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Perceptual
Control Theory (PCT) explains a simple fact:
People act to control some of
their own perceptions. They specify part of what they will perceive, then
they act to make those perceptions happen. People also keep their specified
perceptions from changing, by acting to oppose and cancel the effects of
many things in the world that might disturb them and make them change. PCT
helps us to understand what happens when one person's actions disturb
another person's controlled perceptions.
Tom Bourbon
(tom@tombourbon.com
The real test for those who claim they really understand PCT, is when they
are able to translate the ideas of this theory into more effective ways for
humans to deal with each other. The following chapter offers an example of
how this theory can explain things that happen in a classroom setting. There
are two more chapters by Tom Bourbon. They offer a more complete explanation
of PCT.
Discipline
For Home And School, Book One
Discipline For
Home And School, Book Two.
Book One, Chapter 2
Book One, Chapter 33
Book Two, Chapter 7
In the following pages, Tom Bourbon illustrates and describes
a perceptual control system model, and he gives some examples of how to use
that model to understand people's actions and interactions.
Perceptual Control Simplest Model
Examples
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