MATERIAL DIMENSIONS OF MAN

In Psychology, emotions are associated with moods. It relates emotions to feelings.Scientifically speaking, it is an extreme form of mental state wherein individual experience arousal, pleasant and unpleasant even physical conditions.

EIGHT EMOTIONS OF MAN ACCORDING TO ROBERT

PLUTCHIK

ANGER

SURPRI

SECURIOSI

TY

DISGU

ST

FEAR

JOY

SADNE

SSACCEPTANC

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It occurs because if the belief that the reason why we experience life’s misfortune is because of the inconsiderate actions of other individuals.

We normally tend to find another person to blame instead of putting the blame on ourselves.

It may be associated with physical and emotional changes that could result into serious physical and emotional illnesses.

ANGER

Is manifested through physical gestures and expressive feelings through smiling, mood of warm inner glow, harmony and peace.

It is also an emotion of great happiness.For Aristotle, he defined happiness as the end goal of

life (eudaimonia- is used to refer to the right actions as those that result in the well-being of an individual.).

Some people believe that happiness can only be appreciated if it is accompanied by pleasure.

JOY

It may come into two forms:Imaginary fear can be explained through phobia or trauma. Real fear may occur if there is a present threat and dangerto the

present emotional and physical status of the individual.

FEAR

According to evolutionary point of view, fear serves as preemptive response to the existing danger.

Fear and anxiety are different. Its distinction lies on the cause of distress.

FEAR-the cause of distress is identified. ANXIETY- distress cannot be identified.

Individuals who have anxiety disorders may feel apprehensive without knowing exactly why.

FEAR

It refers to brief emotion of sorrow.GRIEF refers to sorrowful state for a long period of time.It could be attained in various forms, it can either be

voluntary or involuntary attained through harmful actions, or it could be felt whenever an individual is forced to perform an action against his will.

SADNESS

It occurs if the individual experiences something that is contrary to his taste, view and type of behavior.

It is closely associated with “dislike”It may display physical gestures related to rejection.

DISGUST

It occurs when individual displays a natural inquisitive behavior.

a strong desire to know or learn something.

CURIOSITY

It may proceed after sadness for it normally occurs if the individual experiences physical and emotional loss.

It may also occur if the individual learns to move on with his life.

The perverse form of this emotion is resistance.

ACCEPTANCE

It may occur when the individual experiences an unexpected situation .

It can also manifested through physical gestures such as pair of wide eyes,erratic heart beat, etc.

It can be expressed through following gestures:Raised and high eyebrowsDropped jaw Wide open eye-lids

SURPRISE

EXTERNAL SENSES

SENSE OF SIGHT

It is the visual system includes the eyes.Much of the information we obtain about the world

around us is detected by the visual system.Our education is largely based on visual output and

depends on our ability to read words and numbers.The eye, is the major body organ for the sense of sight,

is composed of eyeball, retina and optic disc.

SENSE OF TASTE

Taste buds are the sensory structures that can detect stimuli.

Taste sensations can be recognized through saliva and taste buds.

The compositions of taste are : sweet,bitter, sour and salty.

SENSE OF SMELL

It occurs in response to airborne molecules called odors that enter the nasal cavity.

Our smelling ability increases to reach a plateau at about the age of eight, and declines in old age. Some researchers claim that our smell-sensitivity begins to deteriorate long before old age, perhaps even from the early 20s.

SENSE OF HEARING

is an organism’s ability to receive mechanical energy in the form of sound waves. 

The auditory nerve carries message from 25,000 receptors in ear to the brain. The brain then makes sense of the messages and tells what sounds you are hearing.

SENSE OF TOUCH

It involves the skin which is considered as the largest body organ.

The concept of touch is the integrated descriptions of temperature, pain and pressure

The sense of touch (which involve pain ,pressure and temperature) should be generally called the skin senses.

INTERNAL SENSES

MEMORYCONSCIOUSNESSINSTINCTIMAGINATION

MEMORY

It refers to the process of remembering things that can be used in the present.

Psychologists have developed different techniques to evaluate/measure the occurrence of memory to the individual.

These methods are normally objective in character (the likes of objective examination format such as fill in the blanks, multiple choice, true or false test, etc.)

CONCIOUSNESS

It refers to the condition wherein the individual appreciates the stimuli coming from the environment as perceived by our senses as well as the various sensations produced by our inner thoughts and feelings.

It is asset of consolidated awareness, recognition and apprehension of various kinds of stimuli.

INSTINCTIt is the ability of man to gear towards

good things and veer away from evil/dangerous ones.

Instincts are also often discussed in relation to motivation; since they can also occur in response to an organism's need to satisfy some innate internal drive tied to survival.

IMAGINATION

Ability to form a clear picture/figure based on perception and understanding.

It also plays a vital role in improving the artistic skill of man. may be defined as the faculty of forming mental images or

representations of material objects, apart from the presence of the latter. 

SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF MAN

HUMAN INTELLECTWILLCONSCIENCE

HUMAN INTELLECT

“knowing the faculty of man”The law of nature mandates man to

responsibly use his rational skills for the common good.

WILL

The powerful weapon of man to determine whether a particular thing/ entity is within the bounds of morality.

Must be within the accepted ideas and principles of human reason.

WILL

Freedom pertains to an act of performing a desired action freely , without any limitation and obstruction while WILL aids us in determining whether this action is not contrary to human reason, moral standards and public policy.

CONSCIENCE

‘inner voice” A man who has conscience usually utilizes his

intellect instead of his will. A function between the intellect and will of man he

renders judgment through his rational skills based on his moral judgment.

FOUR VARIATIONS OF CONSCIENCE

CORRECT/TRUE CONSCIENCE- occurs when judgment is based on facts

ERRONEOUS CONSCIENCE- occurs when the judgment is based on the incorrect and irrational moral principles or applied within the bounds of morality but in correct means.

CERTAIN CONSCIENCE-it is when the judgment is based on an assured fact, without committing any mistake.

DOUBTFUL CONSCIENCE- the agent (the one who will be rendering the judgment) is aware that his judgment may possibly commit a mistake.