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   %THEORY INFLUENCE EDUCATION CRIME ADDICT STUDENT 900121

     Efforts  to  influence  the  behavior  of   students,
addicts  and  criminals are all based upon  some  implicit
theory   regarding   inter-personal   relationships    and
influence.  Some assumptions are made regarding cause  and
effect in inter-personal relationships; but rarely are the
assumptions carefully tested or considered to see if it is
wise  to continue to assume that it is helpful to  believe
them.

     Often  people assume that it is possible  to  control
the behavior of others; by promises of rewards, by threats
of  punishment,  by rational argumentation,  etc.  Not  as
often  do  people examine the  assumptions  and  attitudes
which  characterize the people whom they wish to  control.
The    essential    relationships    are    inter-personal
relationships  which are not fully defined by the beliefs,
desires,   convictions,   and  intentions  of  people   in
positions of authority. Equally important are the beliefs,
desires, convictions, and intentions of the people who are
the focus of the concern of the authorities.

     Many criminals,  addicts, and students behave in ways
which  are  guided by considerations  other  than  reason,
logic,  and attention to likely consequences. To influence
such people we need to understand how they perceive, think
about,   and respond to the world as they know it.  It  is
counter-productive  to assume that what would influence us
will influence them in the same way.  We should not expect
them to respond to our behavior as we would respond to the
same behavior towards us on the part of other authorities.
It  is futile to say that they should respond to us as  we
think that they should.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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