CONTROL OF SELF-REGULATING SYSTEMS

• SELF-REGULATING SYSTEM CONTROL?

  1. INPUT: change to system
  2. RECEPTOR: detects change
  3. COORDINATOR: stores operational information/ coordinates effectors
  4. EFFECTOR: brings about a change, causing a return to optimum
  5. OUTPUT: back to optimum
  6. FEEDBACK LOOP
• HOW ARE CONTROL MECHANISMS COORDINATED?

  negative feedback or positive feedback
• WHAT IS NEGATIVE FEEDBACK?

  change produced by control system causing a change in stimulus detected by the receptors, turning the system off
• WHAT IS POSITIVE FEEDBACK?

  deviation from optimum that causes changes leading to a greater deviation from normal