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Choice Theory teaches that we are always motivated by what we want at that moment.
It emphasizes the importance of building and maintaining positive relationships with others to create a shared vision.
Choice Theory Summary
All behavior is purposeful, motivated by our incessant desire to satisfy the basic needs woven into our genes.
Everything we place in our Quality World is need satisfying.
We behave based on what we perceive to be real, whether we are right or wrong.
The purpose of all behavior is to create a match between what we perceive and what we want.
When we change any one component of behavior, the other components change as well.
Includes the need for relationships, social connections, to give and receive affection and to feel part of a group.
To be powerful is to achieve, to be competent, to be skilled, to be recognized for our achievements and skill, to be listened to and have a sense of self worth.
The need to be free is the need for independence, autonomy, to have choices and to be able to take control of the direction of one's life
The need for fun is the need to find pleasure, to play and to laugh.
Includes the need for food, shelter, and safety.
As we live our lives and interact with others, we each build this unique Quality World that includes the people, activities, values, and beliefs that are most important to us as individuals.
Information about the real world comes to us first through our sensory system: our eyes, ears, nose, mouth and skin.
Represents everything we know or have experienced.
When information passes through our knowledge filter, one of a few things can occur that helps us place value to the information:
***Imagine you could feel less sad or depressed just because you wanted to.***
***Imagine a student who is agitated and frustrated and could just calm down because he wanted to.***
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“The Perceived World and the Perceptual System.” How Students Learn: Information Processing, lo.unisa.edu.au/mod/book/view.php?id=454028&chapterid=74018.