Life Calling 7 Flashcards by Val 💕

An area or range of personal distinctions characterized by specific qualities

Domain

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The part of the consciousness that involves feeling and the capacity to detect and respond to sensory stimuli

Emotion

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The capacity in our lives that enables us to correctly experience and use feelings and sensibility

Emotional strengths

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The totality of surrounding things, conditions, or influences

Environmental

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Non-rational, internal sensation not connected with sight, hearing taste, smell, or what is classically correlated to touch

Feelings

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Responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli

Sensibility

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Qualities or features that bring power, force, vigor, or sustenance

Strengths

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What does Psalm 37:4 teach us about our emotions ?

The emotions (desires) are a natural part of us and that God wants them to be fulfilled

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What does Psalm 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

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What are the two core desires that an individual seeks ?

To be appreciated

To have a sense of significance

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The ability to read, write, understand, and express yourself is being _________

Literate

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In American culture, Biblical literacy was high from its founding in the late 1400s until when ?

1950s

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What became the primary literacy in American culture from the 1950s until our present day ?

Secular Humanism

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What was the primary reason for this shift ?

The implementations 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

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Is secular humanism a new philosophy, created in just this century?

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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

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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

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What author stated that his grandparents Biblical literacy, (even though they were modest and simple in economic ways), enable them to discuss matters of deep meaning at a level higher his cousins (who all held Master’s Degrees and PHd’s) who lived with the world of humanistic literacy.

Allan Bloom in Closing of the American Mind

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What addictions are found in emotionally unhealthy people, that suffer from:

a. Anger –
b. Anxiety (Worry/Fear) -
c. Depression –

Opiates, Pain Medication, Marijuana
Alcohol
Narcotics (Cocaine)

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What University of Pennsylvania psychologist observed that the change in literacy from the Bible to humanism has led to depression as the cost of modernism?

Martin Seligman

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Explain how the scriptural concept of “hope” is illustrated in the studies given on the success optimistic individuals experience in life.

Through our study of scripture we have learned how to “consider it pure joy when we face trials” because we know that it only when we persevere through our trials that we can build our character and mature. This process gives us hope whenever we face future trials

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Individuals with intrapersonal emotional skills will be able to display which two emotional strengths?

Self-awareness

Self-management

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Individuals with interpersonal emotional skills will be able to display which two emotional strengths?

Self-awareness

Relationship-management

Who is the individual who did a study on the differences in how optimistic and pessimistic individuals respond to failure?

Martin Seligman

What is the interpersonal manner an optimistic person will respond to failure?

View the situation as something that can be changed

What is the interpersonal manner a pessimistic person will respond to failure?

Find who to blame for the failure and attached it to conditions outside their control – which they determine will not change.

What is the intrapersonal manner an optimistic person will respond to failure?

View the situation as an opportunity to grow and mature (which is the ONLY place you can develop your Emotional Intelligence)

What is the intrapersonal manner a pessimistic person will respond to failure?

View the situation as an example of a PERSONAL defect that can’t be corrected

What is an external locus of control?

the belief that life and behavior is ruled by other people / external circumstances

What is an internal locus of control?

the belief that life and behavior is ruled by their own personal decisions and actions

What are the name of the two professors listed in our textbook as proposing the concept of emotional intelligence

John Mayer, University of New Hampshire | Peter Salovey, Yale University

What is the name of the author of the best-selling book entitled Emotional Intelligence?

Daniel Goleman

List the 8 Characteristics given from the book used in class that describes the abilities people with high emotional intelligence possess:

``` Motivate oneself Persist in the face of frustrations Control impulse Delay gratification Regulate one’s mood Keeping distress from swamping your ability to think To empathize To hope ```

Who wrote Emotional Intelligence 2.0, in order to provide a simpler understanding of emotional intelligence?

Travis Bradberry

What are the nine behaviors that the author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0, list that emotionally intelligence people will not do?

``` They won’t let anyone limit their joy They won’t forget They won’t die in a fight They won’t prioritize perfection They won’t live in the past They won’t dwell on problems They won’t hang around negative people They won’t hold grudges They won’t say yes unless they really want to ```

What is the only way you can improve your emotional intelligence?

By identifying where you are suffering from the effects of lacking the skill, making a change not to think/do it, and DOING the correct emotional adjustment

Studies have shown that having high EQ (Emotional Intelligence) is a better indicator of future success that having a high _______

“Right” is defined by what you have _______ in.

Faith

And this is the opportunity to impact the culture by choosing not to follow the secular call of ___________ , but rather the call from God to ___________

competitive performance/appearance | serve in love

The identification of the mood requires a_________ of understanding that your _________ to explain what “mood you’re in” is limited by your__________ to express yourself – your emotional literacy:

``` Humility Ability Ability Vocabulary (reading, studying, etc) Exposure to moods (through media, family, etc) ```

Where is the place where your emotional literacy (your schooling) begins?

Family

What are the five (5) base skills that are the foundation of your emotional schooling?

``` Learn how to feel about yourself How others react to your feelings How to think about your feelings Choices we have in reacting to our feelings How to read and express hopes and fears ```

According to our textbook, the basis for emotional intelligence is made up of what four (4) skills or strengths?

Identifying and Expressing emotions Use or Generate emotions Understand Emotions Manage Emotions

When you are able to discern between different types of emotion, you show the skill of how to:

Identify and express emotions

When you are able to analyze the possible causes of emotions and predict what kind of emotions people will have in different situations, you show the skill of how to:

Understand emotions

When you have the ability to regulate your emotions in yourself and other people, you show the skill of how to:

Manage emotions

When you have the ability to know which emotions or moods are best for any given situation, you show the skill of how to:

Use or generate emotions

When you have the ability to recognize the level of intensity of the emotion present, you show the skill of how to:

Identify and express emotions

If you are an individual who does not know how to express feelings, then you likely have a hard time:

Identify and express emotions

If you are an individual who does not know how feelings influence thinking, then you likely have a hard time:

Use or generate emotions

If you are an individual who gets more and more frustrated about the whole quiz each time you miss one of these multiple choice questions, then you likely have a hard time:

Manage emotions

If you are an individual who is confused why your casual comments upset people, then you likely have a hard time:

Understand emotions

If you are an individual who can't ever seem to motivate others, then you likely have a hard time:

Use or generate emotions

If you are an individual who gets quiet and pulls away from people after being rejected, then you likely have a hard time:

Identify and express emotions

He was quoted in ______ as saying “For the last thirty or forty years we’ve seen the ascendance of __________ and a waning of larger beliefs in ______, and in supports from the _______ and ______. That means a loss of ________ that can buffer you against ______ and ________. To the extent you see a failure as something that is lasting and which you magnify to taint everything in your life, you are prone to let a momentary defeat become a lasting source of _______. But if you have a larger perspective, like a belief in God and an afterlife, and you lose your job, it’s just a _________.”

``` 1994 individualism Religion Community Extended family Resources Setbacks Failures Hopelessness Temporary defeat ```

In their definition of Emotional Intelligence, the professors stated that "emotions allow you to _____ yourself and others (with the skill of ______) You can then ________ among those emotions as information to guide one's ______ and _______

``` Monitor Empathy Discriminate Thinking Actions ```