Psychology 409b
October 3, 2006
Outline 3: Unity 7&
8
By Christina Afonin
Instructions
for this activity are found at:
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy25/g25-oral1.htm
Instructor:
Dr. Leon James
Leon
James (2006). Seminar on the Unity Model of Marriage for G25.
Sections 7 & 8. Online at: www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy25/409b-g25-lecture-notes.htm
i.
Contains the threefold self
1.
Sensorimotor
2.
Cognitive
3.
Affective
ii.
And the model that governs their interactions
1.
dominance
a.
corporeal mentality
2.
equity
a.
sensuous mentality
3.
unity
a.
rational mentality
iii.
The 9 stages that make up the conjunction
1.
Sensorimotor
a.
(1) Dominance Corporeal Acts
b.
(4) Equity Sensuous Acts
c.
(7) Unity Rational Acts
2.
Cognitive
a.
(2) Dominance Corporeal Acts
b.
(5) Equity Sensuous Acts
c.
(8) Unity Rational Acts
3.
Affective
a.
(3) Dominance Corporeal Acts
b.
(6) Equity Sensuous Acts
c.
(9) Unity Rational Acts
i.
Dominance Model
1.
Corporeal Acts
a.
Sensorimotor Corporeal
i.
Sensations and pleasures felt as a consequence of maintaining control
over partner
b.
Cognitive Corporeal
i.
Involved with thoughts of how to pressure partner to cooperate and be
non-resisting
c.
Affective Corporeal
i.
Motivated and striving to overcome and compel partner to be submissive
2.
Sensuous Acts
a.
Sensorimotor Sensuous
i.
Sensations and pleasures felt as a consequence of their performance or
achievement
b.
Cognitive Sensuous
i.
Involved with thoughts about evaluation
c.
Affective Sensuous
i.
Motivated and striving to compete with or gain more from the partner
3.
Rational Acts
a.
Sensorimotor Rational
i.
Sensations and pleasures felt as a consequence of their mental unity
b.
Cognitive Rational
i.
Involved with thoughts about their spiritual and eternal conjunction
c.
Affective Rational
i.
Motivated and striving to achieve mental closeness
i.
Dominance –General
1.
Corporeal Acts
a.
Sensorimotor
i.
Wife’s movements directed by husband using force, threat, intimidation
b.
Cognitive
i.
Wife knows husbands prerogatives, strives to submit to them because of
fear of retaliation
c.
Affective
i.
Partner’s interactions controlled by tradition and family
ii.
Equity –Personal
1.
Sensuous Acts
a.
Sensorimotor
i.
Partner’s movements competitive with each other
b.
Cognitive
i.
Partner’s aware of but disagree with each other’s opinions
c.
Affective
i.
Partners take turns giving in even if they disagree
iii.
Unity –Particular
1.
Rational Acts
a.
Sensorimotor
i.
Partner’s movements coordinated with each other
b.
Cognitive
i.
Partners discover/strive to agree with each other’s opinions
c.
Affective
i.
Husband strives to align feelings/desires to match his wife’s
Related Links:
http://www.familydigest.com/stories/marriage_stages.cfm
-this is just a short article online that describes the stages of marriage. I chose
to put this in the related links because after reading it I got the impression
that marriage, if you follow those few simple ideas, should be really simple
and easy to maintain. There are of course some ideas that can be compared to
the models of marriage that are discussed in Dr. James’s lecture notes. I am
beginning to feel that the idea of marriage is somewhat backwards because it is
so easily influenced by media.
http://in.rediff.com/getahead/2005/oct/07wed.htm
- in my search for some relevant material that applies to this outline, I typed
in “marital bliss” in the google search. All the
sites that popped up were just how to’s or questions
pertaining to marriage. But this one caught my attention because it was a
“recipe” for marital bliss, which I thought would be interesting to compare to
the tables that were illustrated in the lecture notes. And my interest was
right. The person who wrote the blurb describes a marriage I would believe to
be in the equity model, they are not conjoined spiritually because she allows
them to be different and emphasizes their need to be alone.
http://www.savethemarriage.com/?hop=savmarriag.savmarriag&gclid=CM6jxbfE4IcCFQ8aYQod6BVODg
–So this website is an overview and a sort of abstract into a self-help book. A self help book for what? Yes, saving your marriage. Now, I
have to wonder, if your problems are so difficult that you have to buy books to
help you attempt to solve them, then do you honestly think your problems are
worth the time and effort to save? And who knows if the book has the
information you need for the type of problem you’re going through? Wouldn’t it
be better if you just stepped back and looked at your marriage objectively and
then analyzed what your next step should be, for your benefit as well as for
your partners? Why not try to look at the most civil and simplest way to solve
your situation. Isn’t that what a self-help book is going to tell you anyways?
Do you really need to sit down and read a book that will tell you to get up and
go. It’s like watching a commercial about getting
outside and exercising.
My Homepage: http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leon/409bf2006/afonin/afonin-home.htm
Class Homepage: www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy25/classhome-g25.htm