Properties of Systems

Question 1

What is Positive Feedback?

Answer 1

Enhances change so that the change is greater than it would have been without the feedback.

Works to accentuate change in a system so that the change is more pronounced than it would be otherwise as they magnify change.

Question 2

What is Negative Feedback?

Answer 2

Serves to Moderate change so that the change is less than it would have been without the feedback.

Works to dampen change in a system, so that the less pronounced than it would otherwise be. Produce stability in a system, reducing change and limiting fluctuations.