Psychology 409b (Tuesday) September 12, 2006

Outline 2: Unity Model 5(Sensorimotor, cognitive and affective conjunction)

By: Ashlee Matsui

Instructions for this activity are found at:

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

Instructor: Dr. Leon James

Leon James and Diane Nahl (2004). The Unity Model of Marriage. Online at: www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy25/409b-g25-lecture-notes.htm

Reviewing pages: 24-37

I. Cognitive and affective domains of gender interaction

a. Wife’s depth perception of situation (affective) contrasts with that of man’s

b. Be reciprocal with it

i. Unity though reciprocity model-man give up equity power

ii. Agree to let women play lead role

c. example

i. wife not want man to talk to ex-girlfriend

ii. this standoff puts hold on relationship

iii. she is kept on outside

II. three levels of self

a. sensorimotor, cognitive, affective

b. Sensorimotor conjunction

i. marital unity needs conjunction of each partner

ii. sensorimotor of man and women are shown by what activities they do together

iii. “external” physical self

iv. Visible to others

v. Man takes lead and dominant role

vi. Women follows to keep the relationship going

c. Cognitive conjunction

i. Cognitive self of two partner are interacting

1. women takes lead

2. harmonizes to please him

3. man normally focused on self

d. Affective Conjunction

i. Relationship not perfect until this stage

ii. Man aligned his feelings with woman

iii. Given up male prerogatives

iv. Affective independence norm in society

III. three natures or levels of operation of life

a. biological nature of self

i. anatomy

b. rational nature

c. spiritual nature

IV. sensorimotor conjunction

a. mental state in which sensations and movements are mutually interdependent

b. exists when husband insists on own comforts and pleasures

V. sexuality

a. key issue in most peoples lives,

b. theistic psychology

i. heavenly and hellish

ii. sexual behavior and attitude closely linked to selfishness

c. to love sex is to love the activity, to love one of the sex is to love person sexually

i. love of sex-natural mind share with animals

ii. selfish sex of husband is a sensorimotor coupling with wife

d. unity model

i. spiritual-sensual sex which is modeled from eternity

ii. religion specifies what is permissible and what is not

e. movies and novels

i. women love monogamy and exclusivity

ii. men do not love that

VI. two stages after death : external and internal

a. external first, then internal : inclination manifests self

b. Swedenborg

i. Together in external state

ii. Deeper feelings positive: cont. to live together

iii. Can enter heaven or hell

1. some women called “sirens”

2. look beautiful

3. set traps for men

c. sex intercourse with another man’s wife mixes semen

i. man’s soul is in his semen

ii. God’s law

VII. Roving stages

a. 1)Being sexually active with multiple partners

b. 2)temporary loss of sex interest

c. 3)resumption of roving and looking for other partners

d. 4)loss of interest in all sex, at first, and later hatred of all sex.