The Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory, Volume II
Living in the Loop
- 1st Edition - March 20, 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
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.
- 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
SECTION 1: Perception, Consciousness, and Imagination
1. Exploring the Perceptual Control Hierarchy - Eva de Hullu
2. "Conflict to Collage": A Perceptual Control Theory Architecture to Underpin Human Consciousness - Warren Mansell
3. Loss and Restoration of Control: A Perceptual Control Theory Perspective on the Role of Mental Simulation - Vyv Huddy and Warren Mansell
SECTION 2: Computational and Mathematical Modeling
4. Motor Control as the Control of Perception - Maximilian Gregory Parker
5. Perceptual Control Theory Multiple Agent Interaction: A Classical Control Theory Treatment - Philip S. E. Farrell
6. Learning Curves and Psychological Change Across Populations: The Implications of Reorganization - Vyv Huddy
SECTION 3: Health Applications
7. Connecting Perceptual Control theory with Health Behavior - Jonathan Sigger
8. Cancer and Control - Mike Rennoldson
9. Designing Mental Health Services that are Fit for Purpose Using the Principles of Perceptual Control Theory - Robert Griffiths
10. Communication in Dementia: The Development of a New Understanding and Training Intervention that is Informed by Perceptual Control Theory - Phil McEvoy and Lydia Morris
SECTION 4: Schooling and Education
11. Creating Connected Schools - Shelley A.W. Roy
12. PCT and Philosophy of Education: Education as Guidance of Reorganization - Eetu Pikkarainen
SECTION 5: The Self and Society
13. Human Culture Is Based on Mechanisms of Perceptual Control - Ted Cloak
14. Sources and Dynamics of the Self: Perceptual Control Theory, Psychoanalysis, and the Control of Self-Image - Brian D'Agostino
15. Reorganization as Anti-Oppression: PCT, the Method of Levels, and the Theatre of the Oppressed - Tom Scholte
SECTION 6: Synthesis
16. Synthesis: Living in the Loop - Tom Scholte, Eva de Hullu, Vyv Huddy, and Warren Mansell
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 20, 2023
- Language: English
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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