Reality Theory Flashcards
Emphasizes personal responsibility and personal choice
Helps to evaluate and change current behaviors and thought
processes.
REALITY THERAPY
We are all motivated to act in ways that increase pleasure and decrease pain
The theory points thatwe are not born blank slates waiting to be
externally motivated by forces in the world around us.
Is a self Control psychology in order for us to find happiness within our relationships
Explains why and how we function.
CHOICE THEORY
Proponent of Reality Therapy
William Glasser
6 basic needs in Reality Therapy
Psychological
Freedom
Fun
Power
Love and Belonging
Purpose and Meaning
Basic Need:
Food, shelter, safety. This covers the standard needs of food and shelter.
Psychological
Basic Need:
Autonomy and control over own
life.
Freedom
Basic Need:
Pleasure, fulfillment, and joy.
Fun
To succeed, provide, feel competent,and be recognized for
accomplishments.
Power
Basic Need:
Part of a family, network of friends, or community.
Love and Belonging
5 core ideas of reality therapy
Behavior
Control
Responsibility
Action
Present moment
Core Idea:
Central component of reality
therapy
Behavior
2 categories of behavior (core idea)
Organized behavior
Reorganized behavior
Past behaviors that you created to satisfy your needs
Organized behavior
After identifying ineffective behaviors, you’ll work on changing them
Reorganized behavior
Core Idea:
The choice theory suggests that a
person is only controlled by themselves.
Control
Core Idea:
Aims to increase your
accountability of your behavior
Responsibility
Core Idea:
Your actions are part of your overall behavior.
Action
Core Idea:
States that present behavior and actions aren’t influenced by
the past
Present moment
Where we store information inside our mind and build a file of wants
At the core of our life
Quality world
We develop this in our quality world.
This is an inner of specific
wants as well as precise ways to satisfy these wants.
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Teaches that all behavior is made up of four inseparable but distinct
components—acting, thinking, feeling, and physiology
TOTAL BEHAVIOR
4 distinct components of total behaviour
Acting
Thinking
Feeling,
Physiology
When people choose misery by developing a range of paining behaviors, it is because these are the best behaviors they are able
to devise at the time, and these behaviors often get them what they want.
- People do not choose pain and suffering directly; rather, it is an unchosen part of their total behavior.
Paining Behaviour
Those who engage in violent
behaviors, addictions, and other kinds of antisocial behavior.
Involuntary clients