is introspection a psychological concept or a philosophycal mode?
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This question is miscategorized.\n\nSpecial Education refers to the education and parenting of children with special needs.
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There are at least 200 pages on mind (including animals) in THE URANTIA BOOK.  At least part of the handle for which you are searching will be found there.\n\nI was once a great believer in behavioral phenotypes which I imagined to arise purely from chemical constituents such as DNA....\n\nBut with many more years of investigation, I have found that just as the behavior of our computers is attributable to programmers, so also the behavior of the animals is attributable to their creators.  In this instance living organisms are a substrate of sorts (carefully organized that way) in which higher realities -- mind and spirit -- can have an effect.\n\nNot to the same degree as one finds in humans, nevertheless quite parallel.\n\nWe have animal bodies ourselves, and our development reflects our phylogenetic heritage.  At various stages we share many of the same aspects of mind ministry as the animals have.\n\nBut we can also become philosophical and plan for the future of our children.  Animals are far less self-conscious and lack the potentials necessary for high wisdom or finding God.\n\nAlthough you may think this unscientific, I am a scientist, just an older one.\n\nAnd I am not the first scientist to bring higher concepts into the commentary.\n\nEinstein and Alfred North Whitehead are two others.\n\nThere are quite a few biologists and medical doctors in this category also.\n\nBut again, the best explanation is in the book mentioned.\n\nOne must be humble to enable great learning.
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good one. \n\nhuman psychology this.
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In Christianity, God created man in His own image. No one knows what God looks like as we are in human form. I think that image is of seeking knowledge and a conscious of right and wrong and the need to survive. Psychology is the study of mans mind, his thought capabilities, emotional triggers, (stimuli) and others. The word stimuli is key, for example you can give a list of careers to 3rd graders and ask them to read well and then form a line a verbalize which career they want to be. The majority will give the same answers. This often is not what they have considered, but that they do not want to stand alone, or go against the tide. Many personality traits of people are followers.( amicable) They do as their fathers tell them as far as religion/sects or politics too.
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Agreed.  Not being a psychology expert or even close, I've also always believed that intelligent people tend to be very understanding, non-judgemental and not opinionated...almost indecisive, if you will.  My reasoning for this is that an intelligent person tends to look at the whole picture of everything and to try to understand why things are..not just to take them at face value.  Very few things in life are truly black and white and I think that intelligent people realize this and try to look at things from many different angles.
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When considering a viewpoint, I want to first know the other side and so I agree  with you on that, what I think happens is that if your opinions are to one sided they may be a symptom of not fully understanding the sociological, cultural and political "peace" \nthat is not found in the extreme poles of the other, I think there is no safe zone or a perfect sense of things only a neutral zone whereby one understands the meaninglessness of controversy.\n\nSimple psychology I think plays a big part in life it is profoundly ironic that few acquire this virtue of none being. This most simple of human trait is the reason ignorants persists in human nature.
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Different level of mental states.
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Honestly, the deepest thought I can think of is Nothing. Seriously, close your eyes and try to envision nothing. Most likely, the colour black or white will pop into your mind, as if those 'blank slates' are nothing. But even blank slates are somethings...and if you really think about it, even Nothing is Something. What would True Nothingness be? And if you could ever actually think of it, would you ever be able to resume thinking thoughts again, or would the Nothingness be vacuous like a mental black hole?
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Thought is not the be-it-all.  Thought is often associated with emotion and memories.  Even Spock and Data understand that thought is not the whole of human existence.  Current Western society seems to place more emphasis on material possessions that on spiritual growth.  It also seems to believe that logical thought is somehow a higher development than emotional expression.  The biggest fault of thoughts is they are almost always an excuse to guard oneself from Reality.  Life is a mystery, not a sequence of thoughts.
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Perception is a kind of idea or obsession, derived through one's long time observation, depth of imagination and intelligential capability.
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Psychodynamic Theories\nMany psychologists have proposed theories that try to explain the origins of personality. One highly influential set of theories stems from the work of Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud, who first proposed the theory of psychoanalysis. Collectively, these theories are known as psychodynamic theories. Although many different psychodynamic theories exist, they all emphasize unconscious motives and desires, as well as the importance of childhood experiences in shaping personality.\nSigmund Freud’s Theory of Psychoanalysis\nIn the late 1800s and early 1900s, Freud developed a technique that he called psychoanalysis and used it to treat mental disorders. He formed his theory of psychoanalysis by observing his patients. According to psychoanalytic theory, personalities arise because of attempts to resolve conflicts between unconscious sexual and aggressive impulses and societal demands to restrain these impulses.\nThe Conscious, the Preconscious, and the Unconscious\nFreud believed that most mental processes are unconscious. He proposed that people have three levels of awareness:\n\n    * The conscious contains all the information that a person is paying attention to at any given time.\n\nExample:\n\nThe words Dan is reading, the objects in his field of vision, the sounds he can hear, and any thirst, hunger, or pain he is experiencing at the moment are all in his conscious.\n\n    * The preconscious contains all the information outside of a person’s attention but readily available if needed.\n\nExample:\n\nLinda’s telephone number, the make of her car, and many of her past experiences are in her preconscious.\n\n    * The unconscious contains thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories of which people have no awareness but that influence every aspect of their day-to-day lives.\n\nExample:\n\nStan’s unconscious might contain angry feelings toward his mother or a traumatic incident he experienced at age four.\nFreud believed that information in the unconscious emerges in slips of the tongue, jokes, dreams, illness symptoms, and the associations people make between ideas.