General Instability Theory

Question 1

The Primary Affects

Answer 1

delight, alarm, awe

Question 2

The Instabilities

Answer 2

po’a, h’ish, t’, x’i

Question 3

po’a

Answer 3

the representation of experience is always incomplete

Question 4

h’ish

Answer 4

the representation of experience is always inexact

Question 5

t’

Answer 5

the representation of experience is always inaccurate

Question 6

x’i

Answer 6

the representation of experience is always intermittent

Question 7

Organisimic Cycle

Answer 7

Notice, Feel, Animate, Express

Question 8

notice the Other in some aspect; sensing a stimuli; start of organisimic/recursive cycle

Answer 8

noticing

Question 9

internal response to what was noticed (includes emotional and cognitive reactions that body experiences)

Answer 9

feeling

Question 10

reaction of the body to what was felt; preparation for action or response

Answer 10

animating

Question 11

communication back to the Other; response with intent to be noticed

Answer 11

expressing

Question 12

Our construction/representation of the world begins with the perception of _____, out of which emerge ________

Answer 12

difference/distinction; repeating elements

Question 13

Once we identify difference, _________ arises, constituting _______

Answer 13

preference; desire

Question 14

______is about proximity in space of time or person

Answer 14

territory

Question 15

Fundamental Territories (5)

Answer 15

space, time, identity, substance, reality

Question 16

here, present, self, body, reality

Answer 16

Objective or substantial experience

Question 17

there, past/future, other, mind, imagination

Answer 17

transcendent experience

Question 18

Transcendent territories

Answer 18

imagination, dreamworld, playspace, psychosis, sacred/liminal spaces

Question 19

The fundamental phenomenology of territory is ______

Answer 19

possession

Question 20

_____is the act of maintaining territory against instability and invasions of being; the attempt to diminish po’a, h’ish, t’, and x’i

Answer 20

Power

Question 21

The repetitions of difference, preference, and territory, with their expressions of discrepancy, desire, and possession, respectively, lead to _______

Answer 21

history

Question 22

History

Answer 22

the establishment, decay, and disruption of territories over time

Question 23

nascent

Answer 23

not yet born

Question 24

emergent

Answer 24

arising

Question 25

shared constructions of the world

Answer 25

difference, preference, territories, histories

Question 26

wobble of the world is reduced, simplified, and clarified

Answer 26

static equilibrium

Question 27

instability is mastered through complex, active, relational means

Answer 27

dynamic equilibrium

Question 28

aim to decrease movement and degrees of freedom in the environment; leads to restriction/withdrawal; advantage of clarity

Answer 28

static equilibrium

Question 29

attains stability by learning how to maintain balance in response to challenges from the environment

Answer 29

dynamic equilibrium