A Comparative Study of the Choice-Making Model in the Views of Allameh Tabataba'i and William Glasser with Emphasis on Personality Structure and the Quality World

Education is always influenced by the image that philosophical approaches and, consequently, social and psychological approaches present of humans, and in fact, they introduce humans from their own perspective. The present research is in search of an approach that provides correct and realistic knowledge regarding the infrastructures of human choice and behavior. Accordingly, a comparative study of the human choice pattern in the views of Allameh Tabatabai and William Glasser has been conducted with regard to the concepts of form and the desired world. In this research, first, the two concepts of form and the desired world have been defined and explained using a descriptive-analytical method, and then the differences and similarities of these two concepts have been examined using a comparative analysis method. The final step of this research is to compare and extract different educational implications resulting from the two concepts of structure and the desired world using the inferential method. Comparing these two concepts showed that the desired world, as one of the influential infrastructural elements in human choice and behavior, deals only with internal factors. Therefore, Glasser has reached an incomplete understanding of the effective infrastructures in choice and behavior. However, on this issue, Allameh Tabataba'i's view is relevant, considering the concept of structure as one of the important and effective factors in choice and behavior resulting from internal and external factors. Therefore, not only can a complete understanding of the infrastructures of choice and behavior be achieved, but the concept of structure can also be considered as a solid and demonstrative basis for criticizing and monitoring viewpoints such as Glasser's viewpoint.