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A social pathology of human conflict. 1991

V H Brix

Cybernetics Academy Odobleja, Bucharest, Romania.

Cybernetics Academy Odobleja commemorates the name of the Romanian physician, psychologist and cybernetician Stefan Odobleja. Its Vice-President in France organized the First Seminar on Human Autonomy and Interdependence which was held in June 1988. This paper reviews some of the contributions to the Seminar. It also describes individual and social modes of human behaviour in terms of cybernetics and systems analysis, with a focus on group conflict. Some extracts from a provisional glossary of social cybernetics are appended.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003491	Cybernetics	That branch of learning which brings together theories and studies on communication and control in living organisms and machines.	Cybernetic
D006126	Group Processes	The procedures through which a group approaches, attacks, and solves a common problem.	Group Meetings,Group Process,Group Thinking,Group Meeting,Group Thinkings,Meeting, Group,Process, Group,Thinking, Group
D006706	Homeostasis	The processes whereby the internal environment of an organism tends to remain balanced and stable.	Autoregulation
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012925	Social Conformity	Behavioral or attitudinal compliance with recognized social patterns or standards.	Conformity, Social,Conformities, Social,Social Conformities