UTS Flashcards
a comprehensive
study of truth
Philosophy
Philo comes from the Greek Word meaning ______ and the Latin word Sophia meaning _______
“love of”
“wisdom”
means “love of
wisdom” and the search of truth.
Philosophy
WHO: “An unexamined life is not worth living”
Socrates
WHO: “Know Yourself” –tells each man to bring his inner self to light
Socrates
WHO: The Ideal Self, Perfect Self
Plato
WHO: man was omniscient before he came to be born into this world.
Plato
WHO: Man is of a bifurcated nature.
St. Augustine
WHO: The body is bound to die on earth and the soul is to anticipate living eternally in a realm of spiritual bliss in communion with God.
St. Augustine
WHO: Man is composed of two parts: matter and form
Thomas Aquinas
WHO: The soul is what animates the body; it is what makes us humans.
Thomas Aquinas
WHO: Cogito ergo sum “I think
therefore, I am”
Rene Descartes
WHO: Scottish philosopher, empiricist
David Hume
WHAT: the thing that thinks, which is the mind
Cogito
WHAT: extension of the mind, which is the body
Extenza
WHO: The Self is nothing else but a bundle of impressions.
David Hume
WHO: knowledge can only be possible if it is sensed and experienced. Men can only attain knowledge by experiencing (EMPIRICISM)
David Hume
WHO: Impressions and Ideas
David Hume
WHO: Impressions are basic objects of our experience or sensation
David Hume
WHO: Ideas are copies of impressions, they are not lively and vivid as our impressions.
David Hume
WHO: There is a necessarily a mind that organize the impressions that men get from the external world
Immanuel Kant
WHO: “Apparatuses of the mind” and “the self”
Immanuel Kant
WHO: We construct the self
Immanuel Kant
WHO: He solved the mind-body dichotomy by blatantly denying the concept of an internal, non-physical self.
Gilbert Ryle
WHO: What truly matters is the behavior that a person manifests in his day-to-day life.
Gilbert Ryle
WHO: *He suggests that the self is simply the convenient name that people use to refer to all the behaviors that people make.
Gilbert Ryle
WHO: The mind and body are so intertwined that they cannot be separated from one another.
Merleau-Ponty
WHO: The living body, his thoughts, emotions, and experiences are all one.
Merleau-Ponty
INTERACTIONS OR RELATIONSHIPS: mutual and reciprocal exchange of communication or action between two or more persons or groups
INTERACTIONS
INTERACTIONS OR RELATIONSHIPS: an established connection, kinship, or attachment between persons or groups that bind them together.
RELATIONSHIPS
WHAT: It refers to forming impressions and making judgments about another person’s likeability after seeing or meeting him/her.
Person Perception
Person Perception assessment involves…
- What kind of person one is
- Traits
- Behaviors
WHAT: This refer to spoken and unspoken rules for behaving in particular situations.
SOCIAL NORMS
_________ in social behavior serve to guide or regulate the manner in which people conduct themselves.
Norms
WHAT: Refers to yielding to group pressure to act as everyone does, even when no direct request has been made
Conformity
WHAT: It is the tendency to behave like others do.
Conformity
Factors of conformity
- Size of the group
- Unanimous groups
- Culture
- Gender
WHAT: Among the most important aspects of our lives. They can be positive or conflicted, but lack of this could be the worst of all, as it creates loneliness.
Relationships
WHAT: Refers to being comfortable with another person.
Familiarity
Research has shown that people like to associate with others who are similar to them in terms of:
- Attitudes
- Behavior patterns
- Personal characteristics
- Taste in fashion or clothes
- Intelligence
- Personality etc.
WHAT: may lead to deeper relationships
Attraction
WHAT: One person may be drawn or attracted to another due to reasons like similarities or differences in interests, personality, characteristics, life goals, and lifestyles.
Attraction
WHAT: Special attachment one has for himself/herself or for somebody else.
LOVE
Three common kinds of love.
- Romantic Love
- Affectionate Love
- Consummate Love
COMMON KINDS OF LOVE: passionate love
Romantic Love
COMMON KINDS OF LOVE: companionate love
Affectionate Love
COMMON KINDS OF LOVE: This ideal form of love involves passion, intimacy, and commitment.
Consummate Love
WHO and WHEN was the TRIANGULAR THEORY OF LOVE made?
Robert Sternberg, 1985
WHAT: beliefs that predispose people to act and feel in certain ways towards people, objects, or ideas. They can either be positive or negative.
Attitudes
ATTITUDES: is reflected in a happy, pleasant or optimistic disposition.
Positive Attitudes
ATTITUDES: is associated with pessimism or a general feeling of dislike
Negative Attitude
3 Distinct features of an attitude
- Belief
- Feelings
- Disposition
How Attitudes Originate
- Direct experience
- Modeling and reinforcements
WHAT: an over-generalized, widely accepted opinion, notion, image or idea about a person, place, or thing.
Stereotypes
WHAT: it’s a common ‘misconception’ associated with traits of individuals or groups.
Stereotypes
We use stereotypes to simplify our social world and reduce the amount of processing (i.e. thinking) we have to do when meeting a new person by categorizing them under a _________ of similar attributes, features, or attitudes that we observe.
‘preconceived marker’
NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES
- Prejudice
- Discrimination
NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES: an unfair, biased, or intolerant attitude or opinion
Prejudice
NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES: the specific unfair behavior or treatment
Discrimination
DISCRIMINATION: against people based on their skin color or ethnic heritage
Racism
DISCRIMINATION: against people because of their gender
Sexism
