Human Behavior Chapter 6

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Ecocentric

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Perspective that the ecosphere and everything on earth has its own intrinsic worth and should be valued and cared for, including Earth (Gaia) itself; recognition that humans are only one part of interconnected life.

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Faith

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As defined in Fowler's Theory of faith development, a generic feature of the human search for meaning that provides a centering orientation from which to live one's life. May or may not be based in religious expression.

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Faith stages

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Distinct levels of faith development, each with particular characteristics, emerging strengths, and potential dangers. Fowler identified seven faith stages in his theory of faith development.

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First force therapies

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Therapies based on dynamic theories of human behavior with the prime concern being solving instinctual conflicts by developing insights.

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Four quadrants

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From Wilber's integral theory, the four most important dimensions of existence.

♡The upper left quad represents the interior of the individuals or the subjective aspects of consciousness or awareness.

♡The upper right quad represents the exterior of individuals, including the objective bio and behavioral aspects.

♡The lower left represents the interior of collectives or the values, meanings, worldviews, and ethics shared by groups of individuals.

♡The lower right represents the exterior, material dimension of collectives, including the social systems and the environment.

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Fourth force therapies

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Therapies that specifically target the spiritual dimension, focusing on helping the person let go of ego attachments and transcend the self through various spiritually based practices.

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Fulcrum

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In Wilber's full spectrum model of consciousness, a specific turning point in development, where the person must go through a three step process of fusion/differentiation/integration in order to move from one level of consciousness to another

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Ideology (personal)

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A particular body of ideas or outlook; a person's specific worldview

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Levels of consciousness

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From Wilber's integral theory, overall stages of awareness and being; moving from the prepersonal to the personal and transpersonal phases, each with multiple levels of development

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Lines of consciousness

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From Wilber's integral theory, the approximately two dozen relatively independent development lines or streams that can evolve at different rates, wirh different dynamics, and on different time schedules; examples include cognitive, moral, interpersonal, self-identity, and socioemotional capacity.

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Religion

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A systematic set of beliefs, practices, and traditions experienced within a particular social institution over time.

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Second force therapies

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Therapies based on behavioral theories; they focus on learned habits and seek to remove symptoms through various processes of direct learning

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Self-system

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In Wilber's full spectrum model of consciousness, the active self or person who moves through the stages of consciousness and mediates between the basic and transitional structures of development

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Spiritual bypassing

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Use of spiritual beliefs or practices to avoid dealing in any significant depth with unresolved issues and related emotional and behavioral problems; includes attempts to prematurely transcend the ego

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Spirituality

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A search for purpose, meaning, and connection among oneself, other people, the universe, and the ultimate reality, which can be experienced within either a religious or nonreligious framework

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States of consciousness

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From Wilber's integral theory, an understanding of experience that includes both ordinary (walking, sleeping, and dreaming) and nonordinary experiences (peak experiences, religious experiences, altered states, and meditative or contemplative states)

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Third force therapies

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Therapies rooted in experiential/humanistic/existential/ theories that focus on helping a person deal with existential despair and that seek the actualization of the person's potential through techniques grounded in immediate experiencing

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Transpersonal approach

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An approach to human behavior that includes levels of consciousness or spiritual development that move beyond rational-individualted-personal personhood to a sense of self that transcends the mind/body ego-- a self-identity that also referred to as transegoic

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Ultimate environment

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Conceptualizations of the highest level of reality, understood differently by persons at various levels of spiritual development or consciousness

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Worldcentric

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Identification beyond the "me" (egocentric), or the "us" (ethnocentric), and concern for "all of us" (worldcentric), or the entire global human family; a moral stance characteristic of higher levels of spiritual development