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FACULTIES:
A person relates to the
environment through
the exercise of four
basic faculties.
Robbins
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OBSERVATION:
we observe, through our
five senses, what is going
on around us.
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INTERPRETATION: with
our mind, we interpret what
all this means.
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EXPRESSION:
we then express our
conclusions to ourselves
and/or others
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APPLICATION: and
finally, we or others apply
them in practical, physical
terms.
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BLOOD TYPES: There
are four blood types
which may correspond
to certain personality
traits.
Nomi/Besher in
Turner/Greco
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TYPE AB: diplomatic,
harmonious, everybody’s
friend
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TYPE A: Detail-oriented,
industrious, careful
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TYPE B: flexible,
unconventional, creative.
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TYPE O: Goal-oriented,
string leader, realistic.
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BRAIN QUADRANTS:
There are two
hemispheres, each
divided into two
quadrants:
Herrman
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RIGHT BRAIN: Visual,
holistic, intuitive,
innovative, conceptual
and imaginative.
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LEFT BRAIN: Logical,
factual, critical, technical,
analytical, quantitive
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RIGHT BRAIN:
Interpersonal,
kinaesthetic, emotional,
spiritual, sensory, feeling
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LEFT BRAIN:
Conservative, structured,
sequential, organised,
detailed, planned.
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CAPACITIES: The
Christian has four
capacities through
which we can
understand human
behaviour
Crabb
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PERSONAL: we are
personal beings who long
deeply.
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RATIONAL: we are
rational beings who think:
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EMOTIONAL: we are
emotional beings who
feel.
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VOLITIONAL: we are
volitional beings who
choose.
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NEEDS: The human
personality has several
needs.
Overtstreet
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BELONGING: the need to
belong. This is the most
basic need, from which
other needs can be met.
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SECURITY: the need for
reasonable security
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SIGNIFICANCE: the
need for personal
significance.
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INDEPENDENCE: the need
for independence
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NUCLEOTIDES: DNA
is the basic substance
of genes, and has four
nucleotides linked in a
long string of repeating
units to form the
double helix. The four
nucleotides could
underlie personalities?
Watson/Crick, in
Turner/Greco
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CYTOSINE?
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GUANINE?
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THYMINE?
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ADENINE?
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PERSONALITY
COMPASS: There are
four natures on man
that can be related to
cultural types and their
geographic location.
Turner and Greco
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SOUTH: (eg Australian)
“Builds best teams”.
Natural team player,
process-centred, slow-paced, good listener, non-confrontational, sensitive,
patient, understanding,
generous and helpful.
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EAST: (eg Chinese) “Does
it right first time”. Natural
planner, quality-centred,
analytical, organised,
logical, focused, exact,
perfectionist, industrious,
structured.
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WEST: (eg American)
“Expands all horizons”.
Natural risk-taker, idea-centred, creative,
innovative, flexible,
visionary, spontaneous,
enthusiastic, free-spirited, energetic.
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NORTH: (eg Icelandic)
“Gets the job done fast”.
Natural leader, goal-centred, fast-paced, task-oriented, assertive,
decisive, confident,
determined, competitive,
independent.
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TEMPERAMENTS:
There are four
traditional
temperaments,
originally determined
by the body “humours”.
Hippocrates
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PHLEGMATIC: the
introverted watcher. Calm,
slow-paced.
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MELANCHOLIC: the
introverted thinker.
Moody, contemplative.
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SANGUINE: the
extraverted talker.
Energetic, optimistic.
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CHOLERIC: the
extraverted doer. Impulsive,
irritable.
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BIOCHEMISTRY
TYPE: Biochemical
differences indicate two
main personality types.
Meyer Friedman in
Turner/Greco
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TYPE B: Calm, easy-going, patient, kind, slow-paced, quiet, passive.
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TYPE A: Assertive,
competitive, ambitious, fast-paced, impatient, hard-driving, emphatic
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FAITH DIMENSION:
The Christian Faith has
four dimensions, as
described in the
Catholic Catechism.
(White in P&P)
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PRAYED: Faith is
translated into prayer to
become the wisdom of the
heart – the conversation
of the Spirit that reaches
beyond words into the life
of God.
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BELIEVED: The word of
God is meditated upon, and
understood more deeply
by the sensu fidelium
guided by the authoritative
teaching of the
Magisterium, and
developed through
theological research
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CELEBRATED: Faith is
celebrated in the liturgy
where it is proclaimed,
heard, interiorised, and
explained.
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LIVED: Faith shines forth
in the 2000 year history of
the Church, in the witness
of the saints, canonised
and un-canonised, and in
genuine religious and moral
values
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CHRISTIAN PIETIES:
There are two spectrum
that characterise the
way Christians worship
God. Ascetical to
Sensual; and
Intellectual to
Emotional.
Swanson
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ASCETICAL: The person
who worships best by
withdrawing from sense-based stimuli,
concentrating on one only
– eg. by being silent and
retreating. Typical
traditional?
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INTELLECTUAL: The
person who prefers to
worship through his/her
intellect or reasoning – eg
through bible study,
doctrine. Typical
evangelical?
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EMOTIONAL: The
person who prefers to
abandon the intellect,
and worship through the
emotions. Typical
pentecostal?
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SENSUAL: The person
who prefers to worship
through the senses, doing
physical things. Typical
sacramental?
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