What is the difference
among Id, Ego and
Superego?
1.Why did you take the track you are
enrolled in?
2.What are your desired goal or
outcome, alternatives and
strategies?
Under Pressure
Instruction: Read the scenario below
and answer the questions that follow
using the worksheet (Under
Pressure) provided.
Here is the scenario.
You are on your way to an important job interview
that is given only to shortlisted applicants which
include you. You have waited long for this job
interview and prepared a lot for it. To miss the
interview is to miss a very good chance at a job
opportunity that you have dreamed of since you
were a kid. You are very excited and hopeful that
you will get hired. You are on your way to the job
interview when suddenly you receive a call from
your younger brother/sister asking for your help.
Your brother/sister seems confused and sounds
unintelligible over the phone, and you are worried!
To add to your dilemma, your brother/sister is a
person with disability (PWD).
Your questions: What will you do?
Would you rush to your brother/sister
and forget about the job interview?
Or would you ignore the distress call
and proceed to the interview and
pretend you never received the call?
Or do you have any options?
1. Did you make the same choice or
decision? Why or why not?
2. How was the whole experience of
assessing your options? Was it
difficult? Was it easy?
3. Would you say that you applied
rationality when making that final
choice or decision?
Dr. William Glasser
* Born in 1925 in Cleveland,Ohio.
* Psychiatrist, author, founded
The William Glasser Institute.
• Developed Reality Therapy and
Choice Theory.
* Thought to be one of the greatest
educational thinkers of our time
* Contends that behaviour in school
will not improve until we change the
way we work with students
GLASSERS’ CHOICE THEORY
An explanation of human behavior
Dr. Glasser explains that all we do all our
lives is behave, and that we choose our
behavior in an attempt to meet one or
more of the five basic human needs that
are built into our genetic structure.
a form of internal control psychology, as
opposed to external control psychology
Student behaviour is determined by
student choice, not teacher control
“Students will not willingly engage
in schoolwork unless if offers
interesting activities to meet their
basic needs for security, belonging,
power, fun and freedom.”
- William Glasser
Human Basic Needs…
Survival – physical needs, food, water,
security
Love and belonging – connecting with
other people that are important to you
Power – success, acknowledgement from
others, achievement
Freedom – to have choices and control in
your life…freedom from…. And freedom
to…
Fun – laughter, the genetic reward for
learning
2. Quality World
describes as a "personal picture
album“ of all the people, things,
ideas, and ideals that we have
discovered increase the quality of our
lives.
the specific motivation
pictures detail how we meet those
needs
unique
3. Perceived World
only way we experience the real world
is through our perceptual system.
Information about the real world
comes to us first through our sensory
system
these sensations pass through our
perceptual system, beginning with
what Glasser calls our total knowledge
filter, which represents everything we
know or have experienced.
4. Comparing Place
As we experience life, we are constantly
comparing what we want (our Quality
World pictures) with what we've got (our
Perceived World). When the two match
fairly well, we feel good. When there is a
mismatch, you feel a degree of frustration,
depending on how important the Quality
World picture is to you. That frustration
signal, as Glasser terms it, is felt as an
urge to behave in a way that will help us
get more of what we want.
5. Total Behavior
One of Dr. Glasser's major premises
is that "All behavior is purposeful."
Made up of four components:
1. Acting
2. Thinking
3. Feeling
4. Physiology
Seven Connecting Habits
vs. Seven Deadly Habits
Caring Habits Deadly Habits
Supporting Criticizing
Encouraging Blaming
Listening Complaining
Accepting Nagging
Trusting Threatening
Respecting Punishing
Negotiating Bribing or rewarding to
differences control
THE TEN AXIOMS OF CHOICE THEORY
The only person whose behavior we can
control is our own.
All we can give another person is information.
All long-lasting psychological problems are
relationship problems.
The problem relationship is always part of our
present life.
What happened in the past has everything to
do with what we are today, but we can only
satisfy our basic needs right now and plan to
continue satisfying them in the future.
We can only satisfy our needs by satisfying
the pictures in our Quality World.
All we do is behave.
All behavior is Total Behavior and is made
up of four components: acting, thinking, feeling
and physiology.
All Total Behavior is chosen, but we only have
direct control over the acting and thinking
components. We can only control our feeling and
physiology indirectly through how we choose to act
and think.
All Total Behavior is designated by verbs
and named by the part that is the most
recognizable.
“We can not control anyone besides
ourselves. We cannot “make”
students do anything, but we can
influence them to do things that lead to
better behavior and increased
success.”
- William Glasse
We have the choice to choose…..
QUIZ
Aside from your choice of which track
to enroll in, cite an instance in your
daily life wherein you applied
rationality in making a final choice or
decision. Elaborate your answer by
giving not only your choice and the
option/s available but also the reason
for your choice.
