I.      SENSORY DRIVES:

i)            are innate & acquired & natural;  (GENET. CULTURE)

ii)           are opened up by natural experiences (MATURATION)

iii)          are the ORIGIN of rewards / attracts reinforces / stimulators maintainers / incentives

                                                        SENSATIONS,
                                                        RECOGNITION,
                      FOR                           REWARDINGLESS,
                      ALL                           SALIENCE,
                                                        RESPONSIVENESS,
                                                        SENSITIVITY;

iv)        can be perverted to corporeality (obsessiveness & compulsions)

v)         are the BASIS for all attempts to be

                                                        CORRECT / INCORRECT
                                                        COMPLETE / INCOMPLETE
                                                        SALIENT / INDIFFERENT
                                                        OBEDIENT / ESTRANGED

                                            in one's automated HABITS & ROUTINES

                                                        MOTOR SKILLS
                                                        REACTION TIMES,
                                                        MEMORIZATION,
                                       e.g.            IMAGININGS,
                                                        MEANINGS,
                                                        JOB PERFORMANCES,
                                                        CIVIL DUTIES,
                                                        FOOD & HEALTH BEHAVIORS
 
 

SWEDENBORG'S SPIRITUAL BEHAVIORISM

1.    Introduction:  Who is E.S.   (1688-1771)

2.    The Threefold Self:   3X3  Matrix & Illustrated Application

3.    Application to Psychotherapy

4.    Application to Education  (Bloom)

5.    Contemporary Theoretical Connections
 
        i)  General Field:  Affect / Cognitive / Behavior

        ii)  Osgood / Staats / Mowrer / Bandura

        iii)  Freud / Jung / Ellis / Rogers
 
        iv)  Lewin

        v)  Goffman / Schultz / Parsons

        vi)  Skinner / Mischel / Meichenbaum

        vii)  Tharp. O'Donnel / Marsella


SPIRITUAL SELF:  9/8/7
SPIRITUAL STRIVINGS RATIONAL TRUTHS GOOD USES
III                  9A                       8B                   7B
LOVES & CONFLICTING ATTACHMENTS TRUE & FALSE DOCTRINES GOOD & EVIL WORKS
 
REFLECTIVE SELF:  6/5/4
COGNITIVE STRIVINGS REASONING UNDERSTANDINGS
II                    6A                  5B                    4C
APTITUDES INTERESTS PERSISTENT REHEARSALS INTELLECTUAL PRODUCTS
 
 
AUTOMATIC SELF:  3/2/1
INHERITED & ACQUIRED SENSORY DRIVES CONDITIONS PERFORMANCES 
(SKILLS)
I                        3A                   2B                  1C
SENSORY INPUT RECOGNITION MEANING & INFORMATION MOTOR REACTIONS
 
 

II.     COGNITIVE STRIVINGS:

i)          are innate but not natural (rational / spiritual)

ii)          are opened up by natural experiences;

iii)        are the ORIGIN of aptitudes / interests/
            intentions persistence / characteristic traits

                    REASONING, LOGIC,
                    INTELLECTUALISM,
       for <      UNDERSTANDINGS,
        all  <     ASSESSMENTS,
                    ARGUMENTATION'S;

iv)    can be perfected or adulterated to produce their APPEARANCES only  (Falsifications)

v)    are the BASIS for all attempts to be

                    SINCERE / INSINCERE
                    JUST / UNJUST
                    FAIR / CUNNING
                    APPROPRIATE / INAPPROPRIATE
                    RIGHTEOUS / MERITORIOUS

        in on's PROBLEM SOLVING

                    EXPLANATIONS,
                    JUSTIFICATIONS,
                    ATTRIBUTIONS OF CAUSE,
                    SELECTIONS,
                    IMPLICATIONS,
                    MORAL ATTITUDES
 

III.         SPIRITUAL STRIVINGS:

i)            are innate but not natural (spiritual);

ii)            are opened up by natural & rational

iii)            are the ORIGIN of impulses / inclinations affections / attachments

                            HARMONIES,  LOVES
                            TRUTHS, AFFECTIONS,
                            UNIVERSALS, IDEAS,
                            ORGANIZING,
                            SYNTHESIZING,
                            INTEGRATING;

iv)            can be perverted or adulterated to produce their OPPOSITES.

v)            are the BASIS for all attempts to be

                            GOOD / EVIL
                            TRUTH / FALSE
                            INTEGRATED / DYSFUNCTIONAL
                            LOVING / HATING
                            FORGIVING / COMPETING
                            CHASE / POLYGAMOUS

                in one's life goals

                            DOCTRINES,
                            LIFESTYLE EXPRESSIONS.
                            INNER VALUES,
                            WILLING DETERMINATIONS,
                            AFFECTIONS,
                            CONJOINING,
                            ANALYSES,
                            CHARACTERIZATIONS
 
 
SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY ILLUSTRATION
AFFECTIVE ACTIVITY COGNITIVE ACTIVITY SENSORIMOTOR ACTIVITY
INTERNALIZATION 

SPIRITUAL SELF HIGH & IN SYNTHESIS

LOVE OF TRUTH & GOOD 
 

7

INTEGRATION & SYNTHESIS OF PRINCIPLES 

8

VALUE EXPRESSIONS & SENTIMENTS 

9

INTERNALIZATION 

REFLECTIVE SELF MID & IN PROBLEM SOLVING

NEED FOR CONSISTENCE 
 
 

4

COGNITIVE CONSONANCE & DISSONANCE & RESOLUTION 

5

ATTITUDE & OPINION CHANGE 
 
 

6

INTERNALIZATION 

AUTOMATIC SELF LOW & OUT MEMORY

DESIRE FOR REWARDS 

1

MEMORIZATION & ASSOCIATIONS 

2

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & CONSUMMATIONS 

3

EXTERNALIZATION 

ORIGIN 
GOAL 
FUNCTION 
WILL 

A ----------->

EXTERNALIZATION 

CAUSE MEANS STRUCTURE UNDERSTANDING 
 

B ------------>

EXTERNALIZATION 

EFFECT 
USES 
FORM 
DEED 

C

 
 

Illustrative  Applications

UTILITY OF THE MODEL
 

1.    OVERCOMING MY INTIMADATIONS  (Self-Huddle-Buddy)

2.    MONITORING MY (MONEY) THOUGHTS (D.R. Logging Activities)

3.    IMPROVING MY FOOD BEHAVIOR  (Cross-Cultural Buddy)

4.    COMBATING MY ANTI SOCIALITY  (Baseline / Intervention)

5.    SELF - WITNESSING OF THE THREEFOLD SELF  (A - B - C DATA SHEET)

6.    INNER MEANING OF MY SONGS

Note:        Swedenborg's SB is suitable for both clinical professionals (see nest section) and
                ordinary persons (self- instructional behavioral interventions)  as in the 6 applications
                in this section.  (The implicit Psychologist)
 

 


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