Video Notes: Identity, Autonomy, and Personal Power - Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards derived from the lecture video notes.

Identity

A sense of who you are, shaped by personality, abilities, strengths, weaknesses, interests, values, and experiences; continually formed by every experience; never final; composed of millions of bits of information.

Self-esteem

An understanding of your own worth and an attitude of cherishing yourself.

Autonomy

The healthy ability to shape your life and actions; making choices that have consequences; involves independence and interdependence.

Interdependence

A delicate, healthy blend of independence and dependence; capacity to give and take; trusting yourself and others.

Freedom

Freedom is acting without constraints; in Christian context, recognizing needs of others and choosing the good for all.

Christian Freedom

Freedom seen in the big picture beyond narrow interests; involves responsibility and growth while considering others' needs.

Personal Power

The ability to influence one’s own life and the people and events around you; essential for empowerment; its deprivation can lead to violence.

Nurturing Power

Power used to foster another person’s well-being.

Shared Power

Personal power used to complement or increase other people’s power.

Groupthink

Adopting a group’s thoughts or ideas (a form of false autonomy) and sometimes using it to escape family pressures.

Talent

An ability or aptitude that has value; not always physical or intellectual; can be parts of personality (e.g., listening, compassion).

Gift

Talent you are born with; an innate ability; not limited to physical or intellectual domains.

Out of Our Control

Gifts/talents we are born with; what we do with our talents is within our limited control.

Cosmic Factors

Out-of-control factors such as birth, death, and natural disasters.

Genetic Factors

Genes affecting appearance, health, aptitudes, talents, and some personality traits.

Cultural Factors

Family, country, region, religion, ethnicity, and economic setting that shape you.

Circumstantial Factors

Major historic events, accidents, and chance encounters that influence who you become.

Wants

Wants and desires; society often tells us what we want; knowing what we truly want helps form identity.

Feedback from Others

Information about you provided through relationships; contributes to your sense of self; analyze what you learn from others.

Feelings

Emotions that can be friends or dictators; do not let them take over; be aware of what you are feeling.

the 5 questions

What am I feeling? What do I want? What are people telling me? What are my talents? What is out of my control? within my limited control?