1. CHOICE
THEORY
Presented by:
Rowena B.Vargas

2. 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

3. 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, asa form of internal control psychology, as
opposed to external control psychologyopposed to external control psychology
 Student behaviour is determined by student
choice, not teacher control

4. “Students will not willingly engage
in schoolwork unless if offers
interesting activities to meet their
basic needsbasic needs for security, belonging,
power, fun and freedom.”
- William Glasser
CHOICE THEORY

5. Five Components…

6. Human Basic NeedsHuman Basic Needs……
 SurvivalSurvival – physical needs, food, water,– physical needs, food, water,
securitysecurity
 Love and belongingLove and belonging – connecting with other– connecting with other
people that are important to youpeople that are important to you
 PowerPower – success, acknowledgement from– success, acknowledgement from
others, achievementothers, achievement
 FreedomFreedom – to have choices and control in– to have choices and control in
your life…freedom from…. And freedom to…your life…freedom from…. And freedom to…
 FunFun – laughter, the genetic reward for– laughter, the genetic reward for
learninglearning

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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

11. Caring Habits
 Supporting
 Encouraging
 Listening
 Accepting
 Trusting
 Respecting
 Negotiating differences
Deadly Habits
 Criticizing
 Blaming
 Complaining
 Nagging
 Threatening
 Punishing
 Bribing or rewarding to
control
Seven Connecting Habits
vs. Seven Deadly Habits

12.  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.
THE TEN AXIOMS OF
CHOICE THEORY

13.  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.

14. “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 Glasser

15. We have the choice to choose…..
Thank you