http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/09859336497580798442/notebooks/BDSTDIgoQ2ojDlfUi2008-06-25T05:36:16.865Zfeedback/feedback loopGlossary of selected Judgement and Decision-making, Belief-related, and other Psychology termsGoogle Notebook1110http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/09859336497580798442/notebooks/BDSTDIgoQ2ojDlfUi/NDSTDIgoQv_z6u_Ui2008-01-08T03:43:19.615Z2008-06-25T05:36:16.865ZFeedback/Feedback loop In a system – mechanical, electrical, bi...<div> </div>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">Feedback/Feedback loop<br></span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">In a <a href="http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1T4ADBF_enAU221AU225&hl=en&q=define%3A+%22system%22"><font color="#990000">system</font></a> – mechanical, electrical, biological, or <span style="font-size:8pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDSBsIgoQyeaN_v8h"><span style="color:maroon"><font color="#990000">informational</font></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">, etc. – in which some input or <span style="font-size:8pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDSrpIgoQ0_6W4vwh"><span style="color:maroon"><font color="#990000">cause</font></span></a></span> </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">gives rise to some output or <span style="font-size:8pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDSBGIgoQ_e6j4vwh"><span style="color:maroon"><font color="#990000">effect</font></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">, </span><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#cc0000;font-family:Tahoma">feedback</span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> is that part of the output which is returned or directed back to the input, <span style="font-size:8pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ5DIgoQoovq_f8h"><span style="color:maroon"><font color="#990000">influencing</font></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> and modifying the <span style="font-size:8pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRy4IgoQ16f0-Pch"><span style="color:maroon"><font color="#990000">behaviour</font></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> of the system. For example, a room with a heater operating fitted with a thermostat set at a particular temperature, the heater will work to produce the required amount of heat to maintain the room at that temperature (with some relatively small range of fluctuation) involves a <i>feedback loop</i>. A second somewhat different example would be the case in which an author asks for reviewer comment for the first draft of a piece of writing, with a view that a subsequent draft or drafts can be modified in light of the feedback received.</span></p>
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