The Individual
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Part One of the programme unfolds an integrated and holistic model of the individual person. Each topic builds on and complements the others.
Notably, Spectrum Theory explains how a multilevelled, emergent model of the mind gives rise to its dynamics, psychological needs, drives, and to a new understanding of arousal and consciousness states. The nature of thought and language is a consequence of these dynamics. The programme leads to a view of the ideal human who is reflective, can adopt multiple perspectives and is able to continuously develop.
The programme is arranged over ten sessions:
- Personal identity. The CAB model. Ontological identity and peak experience. Levels of observation. Being threatened. The spectrum of security and threat. Introversion and extraversion. Dynamical nature of self and personality. Ownership. The spectrum of owing and owning.
- The essence of motivation. The spectrum of motivation. The nature of work. The spectrum of work and play. Rest and recreation.
- Planning and explanation. The spectrum of beliefs, truth and facts. The spectrum of values. The executive function of attitudes. The spectrum of attitudes. Qualitative components of a decision.
- The multileveled mind. The learning process. The spectrum of learning styles. The creative process. The spectrum of creativity. Memory. Experience of change. The spectrum of time worlds.
- Concepts and schema. Mental models and problem solving. Basic concepts. Primary metaphor. Metaphorical concepts. Inductive and deductive processes. Intuition. Imagination. The faculty theory of mind.
- The dynamical mind. The spectrum of psychological needs. Rethinking arousal. Drive hierarchy, dominance and recession. Reversal theory. The spectrums of depression and anxiety.
- Affections and aesthetics. Temporaments, moods, sentiments, emotions, interests, sensations and feelings.
- Communication and Language. Languaging. Grammar. Spectrum of sentence components. Spectrum of communication components. Proxemics.
- Intelligence. The spectrum of intelligences. Competence. Spectrum of competencies. Competence related stress.
- The way we develop. Staying sane and dynamically balanced. The development continuum. Locus of control. Spectrum of personal development. Appraisal and development. Spectrum of psychological defences. How we block our own learning and avoid development.
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