\nThe Freudian Slip\n\nCathy calls up her mother on Mother’s Day and says, “You’re the beast, Mom,” when she consciously intended to say, “You’re the best, Mom.” According to psychoanalytic theory, this slip of the tongue, known as a Freudian slip, reveals her unconscious anger toward her mother.\nThe Id, the Ego, and the Superego\nFreud proposed that personalities have three components: the id, the ego, and the superego.\n\n    * Id: a reservoir of instinctual energy that contains biological urges such as impulses toward survival, sex, and aggression. The id is unconscious and operates according to the pleasure principle, the drive to achieve pleasure and avoid pain. The id is characterized by primary process thinking, which is illogical, irrational, and motivated by a desire for the immediate gratification of impulses.\n    * Ego: the component that manages the conflict between the id and the constraints of the real world. Some parts of the ego are unconscious, while others are preconscious or conscious. The ego operates according to the reality principle, the awareness that gratification of impulses has to be delayed in order to accommodate the demands of the real world. The ego is characterized by secondary process thinking, which is logical and rational. The ego’s role is to prevent the id from gratifying its impulses in socially inappropriate ways.\n    * Superego: the moral component of personality. It contains all the moral standards learned from parents and society. The superego forces the ego to conform not only to reality but also to its ideals of morality. Hence, the superego causes people to feel guilty when they go against society’s rules. Like the ego, the superego operates at all three levels of awareness.\n\nConflict\nFreud believed that the id, the ego, and the superego are in constant conflict. He focu
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I have. I am not aware of any specific research into the concept (at least not direct research). I have found that synergy has an odd way of just kind of cropping up in ones life if one has the sense to look for it. I also tend to think in a more expansive pattern rather than linear habits that I had developed when younger- I often find myself extrapolating on concepts that have been familiar to me for some time and seeking new ways to integrate them into other, less conventional modes than I had originally understood them to be applied. I am an inventor, artist, artisan, and student of engineering and have been most grateful to R. Buckminster for his fascinating (and sometimes weird) contributions to my own thought patterns.
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Our minds usually accept the dogmas and myths of our culture. Most peoples' minds become programmed with the beliefs of their era and society. They don't think for themselves but let their parents, their friends, their favorite TV show, or what cultural beliefs  implant  in them. To be able to form sound opinions and make effective decisions, you must know how to think critically.  Enlightened thinking involves the careful consideration of multiple points of view and keeping our minds open to alternative sources of information. Unless we work at becoming critical thinkers, there is a natural tendency is to limit our ideas to only those that are easily available, never really discovering or considering alternative sources of information.  Christians and most people following dogma and never think to question what they are learning.  Sheep - humanity is in reality a herd of sheep.
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This was a belief of Socrates the great philospher.  For questions of this sort, Socrates raises a serious dilemma: how can we ever learn what we do not know? Either we already know what we are looking for, in which case we don't need to look, or we don't know what we're looking for, in which case we wouldn't recognize it if we found it. \n\nThe paradox of knowledge is that, in the most fundamental questions about our own nature and function, it seems impossible for us to learn anything. The only escape, Socrates proposed, is to acknowledge that we already know what we need to know. This is the doctrine of recollection, Plato's conviction that our most basic knowledge comes when we bring back to mind our acquaintance with eternal realities during a previous existence of the soul. \n\nThe example offered is in the discovery of an irrational number, the square root of 2. Socrates leads an uneducated boy through the sophisticated geometrical demonstration with careful questions, showing that the boy somehow already knows the correct answers on his own. All of us have had the experience (usually in mathematical contexts, Plato believed) of suddenly realizing the truth of something of which we had been unaware, and it does often feel as if we are not really discovering something entirely new but rather merely remembering something we already knew. Such experiences lend some plausibility to Plato's claim that recollection may be the source of our true opinions about the most fundamental features of reality. What is more, this doctrine provides an explanation of the effectiveness of Socratic method: the goal is not to convey new information but rather to elicit awareness of something that an individual already knows.  Hope this helps!
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think about this.. its doubtful you'd realize anything unless you prepared for it... and when you think about it, what exactly is being judged?? this "I.." Where does this "I" or me actually exist.. the physical isn't me because it is blood, muscles, cells, bones, nervous system, etc.. The mental isn't me because its made up of form, feeling, discrimination, compositional factors, and consciousness... These physical and mental factors broken down make up the  "Self."\n\nall together, the self existing "I" does not exist anywhere.. But something exists... We exist, but only in dependence to all the infinite factors internal and external, which are constantly changing... We exist, but not as we appear to exist..  So if anyone judges you, just ask them, "what exactly are you judging and where is it?" see if they can actually prove you exist without dependence... Cheers!
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Everything is perception. \n\nI came to this way of being when I realized after having my son that things are only as busy and drama-full as I made it.  I ran little tests. If I stayed completely silent the whole day, how much in my life actually changed. In the evening, wouldn't the people I know percieve me in the same way as if I were busy?\n\nI am a type INFJ. I am equally inroverted and extroverted, favoring introvert whenever possible.\n\nI think if a person has it in them to be the "Cool-headed"-type observer, then this could be a gift.  Just because they choose to not display the emotion and drama externally, doesn't mean in every case that thy don't feel the drama internally, they just choose, or are naturally gifted to not drag other into the mire.\n\nChoosing to working on a more neutral approach, a wiser approach as to how we initiate/participate in drama can help the longevitey of our sanity as well as our lives.  So....perhaps. This is just my perception of the question you have asked.
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Self awareness is dependent mostly on your frontal lobe, and your sense processing regions.  \n\nNo-one understands qualia, but we do know where it comes from based on brain injuries and defects.