the learner: his nature and fundamental equipment
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THE LEARNER: HIS NATURE AND
FUNDAMENTAL EQUIPMENT
*INTELLECT*WILL
*HABIT
INTELLECT
• Is the cognitive power of the mind. The term intellect is derived from the Latin word intelligere (intus, “within,” and legere, “to read”), which means to discern.
KINDS OF INTELLECTUAL PROCESS
1. ConceptionRepresentations of concrete objects and qualities the essential elements or substantial nature or essence of the object.
2. JudgmentThe affirming of the relationship between things or concept.
3. ReasoningIs an act by which the intellect discerns the agreement or disagreement between two concepts.
TWO FORMS OF REASONING
Induction• Is the method of reasoning which consists in
forming judgments about a number of particular cases.
Deduction• is the method of reasoning which consists in the
application of a general principle or law to particular facts.
ANALOGY
Process resemblances
between things are noted.
WILL
• The will is man’s rational appetitive
power. It is the tendency to desire,
to seek, and to enjoy that which is
apprehend by the intellect as good.
DELIBERATION
• This deliberation is followed by choice
or decision, which is the acceptance or
rejection by the mind of an object or a
course of action after the motives for
and against the selection of the object
or course of action have been
considered..
FREEDOM OF WILL
The theory which denies the
freedom of the will is termed
DETERMINISM.
3 FORMS OF DETERMINISM
1. Mechanical Determinism
-whatever man does is predestined by laws of nature.
2. Psychological
Determinism
-holds that choice invariably
follows what is presented as the
greatest good.
3. Biological Determinism
-volition is likened to reflex
action.
AFFECTIVE STATES
The mental activities
which are characterized
by feeling and emotion.
EFFECTS OF EMOTION
a.Glandular Effects
b.Muscular Effects
c.Mental Effects
EMOTION
Is much more inclusive than that of
feeling. It is derived from the Latin
word emotus, which signifies a
movement outward and implies an
action or tendency toward action
which arises from some inner need and
is directed toward the outside world.
KINDS OF EMOTIONS
1.Personal emotionsRefer to and center around the self, and their central emphasis is the personal welfare of the individual.
2. Social emotions
Center around the nonselfish and
benevolent aspects of man’s nature.
3. Intellectual and Aesthetics
emotions
Are based on higher needs and
depend to a large extent on education.
HABIT
The term habit has been
derived from the Latin verb habere
which means “to have,” that is, to
acquire something which one did
not have originally.
Habit is an acquired mode of
behavior; that is, it is a learned
reaction, involving the tendency to
repeat and to reproduce certain
actions and frequently and
consistently; that is, to act in the
same general way under the same
or similar circumstances.