Kent McClelland
Member, Peace and Conflict Studies Committee
I鈥檓 a retired faculty member with a continuing research interest in Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) as a lens for understanding sociology. PCT provides an alternative view of human psychology that takes into account the feedback effects of our own actions on our perceptions of the world around us. Behavior, from this perspective, can be defined as the control of perception, and my recent scholarly work has focused on how social and cultural structures and processes have emerged from the collective control of perception.
Education and Degrees
Ph.D., Sociology, Harvard University, 1976
A.B., Sociology, Oberlin College, 1968
Selected Publications
".鈥 Chapter 9 in The Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory: Living Control Systems IV, edited by Warren Mansell. Elsevier. 2020
".鈥&苍产蝉辫;Journal of Integrated Social Sciences 9 (2019) pp. 1-38.
鈥Cycles of Conflict: A Computational Modeling Alternative to Collins鈥檚 Theory of Conflict Escalation.鈥 Sociological Theory 32 (2014) pp. 100-127. DOI: 10.1177/0735275114536387
, edited by Kent A. McClelland and Thomas J. Fararo. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2006.
鈥.鈥 International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 60 (2004) pp. 65-99.
鈥.鈥 Sociological Perspectives 37 (1994) pp. 461-496.鈥嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