Human Nature, Self-Actualization, and Extensional Orientation General Semantics as study of process: General Semantics as study of process: Perceive Perceive Construct Construct Evaluate Evaluate Behave Behave In other words: In other words: How do we make sense of things? How do we make sense of things?

1. Something Happens (What Is Going On - WIGO) 2. Sensory, Nervous System Impact of WIGO 3. Evaluation (Report of What Happened) 4. Meaning of the Evaluation Meaning Behavior Feelings Judgments Conclusions Reactions ThoughtsAttitudes etc. Expectations Abstracting (again)

1. Something Happens 2. Sensory Impact 3. Evaluation 4. Meaning Meaning Behavior Feelings Judgments Conclusions Reactions ThoughtsAttitudes etc. Non-verbal Verbal Inferences What we sense is NOT what happened What we describe is NOT what we sense What it means is NOT what we describe We cannot know all that happens Abstracting (again)

Maslows Hierarchy of Needs Self- Actualization Self-Esteem Love, Belongingness Safety Needs Physiological Needs Verbal Non-verbal Meaning WIGO

Human Nature, Self-Actualization, and Extensional Orientation D. David Bourlands article On Changing Human Nature D. David Bourlands article On Changing Human Nature From Harry Weinbergs chapter on The Effective Time- Binder and Maslows Self-Actualizing Person From Harry Weinbergs chapter on The Effective Time- Binder and Maslows Self-Actualizing Person Question #3 on the Quiz (10 of 75 points) will come from one of these readings.

Maslows Hierarchy of Needs Self- Actualization Self-Esteem Love, Belongingness Safety Needs Physiological Needs Verbal Non-verbal Meaning WIGO

Maslows findings Regarding self-actualized persons: Regarding self-actualized persons: 1. more eficient perception of reality, more comfortable relations with it 2. unusual ability to detect the spurious, the fake, dishonest in personality 3. predictions more often correct

Maslows findings (cont.) 4. they live more in the real world of nature than man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs, and stereotypes 5. they perceive what is there rather than their own wishes, hopes, fears, they accepted themselves as they found themselves at the moment

Maslows findings (cont.) 7. they did not allow their higher-level abstractions to influence their lower-level 8. they felt no shame in normal bodily functions; unfinicky appetites 9. they did not allow theories, fads, names, opinions of others... to distort what they could taste, smell, feel, etc.

Maslows findings (cont.) 10. behavior marked by simplicity and naturalness 11. ease of penetration to reality 12. childlike acceptance 13. no longer strive but develop 14. problem-centered rather than ego- centered; they are not a problem to themselves

Maslows findings (cont.) 15. can appreciate freshly and naively experience... with awe, pleasure, wonder, ectasy... what others find as stale 16. appreciate the moment-to-moment business of living