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almahu_9949462595802882
Format:
1 online resource (446 pages)
ISBN:
0-323-99841-0
Content:
Given the fundamental challenges to society in this era, a radical rewrite of how we approach science and culture is necessary. This handbook applies Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) to achieve a much needed convergence across the physical, life and social sciences, the humanities and arts. In doing so it addresses challenges such as mental illness, dementia, cancer care, toxic masculinity and societal oppression. It also reveals how PCT can be applied to practical issues such as understanding healthcare service implementation and human-machine interaction, as well as deeper questions such as consciousness and imagination. This second volume of the successful interdisciplinary handbook offers rich examples of how the unifying perceptual control framework can provide a viable alternative to existing theories and methodologies for a timely paradigm shift.
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Intro -- Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory, Volume II -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Author biographies -- Preface -- Basic elements of perceptual control theory -- Components of control -- Levels of perception -- Reorganization -- Control of perception: The unique contribution of PCT -- Chapter overview -- Perception, consciousness, and imagination -- Computational and mathematical modeling -- Health applications -- Schooling and education -- The self and society -- References -- Section 1: Perception, consciousness, and imagination -- Chapter 1: Exploring the perceptual control hierarchy -- Introduction -- The basic control system -- One-to-many and many-to-one -- Level 1: Intensities -- Level 2: Sensations -- Level 3: Configurations -- Level 4: Transitions -- Level 5: Events -- Level 6: Relationships -- Level 7: Categories -- Level 8: Sequences -- Level 9: Programs -- Level 10: Principles -- Level 11: System concepts -- The top level -- Higher levels -- Control happens at many levels simultaneously -- Loss of control -- Exploring human experience -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2: ``Conflict to collage´´: A perceptual control architecture to underpin human consciousness -- What is consciousness and why do we need it? -- Definitions -- Bounds of explanation -- Function -- Level 0: Purposive agency -- Level 1: Intrinsic systems and reorganization of the perceptual hierarchy -- Intrinsic versus perceptual systems -- Conflict resolution -- Consciousness goes beyond conflict resolution -- The collage of intrinsic systems -- Object perception -- Level 2: Controlled information integration rate, memory and imagination -- Memory -- Imagination -- Information integration rate -- Level 3: Propositional systems and volitional attention -- Propositional systems.
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Volitional control of the focus of awareness -- Balancing across three systems -- Collective control -- The construction and modification of high level control systems -- How might the complete model (Levels 0, 1, 2, 3) fit together to describe the role of consciousness in psychological therapy? -- Summary and future directions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3: Loss and restoration of control: A perceptual control theory perspective on the role of mental simulation -- Control in imagination: Mental simulation of control -- Loss and restoration of control -- Replayed perceptions (memories) are the basis of mental simulations -- Mental simulation is distributed across a hierarchy of controlled perceptions -- Control of program level perceptions is definitive of mental simulation -- Reorganization/recombination of memories restores imagined control -- When mental simulation manifests as chronic loss of control -- Conflict can produce mental simulations that are distressing -- Recovery from psychological distress -- Summary and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section 2: Computational and mathematical modeling -- Chapter 4: Motor control as the control of perception -- Voluntary and involuntary movements and the hierarchy of control -- Motor redundancy and action selection -- Noise and delays -- Anticipation and prediction -- Reorganization of the perceptual hierarchy -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5: Perceptual control theory multiple agent interaction: A classical control theory treatment -- Introduction -- Interacting with intelligent agents -- A military application -- Four multiple agent interaction principles -- Defining intelligence -- Single-agent interaction -- Dual-agent interaction -- General derivation -- Predator-prey case -- Dual-agent interaction cases -- Pilot-autopilot case.
