Life Calling Chapter 8 Flashcards by Deborah Killam

3 learning styles

1) Visual
2) Auditory
3) Kinesthetic

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10 intellectual capacities

Verbal
Quantitative
Image
Auditory
Short term memory
Long term memory
Reasoning
Processing
Reaction
Informational

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In following our life calling the way God has called us to, we have __________, resulting in _________

Congruency, peace

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What is the hard part about a life calling?

Discovering it

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A question to ask when you’re in pursuit of your life calling is: is my __________ and _________ congruent with the ______________?

Capacity, style, profession I’m pursuing?

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What are the 5 types of stimuli?

1) Environmental
2) Emotional
3) Sociological
4) Physical
5) Psychological

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4 types of environmental stimuli

Sound, light, temperature, design

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4 types of emotional stimuli

Motivation, persistence, responsibility, structure

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3 types of sociological stimuli

Self, pair, or team, feedback from authority, variety vs. routine

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4 types of physical stimuli

Perceptual, intake, time, mobility

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3 types of psychological stimuli

Global/analytic, right/left hemisphere, impulsive/reflective

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3 categories of intellectual disciplines

1) Those we use to discover knowledge
2) Those we use to process the knowledge into an understanding of truth
3) Those we use to apply the truth after we understand it

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4 discovery disciplines

Curiosity, teachable spirit, persistence, humility

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4 process disciplines

Integrity, critical thinking, patience, humility

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4 application disciplines

Courage, systematic thinking, advancement, humility

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What concept discussed in class does the discovery, process, application model directly relate to?

Identify, sharpen, apply

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What was the example given for Daniel 1:17 insight?

Do you believe God is preparing you for an important future moment? (Talent and story is your testimony)

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What was the example given for Proverbs 3:5-8 insight?

God-centered vs. I-centered model, filter your knowledge through Scripture and decide how to respond from there (love)

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What is the importance/significance of humility in the discovery, process, application model?

Vertical model: too high-pride, too low-depression, we have to realize it’s not all about us

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Describe Howard Gardner’s theory.

Multiple intelligences- intelligence isn’t narrowly defined by how you perform in a specific area/ on a specific assessment (SAT/ACT scores)

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3 things intellectual strengths are based on

1) We shouldn’t try to understand things on our own
2) When we acknowledge the Lord in all our ways, He will make our paths straight
3) True intellectual strength is built upon a rightful estimate of God and the role He plays in our minds

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2 things true intellectual strengths are affected by

Our learning style and our preferred learning atmosphere

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“To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.”

Daniel 1:17

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“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

Proverbs 1:7

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.”

Proverbs 3:5-8

“Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold."

Proverbs 3:13-14

The ability to read and write, remember, and think with words

Verbal capacity

The ability to recognize, manipulate, comprehend, remember and think with quantitative concepts and relationships

Quantitative capacity

The ability to perceive, analyze, synthesize, remember and think with visual patterns

Image capacity

The ability to detect, analyze, synthesize and discriminate auditory stimuli, especially those related to speech

Auditory capacity

The ability to store and recall information within a few minutes

Short-term memory

The ability to store information and to efficiently retrieve it later in the thinking process

Long-term memory

The ability to form concepts and solve problems

Reasoning capacity

The speed with which an individual can perform automatic cognitive tasks

Processing capacity

The immediacy with which an individual can react to stimuli or a task

Reaction capacity

The amount of specific information acquired and retained by an individual

Informational capacity

A strong desire to learn more about something

Curiosity

A willingness and eagerness to learn

Teachable spirit

A firm and steadfast, continual search for knowledge and truth

Persistence

A modest view of one’s own importance pertaining to the possession of knowledge

Discovery humility

The quality or condition of interpreting information collected with honesty

Integrity

The mental process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion

Critical thinking

The capability of calmly awaiting an outcome or result even in the face of obstacles or challenges

Patience

A modest view of one’s own importance pertaining to the possession of understanding

Process humility

The quality of spirit that enables a person to face the unknown or new ideas without fear of implications or repercussions

Courage

The mental process of formulating concepts into an organized set of interrelated ideas or principles that can be applied to life

Systematic thinking

The application of an understanding of knowledge to improve on what was already known

Advancement

A modest view of one’s own importance pertaining to thrusting one’s own understanding on others

Application humility

Be able to distinguish differences between characteristics of learning styles: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.

Pages 93-94 in Chapter 8 Activities

The assets in our lives that give us the capacity to acquire, process, and understand information

Intellectual strengths

to make use of as relevant and important to a situation or action

Apply

observing and learning about something for the first time in one’s experience

Discovery

an area or range of personal distinctness characterized by specific qualities

Domain

ongoing process that is constantly making progress in a positive manner

Ever-expanding

perceive the meaning of something learned; grasp the idea of its significance; comprehend

Understand

capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity

Intelligence

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

Strengths

the power to discern and judge properly what is true or right or of moral value

Wisdom

"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death."

Albert Einstein