The Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory, Volume II
Living in the Loop
- 1st Edition - March 2, 2023
- Editors: Warren Mansell, Eva de Hullu, Vyv Huddy, Tom Scholte
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 1 6 5 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 8 4 1 - 3
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 (P… Read more
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Request a sales quoteGiven 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.
- Examines the relationship between our perceptions, consciousness, and imagination
- Provides computational and mathematical models for physiological systems, such as human movement, human-machine interaction, and psychological processes such as recovery from mental health problems
- Presents health as control which leads to game-changing suggestions in designing interventions for health behavior, cancer support, care for dementia, and mental health services
- Helps readers comprehend goals of teachers and students in education from a PCT perspective to show how educative interactions could be less coercive and foster flourishing
- The value of PCT is demonstrated in understanding cultural memes and social challenges such as toxic masculinity
Researchers and students in psychology, neuroscience, engineering, sociology, ethology, computer science, evolutionary biology, linguistics, robotics, and artificial intelligence
- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Author biographies
- Preface
- Basic elements of perceptual control theory
- Control of perception: The unique contribution of PCT
- Chapter overview
- References
- Section 1: Perception, consciousness, and imagination
- Chapter 1: Exploring the perceptual control hierarchy
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- References
- Chapter 2: “Conflict to collage”: A perceptual control architecture to underpin human consciousness
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- What is consciousness and why do we need it?
- Level 0: Purposive agency
- Level 1: Intrinsic systems and reorganization of the perceptual hierarchy
- Level 2: Controlled information integration rate, memory and imagination
- Level 3: Propositional systems and volitional attention
- Summary and future directions
- References
- Chapter 3: Loss and restoration of control: A perceptual control theory perspective on the role of mental simulation
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- References
- Section 2: Computational and mathematical modeling
- Chapter 4: Motor control as the control of perception
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- References
- Chapter 5: Perceptual control theory multiple agent interaction: A classical control theory treatment
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Defining intelligence
- Single-agent interaction
- Dual-agent interaction
- Multiple agent interaction
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6: Learning curves and psychological change across populations: The implications of reorganization
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- References
- Section 3: Health applications
- Chapter 7: Connecting perceptual control theory with health behavior
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Defining health
- What does PCT bring to the analysis of health behavior?
- Applying PCT to hand hygiene and hand contamination
- PCT specifies the mechanisms of behavior change
- Bringing PCT into health research
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8: Cancer and control
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to psycho-oncology
- Pre-existing research on goals and control in psycho-oncology
- Applying perceptual control theory to cancer behavior and distress
- Method of levels and psychological care in cancer
- Summary
- References
- Chapter 9: Designing mental health services that are fit for purpose using the principles of Perceptual Control Theory
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Problems with current approaches to mental health service design
- Perceptual Control Theory principles
- 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
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 10: Communication in dementia: The development of a new understanding and training intervention that is informed by perceptual control theory
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- Dementia communication
- The initial steps toward a PCT informed approach
- “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
- References
- Further reading
- Section 4: Schooling and education
- Chapter 11: Creating connected schools
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- A connected school
- Teaching perceptual control theory
- ACT I: The first instructional experience
- ACT II: The second instructional experience
- ACT III: Certification
- Sample results
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 12: PCT and philosophy of education: Education as guidance of reorganization
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- References
- Section 5: The self and society
- Chapter 13: Human culture is based on mechanisms of perceptual control
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 14: Sources and dynamics of the self: Perceptual control theory, psychoanalysis, and the control of self-image
- Abstract
- PCT, psychoanalysis, and sources of the self
- Self-perception, machismo and militarism
- Identification and personality development: “Mastery through reversal of voice”
- Frontiers of the self: “Pure consciousness” and higher states of consciousness
- Technical Appendix: Q-sorts and synchronic modeling of the self
- References
- Chapter 15: Reorganization as anti-oppression: PCT, the method of levels, and the Theatre of the Oppressed
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Applied theatre: Theatre of the Oppressed
- The two methods side-by-side
- The client
- The problem
- Ethics and principles
- The technique
- Toward a Theatre of Levels
- Conclusion
- References
- Section 6: Synthesis
- Chapter 16: Synthesis: Living in the loop
- Abstract
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 444
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 2, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323911658
- eBook ISBN: 9780323998413
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Warren Mansell
Dr. Mansell has written over sixty interdisciplinary publications on perceptual control theory, has convened three international conferences on PCT, and hosts a website pctweb.org that has received over 35,000 views since its inception in 2009. His work on PCT has appeared on UK national television, in science museums, and online newspaper and magazine articles. He has authored and edited various books, including: Coping with Fears and Phobias (2007), A Transdiagnostic Approach to CBT using Method of Levels Therapy (2012), Principles-Based Counselling and Psychotherapy (2015), Oxford Guide to Metaphors in CBT (2010), and The Bluffer’s Guide to Psychology (2006).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Mental Health, Programme Lead, Mental Health Domain, enAble Institute, School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia; Honorary Reader in Clinical Psychology, School of Health Sciences, Division of Psychology and Mental Health, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, UKEH
Eva de Hullu
Eva de Hullu is assistant professor at the Faculty of Psychology at the Open University, the Netherlands. She is also the current Chair of the International Association of Perceptual Control Theory (IAPCT) and has presented work on PCT in IAPCT conferences. ([email protected])
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Psychology, Open University, The NetherlandsVH
Vyv Huddy
Vyv Huddy is a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has co-authored a number of published articles utilising PCT across the field of psychology research. He is qualified in Clinical Psychology at Royal Holloway (University of London) in 2008. His first post as clinical psychologist was in research, where he joined a team developing Cognitive Remediation Therapy for psychosis. During this post, and subsequently working in a prison and acute inpatient mental health settings, he became interested in developing patient perspective therapy for secondary care, inpatient and other secure settings. Very recently, he has also become interested in taking a community psychology approach to working alongside communities and organisations to develop their resources and agency - 64 Million Artists (https://64millionartists.com) are a key partner in a line of research on this topic. ([email protected])
Affiliations and expertise
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Sheffield, UKTS
Tom Scholte
Tom Scholte is a Professor of Acting and Directing in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada located on the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people. He is also the Faculty Lead/Artistic Director of Conflict Theatre@UBC and the host of the Systems and Cybernetics section of the New Book Network, and hosted the 2019 American Cybernetics Society Annual Conference. ([email protected])
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Acting and Directing, Department of Theatre and Film, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, CanadaRead The Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory, Volume II on ScienceDirect