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Multiple agent interaction -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Learning curves and psychological change across populations: The implications of reorganization -- The learning curve: A simplification too far? -- A PCT perspective on psychological change and development -- Using functional models to investigate reorganization -- Using functional models of reorganization in simulated populations -- Reorganization in psychotherapy -- Testing the role of reorganization in psychotherapy change -- Conceptualization of the model -- Formal description of the model -- Sudden gains -- Attendance patterns -- Relapse -- Summary and implications -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section 3: Health applications -- Chapter 7: Connecting perceptual control theory with health behavior -- Introduction -- Defining health -- Health as control -- Poor health is compromised control -- Health as knowledge -- What does PCT bring to the analysis of health behavior? -- What does PCT have to offer? -- Applying PCT to hand hygiene and hand contamination -- PCT specifies the mechanisms of behavior change -- Bringing PCT into health research -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8: Cancer and control -- Introduction to psycho-oncology -- Cancer and distress -- Cancer and health behavior -- Cancer and treatment delivery -- Survivorship -- Pre-existing research on goals and control in psycho-oncology -- Applying perceptual control theory to cancer behavior and distress -- PCT and distress at diagnosis -- During treatment -- Survivorship -- Cancer and treatment delivery -- Method of levels and psychological care in cancer -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9: Designing mental health services that are fit for purpose using the principles of Perceptual Control Theory -- Introduction.
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Problems with current approaches to mental health service design -- Perceptual Control Theory principles -- Control -- Conflict -- Reorganization -- Understanding health and mental health from a PCT perspective -- So, what are mental health services for? -- Implementing PCT principles to design mental health services that are more effective and efficient -- Helping people to resolve conflicts -- Tailoring mental health services to meet the needs of individuals -- Paying close attention to what service users are saying -- Focusing on distress rather than symptoms or disorders -- Pay attention to the context of people's lives -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 10: Communication in dementia: The development of a new understanding and training intervention that is informed ... -- Dementia communication -- The initial steps toward a PCT informed approach -- Empathic curiosity -- ``What is good communication for people living with dementia?´´ -- A systemic review of communication skills training -- The Communication Empowerment Framework -- The Take Control Course -- The Empowered Conversations course -- A quantitative feasibility study of the Empowered Conversations course outcomes -- A qualitative study of the impact of Empowered Conversations course -- The Empowered Carers initiative -- Toward a PCT understanding of the impact of dementia -- Toward a more sophisticated understanding of perceptual control in dementia -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further reading -- Section 4: Schooling and education -- Chapter 11: Creating connected schools -- Introduction -- A connected school -- Teaching perceptual control theory -- Audience and goal -- Scope and sequence of trainings -- Participants -- Structure -- Performance standard for courses -- ACT I: The first instructional experience -- ACT I practicum.
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ACT II: The second instructional experience -- Understanding the feedback loop -- ACT II practicum -- ACT III: Certification -- Training considerations -- Sample results -- Northwest Territories and Nunavut, CA -- Rockford Middle School, Rockford Illinois, United States -- Beaufort Freshman Academy, Beaufort, South Carolina, United States -- Kennedy Learning Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States -- Cumberland County Schools, Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States -- Lincoln Elementary, Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 12: PCT and philosophy of education: Education as guidance of reorganization -- Introduction -- My way to PCT -- Why PCT into philosophy of education -- Modern education and pedagogical paradox -- Human action: Epistemological and ontological starting points -- Learning as reorganization -- Teaching as action -- Teaching cycle -- Motivating in teaching -- Human growth as the aim of education -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section 5: The self and society -- Chapter 13: Human culture is based on mechanisms of perceptual control -- Introduction -- The Nimage -- How this works -- Just what is a nimage, or a CS, physically speaking? -- Evolution of the control system -- The emergence of culture -- memes -- Cultural evolution through natural selection of memes -- Language and the evolving dominance of culture -- Summary -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 14: Sources and dynamics of the self: Perceptual control theory, psychoanalysis, and the control of self-image -- PCT, psychoanalysis, and sources of the self -- Self-perception, machismo and militarism -- Identification and personality development: ``Mastery through reversal of voice´´.
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Frontiers of the self: ``Pure consciousness´´ and higher states of consciousness.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Mansell, Warren The Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory, Volume II San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology,c2023 ISBN 9780323911658
Language:
English
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