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.
1. Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Author Biographies - p. xv 8. Preface - p. xxix 9. Chapter 1 Exploring the perceptual control hierarchy - p. 3 10. Chapter 2 “Conflict to collage”: A perceptual control architecture to underpin human consciousness - p. 29 11. Chapter 3 Loss and restoration of control: A perceptual control theory perspective on the role of mental simulation - p. 59 12. Chapter 4 Motor control as the control of perception - p. 77 13. Chapter 5 Perceptual control theory multiple agent interaction: A classical control theory treatment - p. 101 14. Chapter 6 Learning curves and psychological change across populations: The implications of reorganization - p. 141 15. Chapter 7 Connecting perceptual control theory with health behavior - p. 165 16. Chapter 8 Cancer and control - p. 189 17. Chapter 9 Designing mental health services that are fit for purpose using the principles of Perceptual Control Theory - p. 211 18. Chapter 10 Communication in dementia: The development of a new understanding and training intervention that is informed by perceptual control theory - p. 229 19. Chapter 11 Creating connected schools - p. 257 20. Chapter 12 PCT and philosophy of education: Education as guidance of reorganization - p. 275 21. Chapter 13 Human culture is based on mechanisms of perceptual control - p. 307 22. Chapter 14 Sources and dynamics of the self: Perceptual control theory, psychoanalysis, and the control of self-image - p. 319 23. Chapter 15 Reorganization as anti-oppression: PCT, the method of levels, and the Theatre of the Oppressed - p. 349 24. Chapter 16 Synthesis: Living in the loop - p. 381 25. Index - p. 391
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.
1. Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Author Biographies - p. xv 8. Preface - p. xxix 9. Chapter 1 Exploring the perceptual control hierarchy - p. 3 10. Chapter 2 “Conflict to collage”: A perceptual control architecture to underpin human consciousness - p. 29 11. Chapter 3 Loss and restoration of control: A perceptual control theory perspective on the role of mental simulation - p. 59 12. Chapter 4 Motor control as the control of perception - p. 77 13. Chapter 5 Perceptual control theory multiple agent interaction: A classical control theory treatment - p. 101 14. Chapter 6 Learning curves and psychological change across populations: The implications of reorganization - p. 141 15. Chapter 7 Connecting perceptual control theory with health behavior - p. 165 16. Chapter 8 Cancer and control - p. 189 17. Chapter 9 Designing mental health services that are fit for purpose using the principles of Perceptual Control Theory - p. 211 18. Chapter 10 Communication in dementia: The development of a new understanding and training intervention that is informed by perceptual control theory - p. 229 19. Chapter 11 Creating connected schools - p. 257 20. Chapter 12 PCT and philosophy of education: Education as guidance of reorganization - p. 275 21. Chapter 13 Human culture is based on mechanisms of perceptual control - p. 307 22. Chapter 14 Sources and dynamics of the self: Perceptual control theory, psychoanalysis, and the control of self-image - p. 319 23. Chapter 15 Reorganization as anti-oppression: PCT, the method of levels, and the Theatre of the Oppressed - p. 349 24. Chapter 16 Synthesis: Living in the loop - p. 381 25. Index - p. 391
