Psychology 409b – October 3, 2006

Sensorimotor, Cognitive and Affective Conjunction

By:  Dayna Hasegawa

Instructions for this activity are found at:

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy25/g25-oral1.htm

Instructor: Dr. Leon James

Leon James (2006). Lecture Notes on The Unity Model of Marriage.  Section 5.  Online at: 

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy25/409b-g25-lecture-notes.htm

I. Cognitive and Affective domains of gender interaction

a. A wife’s depth and a man’s depth of perception of the situation is different

b. Women have a greater awareness of feelings

c. Unity through reciprocity

i. Requires a man to give up power and give in to the woman

ii. The woman gets to play lead role in decision making

II. Three Levels of the Self

a. Sensorimotor, Cognitive, Affective

b. Forming a marital unity involves conjunction of three fold self

III. Three Levels of Conjunction

a. Sensorimotor conjunction

i. “external” physical self

ii. The man often takes lead and plays dominant role

iii. Man’s motive is to please himself

iv. Woman’s motive is to keep relationship going

b. Cognitive Conjunction

i. The woman takes the lead

ii. Woman’s motive is to harmonize and please the man

c. Affective Conjunction

i. Means that the man aligns feelings with woman

ii. The man gives up his prerogatives

IV. Three natures of Operation of Life

a. Biological nature

i. Differences in anatomy

ii. Appearance of physical body differs

b. Rational nature

i. Rational different result in reciprocal orientation

ii. Also results in different focuses

iii. When a man’s cognitive focus is reciprocal to woman’s focus they can conjoin

c. Spiritual nature

i. Lasts forever

ii. Any conjunction that last forever is a spiritual conjunction

V. Models of Marriage

a. Unity Model

i. Spiritual marriages – till endless eternity

ii. Husband chooses to act from wife’s feelings

b. Equity Model

i. Natural marriages – till death do us part

ii. Husband and wife make arrangements based on equal principles

iii. Husband helps with activities, but maintains independence when he chooses

c. Dominance Model

i. Natural traditional marriages – till husband decides to divorce wife

ii. Wife is obedient to husband and family

Related Links

The Sacrament of Matrimony

http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt3art7.htm I chose this site because it discusses the view on unity with in a marriage from the religious point of view.  It talks about how a married couple is no longer two, but one flesh.  This ties into the unity model of marriage on how the husband and wife are to adapt to each other and conjoin as a whole unit instead of two independent selves. 

Moving Toward Unity

http://www.familylife.com/articles/article_detail.asp?id=109  I liked this site because it lists different issues that a married couple should try to stay away from.  Things like belittling your mate, withdrawing from an argument and so forth are all examples of falling into the dominance model.  No matter what, if a couple wants to live a successful marriage they do not want to be in the dominance model, but always trying to achieve the unity model. 

What ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ Really Means

http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Till-Death-Do-Us-Part-REALLY-Means&id=30470  I decided to add this site because I thought it was very outrageous.  I’m using it as an opposing topic to what we are learning in class. It addresses eternity, however it refers it to the standard marriage promise of “till death do us part” as if it were the same thing.  It also claims married couples should not have to make the promise for eternity, because who is to say what the future will hold.  If a couple gains everything they are to gain from their partner before eternity, this site is claiming that it is okay to move on and find someone else.  This completely goes against the Unity Model of marriage.    

My Home Page:

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leon/409bf2006/hasegawa/hasegawa-home.htm

Class Home Page:

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy25/classhome-g25.htm