BEHAVIOR (State-determined) 2)
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"A behavior is state determined if an observer, knowing the state at t, is able to predict the state at t+1 with certainty" (G. PASK, 1961, p.28).
G. PASK rephrases the concept in a still more precise way: "A behavior is state determined if X(t+1) depends in a unique fashion upon X(t) and, in the phase space, this means that the path describing a state determined behavior does not bifurcate" (Ibid).
As stated by G. PASK, a state determined behavior "must either converge… to a fixed state, called the equilibrium point, or enter a behavioral cycle" (p.29).
The equilibrium point is also called a punctual attractor and the behavioral cycle is inscribed in a confluent or basin of attraction.
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