The Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory, Volume II

Living in the Loop

Warren Mansell, Eva de Hullu, Vyv Huddy, Tom Scholte

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780323911658
• eBook ISBN: 9780323998413
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Educational Psychology
• Index: Psychology

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

Table of contents

• Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theoryr
• Chapter 1 Exploring the perceptual control hierarchy
• Chapter 2 “Conflict to collage”: A perceptual control architecture to underpin human consciousness
• Chapter 3 Loss and restoration of control: A perceptual control theory perspective on the role of mental simulation
• Chapter 4 Motor control as the control of perception
• Chapter 5 Perceptual control theory multiple agent interaction: A classical control theory treatment
• Chapter 6 Learning curves and psychological change across populations: The implications of reorganization
• Chapter 7 Connecting perceptual control theory with health behavior
• Chapter 8 Cancer and control
• Chapter 9 Designing mental health services that are fit for purpose using the principles of Perceptual Control Theory
• Chapter 10 Communication in dementia: The development of a new understanding and training intervention that is informed by perceptual control theory
• Chapter 11 Creating connected schools
• Chapter 12 PCT and philosophy of education: Education as guidance of reorganization
• Chapter 13 Human culture is based on mechanisms of perceptual control
• Chapter 14 Sources and dynamics of the self: Perceptual control theory, psychoanalysis, and the control of self-image
• Chapter 15 Reorganization as anti-oppression: PCT, the method of levels, and the Theatre of the Oppressed
• Chapter 16 Synthesis: Living in the loop
• Index