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Perspective Transformation

Perspective Transformation is to view something in a different way that you did not before through a life changing experience. To communicate differently by considering psychological and biological behaviors that might affect someone’s behavior. The Transformational learning theory states that,Transformational learning is defined as learning that induces more far-reaching change in the learner than other kinds of learning, especially learning experiences which shape the learner and produce a significant impact, or paradigm shift, which affects the learner's subsequent experiences, according to Jack Mezirow.

A prime example would be becoming a Parent: When a child views their parent or parents they gain an idea or image of how a parent should treat a child. The child analyzes the image and the behavior of the parent or parents, to act accordingly to how they have been raised. This becomes the child biological nature and the child uses the behavior that he or she was taught. To determine how he or she will act as an adult. In an instance a child may disagree with how he or she was raised, and decide consciously how he or she will treat their child. The upcoming child may decide as a parent that he or she may raise their child differently due to life changing experiences. In the mean time, the child becomes a parent and realizes that the way he or she was taught was to benefit their upbringing. Therefore, the child that has become the parent, treat his or her child accordingly to how he or she was raised, because his or her view as a parent is no longer in a child’s perspective.

Perspective

Perspective (per•spec•tive) 1. a. A view or vista. b. A mental view or outlook: "It is useful occasionally to look at the past to gain a perspective on the present" (Fabian Linden). 2. The appearance of objects in depth as perceived by normal binocular vision. 3. a. The relationship of aspects of a subject to each other and to a whole: a perspective of history; a need to view the problem in the proper perspective. b. Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view: the perspective of the displaced homemaker. c. The ability to perceive things in their actual interrelations or comparative importance: tried to keep my perspective throughout the crisis. 4. The technique of representing three-dimensional objects and depth relationships on a two-dimensional surface. Adj. Of, relating to, seen, or represented in perspective.5

Example of Perspective

Teacher and Student: Throughout a student’s school career, the student goes to class, do what her or she is assigned, and fulfill the needs of the teacher if the student desires. The student becomes fully aware what his or her expectations are for the class; however, it’s up to that student to fulfill what is required in the class to become a full academic achieved student. In the mean time, some students do not feel as if he or she needs to do what the teacher has instructed; due to lack of encouragement, motivation or desire to complete what is necessary.

However, the student gets older and may realize that what the teacher was trying to get the student to accomplish may have helped him or her excel a challenge that he or she has faced recently in life. The child may realize now as an adult, which the teachings of the teacher were meant to help him or her throughout life. Instead, of the student considering the teachings to be misleading and indirect. The student now as an adult feel like the teacher was only trying to be helpful and educate the student, so that he or she would be able to grow and accomplish his or her goals. The student now understands the teacher’s perspective.

Process of Transformation

Conscious In Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality, the conscious mind includes everything that is inside of our awareness. This is the aspect of our mental processing that we can think and talk about in a rational way.The conscious mind includes such things as the sensations, perceptions, memories, feeling and fantasies inside of our current awareness. Closely allied with the conscious mind is the preconscious, which includes the things that we are not thinking of at the moment but which we can easily draw into conscious awareness.

Unconscious In Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality, the unconscious mind is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that outside of our conscious awareness. Most of the contents of the unconscious are unacceptable or unpleasant, such as feelings of pain, anxiety, or conflict. According to Freud, the unconscious continues to influence our behavior and experience, even though we are unaware of these underlying influences.

Transformational Learning

Theories of Transformational Learning

The study of transformational learning emerged with the work of Jack Mezirow (1981, 1994, and 1997). Transformational learning is defined as learning that induces more far-reaching change in the learner than other kinds of learning, especially learning experiences which shape the learner and produce a significant impact, or paradigm shift, which affects the learner's subsequent experiences (Clark, 1993).

Perspective Transformational Learning Example

HIV/AIDS Stories on the World Wide Web and Transformation Perspective (Shaheed N. Mohammed and Avinash Thombre) Survivor stories have been an important part of therapy and social support for persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS (PLWHAs), and the World Wide Web has made these stories accessible to a vast audience. These stories are examined in the light of the concept of "transformation perspective" defined as a self-communicative experience that changes an individual's life so that priorities and self-identity are refocused. The trigger event that alters the individual's life might be a diagnosis with cancer, HIV, diabetes, or some other serious illness; divorce; financial tragedy; unemployment; or retirement. The "disorienting dilemma," according to Mezirow, leads to self-examination, and thus to changes in the individual's frame of reference. The present study found that PLWHA's stories with more details were more likely to reflect transformation perspective.

Other Perspectives Defined

Biological Perspective The approach to identifying causes of behavior that focuses on the functioning of the genes, the brain, the nervous system, and the endocrine system.

The Cognitive Perspective During the 1960s, a new perspective known as cognitive psychology began to take hold. Known today as the "cognitive revolution," this area of psychology focuses on mental processes such as memory, thinking, problem solving, language and decision-making. Influenced by psychologists such as Jean Piaget and Albert Bandura, this perspective has grown tremendously in recent decades.

The Humanistic Perspective During the 1950s, a school of thought known as humanistic psychology emerged. Influenced greatly by the work of prominent humanists such as Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow, this perspective emphasizes the role of motivation on thought and behavior. Concepts such as self-actualization are an essential part of this perspective.

The Psychodynamic Perspective The psychodynamic perspective originated with the work of Sigmund Freud. This perspective emphasizes the role of the unconscious mind, early childhood experiences, and interpersonal relationships to explain human behavior and to treat people suffering from mental illnesses.

Summary

While, the Perspective Transformation is to view something in a different way that you did not before through a life changing experience. To communicate differently by considering psychological and biological behaviors that might affect someone’s behavior. The perspective transformation can occur for several different reasons: tragedies, personal experiences, maturity, logical reasoning, accomplishments, failures, mistreatment and scientific reasoning. These can contribute to a perspective transformation, because in some cases it takes one to experience what someone went through to involve, what the feelings implicate. Although we all live different lives and come from different cultural backgrounds, the process of Perspective Transformation has taken place in our lifetime. For one to experience some type of Perspective Transformation an individual must experience a personal story, special emotion, or a life changing event. Therefore, we must understand that learning is growing, and learning takes place through perspective and transformation is processed through growing.

References

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