Ethology, 35, 79-90. https://doi.org/10.22330/he/35/079-090
Autistic children’s incompetence in the use of language and symbols has attracted much attention ... more Autistic children’s incompetence in the use of language and symbols has attracted much attention in recent years. Fifty percent of autistic children are mute, and others show characteristic peculiarities of language such as reversal of the pronouns “I” and “you,” echolalia, repetitive and out of context speech, few questions or spontaneous utterances, and the idiosyncratic use of words. As Kanner (1943) remarked, they rarely use language to communicate. Rutter (1974) has found that nearly all autistic children show language peculiarities and retardation and in fact he suggests this as a diagnostic criterion.
ABSTRACT In this brief paper I will try to show how ethological approaches can be part of an appr... more ABSTRACT In this brief paper I will try to show how ethological approaches can be part of an approach to understanding some disturbed behavior in early childhood. I also shall suggest that there might be more useful ways of classifying children's disturbed behavior using these approaches (rather than the present psychiatric categories) which would improve interventions.
I must first declare an interest, in both senses of the word. Firstly I find Perceptual Control T... more I must first declare an interest, in both senses of the word. Firstly I find Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) very interesting and promising, and secondly I have long known and admired the work of Frans Plooij who has a chapter in this book and who introduced me to PCT. I am also indebted to his critique of an earlier draft of this review, thereby helping me avoid showing too much of my ignorance and avoid some of my more egregious misunderstandings. But there is a meta message here, which is that PCT practitioners often claim it represents a Kuhnian paradigm shift in behaviour studies, but it has not gained the traction within scientific community it perhaps should have done. PCT theorists might say that is the fate of many radically new ideas, it takes time to get them accepted. But there may be another reason exemplified by some chapters in this Richer, J.M. (2020). PERCEPTUAL CONTROL THEORY: A PARADIGM SHIFT? Human Ethology, 35, 79-90. https://doi.org/10.22330/he/35/079-090
Autistic children’s incompetence in the use of language and symbols has attracted much attention ... more Autistic children’s incompetence in the use of language and symbols has attracted much attention in recent years. Fifty percent of autistic children are mute, and others show characteristic peculiarities of language such as reversal of the pronouns “I” and “you,” echolalia, repetitive and out of context speech, few questions or spontaneous utterances, and the idiosyncratic use of words. As Kanner (1943) remarked, they rarely use language to communicate. Rutter (1974) has found that nearly all autistic children show language peculiarities and retardation and in fact he suggests this as a diagnostic criterion.
ABSTRACT In this brief paper I will try to show how ethological approaches can be part of an appr... more ABSTRACT In this brief paper I will try to show how ethological approaches can be part of an approach to understanding some disturbed behavior in early childhood. I also shall suggest that there might be more useful ways of classifying children's disturbed behavior using these approaches (rather than the present psychiatric categories) which would improve interventions.
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