Chpater 7 Flashcards
an area or range of personal distinctions characterized by specific qualities.
Domain
that part of the consciousness that involves feeling and the capacity to detect and respond to sensory stimuli.
Emotion
the capacity in our lives that enables us to correctly experience and use feelings and sensibility.
Emotional strengths
the totality of surrounding things, conditions, or influences.
Environment
non-rational, internal sensation not connected with sight, hearing taste, smell, or what is classically correlated to touch.
Feeling
responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
Sensibility
qualities or features that bring power, force, vigor, or sustenance.
Strengths
What does Psalm 37:4 teach us about our emotions?
That emotions (desires) are a natural part of us and that God wants them to be fulfilled.
What does Romans 12:1-3 teach us about the relationship between emotions and the mind?
That the pattern of this world is designed to fulfill our I-centered desires. It teaches us that we are to renew (change) our mind and focus upon what God’s plan (will) for our life is – His good, pleasing, perfect will.
What are the two core desires that an individual seeks?
To be appreciated and to have a sense of significance
The ability to read, write, understand, and express yourself is being?
Literate
In American culture, Biblical literacy was high from its founding in the late 1400s until when?
1950s
What became the primary literacy in American culture from the 1950s until our present day?
Secular humanism
What was the primary reason for this shift into secular humanism in the 1950s?
The implementation of secular humanism in government schools (as proposed by the Humanist Manifesto of 1933 and spearheaded by John Dewey, the American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform.
Is secular humanism a new philosophy, created in just this century?
No
What is the secular humanistic philosophy described in the Bible as fulfillment of one’s emotional desires and feelings as the focus of life?
Epicurean
What is the secular humanistic philosophy described in the Bible as fulfillment of one’s logical mind with structure and order as the focus of life?
Stoic