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feedback

vr.tr.feedback · ACT.PRC

Let an agent explain feedback in systems and in communication, help design feedback loops and give and receive feedback constructively, and separate technical and interpersonal senses.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain feedback in systems and in communication, help design feedback loops and give and receive feedback constructively, and separate technical and interpersonal senses.

A process in which the output of a system is returned as input, influencing its future behaviour, as negative feedback that stabilises or positive feedback that amplifies, in engineering, biology, economics and learning; in everyday use, feedback is information given to a person or organisation about performance, such as corrective feedback, student feedback and error reports.

What it is for: Regulating systems and improving performance.

It can be explain negative and positive feedback; analyse a feedback loop; give and structure constructive feedback; design feedback collection.

Distinguishing features

Output influences input

Negative or positive

Technical and interpersonal senses

Central to control and learning

What it looks like

Not physical; loops in diagrams and messages between people.

How it is recognised

Output fed back to input

Stabilising or amplifying effect

Feedforward acts before output

Related models

is a kind of - category

interaction

is studied in - field

control theory

is related to - student feedback

academic-relation

is related to - plan review

planning

In practice

Families and kinds

negative feedback in control systems

positive feedback and runaway effects

biological feedback such as homeostasis

interpersonal and educational feedback

user and customer feedback

Standards and regulation

Standards for customer feedback handling such as ISO 10002

Institutional policies on student evaluation

Failure modes and hazards

Runaway positive feedback

Unclear or hurtful feedback

Feedback ignored or gamed

Also called

corrective feedbackloopbackerror reportfeedback in biologystudent feedbackstudent evaluation of teachingstrange loopoptical feedbackcustomer feedbackfeedback loopFeedforward, Behavioral and Cognitive Sciencenegative feedbackphysiological feedbackbiofeedbackpositive feedbackautomatic stabilizerUltra-linearneurofeedbackauditory feedbacksensory feedbackaudio feedbackDecoded Neurofeedback

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.feedback-communication

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Systems Feedback loops.

Loops shape behaviour.

Type

Negative or positive.

Type

Loop type.

  1. Is this feedback loop negative or positive, and what does that imply for stability? definition
  2. Where is the loop in the system diagram? action

Analyse

Analysis.

Analyse

Analysis.

  1. How can the loop gain and delays be analysed? action
  2. Could delays cause oscillation? boundary
Biology Living systems.

Homeostasis.

Homeostasis

Regulation in the body.

Homeostasis

Homeostasis.

  1. How does negative feedback regulate this physiological variable? definition
  2. Which positive feedback examples exist, such as in childbirth? provenance

Ecology

Ecological and climate feedback.

Ecology

Ecology.

  1. Which feedbacks amplify or dampen climate change, according to assessments? provenance
  2. How uncertain are they? boundary
People Interpersonal feedback.

Constructive and specific.

Give

Giving feedback.

Give

Giving feedback.

  1. How can this feedback be made specific, actionable and respectful? action
  2. Which framework suits the context? action

Receive

Receiving feedback.

Receive

Receiving feedback.

  1. How can feedback be received and acted on without defensiveness? action
  2. What should be clarified? action
Collect Gathering feedback.

Design for use.

Surveys

Feedback collection.

Surveys

Collection.

  1. How should customer or student feedback be collected and analysed? action
  2. What are the limits of evaluation surveys, according to research? provenance

Senses

Disambiguation.

Senses

Other senses.

  1. Is acoustic feedback or a software error report meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should control feedback be a separate entry?
  • How should feedback frameworks be linked?
  • How should acoustic feedback be split off?
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