Constructivist Theory
Constructivist theory: is how people are able to learn. People construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world through experiencing things and reflecting on their experiences.
Postmodern Psychology: states that awareness of the validity of multiple perspectives makes it hard to look for one objective. The concepts of the truth, honesty and authenticity are subjective are based on the individuals perception of the world, it’s also constructed by the individual experiences and what the person perceives as right.
There are five basic themes of constructivism:
Active agency: This is where we become active participants in shaping our lives, through the choices and actions we make.
Order: A person look for order and organization to make some kind of meaning of their experiences. But you don’t want too much order where you can have emotional over control, and to little can lead to the loss of balance and direction.
Self and identity: this is self-quality which include self- concept, body images, self-esteem and self-reflection and comfort.
Social- symbolic processes: This is order, meaning, identity which comes from the social interaction and symbolic processing that we do.
Dynamic dialectical development: this is when a person’s experience can lead to organization or disorganization. But we look for balance and don’t like change.
Treatment:
There are seven stages of treatment
Identifying a solvable complaint: This is the first to treatment this develops goals, and interventions that promotes change.
1. Establishing goals: this is continued thought out the treatment processes
2. When designing an intervention: the therapist must draw on both understanding of their client and creative use of treatment and strategies that will encourage change.
3. Strategic task: this promotes change and it’s also in writing where the client can see and agree to change.
There are three task that a client shows there motivation
6. Stabilization: is helping a person consolidate their gains and try to keep it in a positive and effective direction.
7. Finally, termination of treatment occurs: After the client has accomplish their goals.
Constructivist theory: is how people are able to learn. People construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world through experiencing things and reflecting on their experiences.
Postmodern Psychology: states that awareness of the validity of multiple perspectives makes it hard to look for one objective. The concepts of the truth, honesty and authenticity are subjective are based on the individuals perception of the world, it’s also constructed by the individual experiences and what the person perceives as right.
There are five basic themes of constructivism:
Active agency: This is where we become active participants in shaping our lives, through the choices and actions we make.
Order: A person look for order and organization to make some kind of meaning of their experiences. But you don’t want too much order where you can have emotional over control, and to little can lead to the loss of balance and direction.
Self and identity: this is self-quality which include self- concept, body images, self-esteem and self-reflection and comfort.
Social- symbolic processes: This is order, meaning, identity which comes from the social interaction and symbolic processing that we do.
Dynamic dialectical development: this is when a person’s experience can lead to organization or disorganization. But we look for balance and don’t like change.
Treatment:
There are seven stages of treatment
Identifying a solvable complaint: This is the first to treatment this develops goals, and interventions that promotes change.
1. Establishing goals: this is continued thought out the treatment processes
2. When designing an intervention: the therapist must draw on both understanding of their client and creative use of treatment and strategies that will encourage change.
3. Strategic task: this promotes change and it’s also in writing where the client can see and agree to change.
There are three task that a client shows there motivation
- Visitors or window shoppers
- Complainants
- If the clients are customers that wants it find their own
solutions.
6. Stabilization: is helping a person consolidate their gains and try to keep it in a positive and effective direction.
7. Finally, termination of treatment occurs: After the client has accomplish their goals.