Choice Theory/Reality Therapy (Guest Speaker) Flashcards
Choice Theory
Basic Concepts (7)
- Perceived world
- Quality World
- Basic Needs
- Comparing Place
- Total Behaviors
Behavioral System
Perceptual System
Quality World
what i want most → IDEAL world
Basic Needs
what motivates me (survival, love, power, freedom, fun)
Comparing Place
comparison b/w percieved & ideal world
- how do I know i am not getting what i want
Total Behaviors
What i do/think/feel to get what I want
Behavioral System
organizing behaviors that i have used/created new behaviors
- Current behavior, desired behavior & how to change it
Perceptual System
(4) components
Experience Real World through Perceptual system
1) Real World
2) Sensory System
3) Total knowledge Filter
4) Value & Filter
Perceptual System
1) Real World
people/situations/things that actually exist
2) Sensory System
our senses (seeing/feeling/hearing/taste/smell)
→ retrieve only parts of information from real world, which are analyzed through percieved world
3) Total knowledge Filter
everything we know/experience
- determines what information is meaningful → passed to next filter
4) Value & Filter
attach value (positive, negative, neutral) to information deemed meaningful
Perceived World
- reality made up of perceptions as an inidividual
- characteristics (4)
1) subjective (based on culture/experience/education/gender/age etc.)
2) unique
3) subject to change
4) frequently inaccurate (compared to others)
5 basic needs
1) Survival
2) Love/Belonging
3) Power
4) Freedom
5) Fun
Reality Therapy
method of teaching, management & counselling based on CHOICE THEORY
- aimed at helping people gain more effective control over their lives
Practice of Reality Therapy
- procedure that leads to change (4 steps)
1) Wants (Quality World)
2) Present Behavior (Percieved World)
3) Evaluation (comparison)
4) Plan (commitment)
