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Controlling people : the paradoxical nature of being human / Richard S. Marken and Timothy A. Carey.

Controlling people : the paradoxical nature of being human / Richard S. Marken and Timothy A. Carey.
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Record Number 19271
ISBN 9781922117649
Location 158.2 MAR
Author Marken, Richard S. (author.).
Title Controlling people : the paradoxical nature of being human / Richard S. Marken and Timothy A. Carey.
Portion of title Paradoxical nature of being human.
Published Samford Valley, QLD : Australian Academic Press, 2015.
©2015.
Collation x, 154 pages ; 22 cm.
General Note PSD - Professor Stephen Dinham Collection
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-153)
Contents Note Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 We Are All Controlling People -- ch. 2 The Nature of Controlling -- ch. 3 Perceptual Control Theory: How Purposeful Behavior Works -- ch. 4 We Contain Multitudes -- ch. 5 Zen and the Art of Controlling -- ch. 6 People Who Control People (Including Themselves) -- ch. 7 Conflict and Control: People at Cross Purposes -- ch. 8 Resolving Conflict: Going Up a Level -- ch. 9 Freedom and Control -- ch. 10 Living with Our Own Controlling Nature.
Summary Note “We need to strive for a world where people control what is important to themselves while minimizing the controlling of others.” We are all controlling people. In fact our feelings of wellbeing depend on staying in control. Just as when we drive a car, we must stay in control in everyday life in order to keep the things we care about going in the right direction. Yet this natural controlling behavior is sometimes the very reason we end up losing control. This happens when we try to control other people as well as when we try to control ourselves. So how do we do better? Based on Perceptual Control Theory (PCT), this entertaining and enlightening book by psychologists Richard S. Marken and Timothy A. Carey explores the paradox of why we often lose control by trying to be in control and why our controlling nature makes it difficult to stop this self-defeating behavior. They show that understanding PCT opens the window to understanding and learning about ourselves as controlling people and equips us to lead more effective and satisfying lives.--cover.
Target Audience Adult.
Subject Perceptual control theory
Control (Psychology)
Human behavior
Interpersonal relations
Control (Psychology)
Perceptual control theory
Human behavior
Australian
Australian.
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