Henricia from New Hampshire
From: "Andrew Phelps" <starfish@northcoast.com>
To: <s-acc@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat 08/30/08 02:51 PM
Subject: Re: [s-acc] Re: seven views of time
Vvv wrote:
But typically one gets habits which are adjusted to fit the social demands provided. And those are not generally 'freedom' and 'dignity'. If we want to speak to folks with this kind of "bad habit," or if we want to "be ourselves" we need to take the responsibility for the habits we've learned
Would you give examples of what some of these "bad habits" are that "we've learned" that are displayed in "day treatment." It would help me better understand what you are alluding to here.
There are conventional psychological ways of describing this kind of phenomenology. People become better at 'complying', at accommodation of negativities and attitudes they don't like. They become more reluctant to speak up for their 'freedom' and 'dignity'. You can surely catalog various "compliant behavior patterns" that you've seen many times in these situations.
Yvette Sangster says in her CD from Recovery, Inc., "If I hear the word 'compliance' one more time, I'll scream!"
The point of Zimbardo's social psychological promotion of 'attitude' as referenced/framed by these "seven views" is that compliance is limiting and/or deadening and "real motivation" goes "under the surface." Behavior management is generally measured by "RT" which means reaction time; here he is showing how to get to the framing that determines an individual's RT. "Good habits" involve [a] setting one's adherence to 'freedom' and 'dignity' such that one's
TIMING is part of one's responsibility, and [b] doing so in a way that is positive, that is socially accountable.
Andrew