Module 2: Developing the Whole Person

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers concepts related to holistic self-development, the eight aspects of self, the internal conflict represented by the Two Wolves story, and the interrelationship of thoughts, feelings, and actions within Cognitive Behavioral Therapy frameworks.

Physique

The form, size, and development of a person's body; for example, a sturdy, muscular physique.

Physical Self

Aspect of yourself that includes descriptions of height, weight, facial appearance, and quality of skin and hair.

Intellectual Self

The assessment of how well you reason and solve problems, your capacity to learn and create, and your general/specific areas of knowledge and wisdom.

Emotional Self

Typical feelings you have, feelings you avoid or enjoy, and feelings from the past or present and their associations.

Sensual Self

How you feel as a person using the five senses (sight, hearing, speaking, smelling, touching) to take information in and out of the body.

Interactional Self

Descriptions of strengths and weaknesses in intimate relationships and relationships with friends, family, classmates, and strangers.

Nutritional Self

How you nourish yourself, including the types of foods you like or dislike.

Contextual Self

The maintenance of your living environment and reactions to light, temperature, space, weather, colors, sound, and seasons.

Spiritual Self or Life Force

Feelings about yourself, organized religion, spiritual connections to others, inner peace, and one's metaphysical self.

Self-concept

A collection of multiple, context-dependent selves where context activates particular regions of self-knowledge.

Real Winner

An individual who turns difficulties into learning experiences, finds meaning in life events, wins the goodwill of others, and uses win-win strategies.

The Two Wolves

An Old Cherokee Indian story illustrating the internal battle between evil (anger, envy, ego) and good (joy, peace, love), where the winner is the one you feed.

Thought

An idea, plan, opinion, or picture formed in the mind; covert symbolic responses to stimuli that mediate between inner activity and external stimuli.

Feeling

A physical or emotional experience or awareness, closely related to the perception of events in the body.

Action

An act that one consciously wills, characterized by either physical or mental activity.

The Power Triad

The interrelation between thoughts, feelings, and actions where each aspect directly impacts and influences the others.

CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)

A therapeutic approach emphasizing how thoughts change feelings, which subsequently change actions and influence further thoughts.

Internal Dialogue

The words that run through your mind and the things you tell yourself about what is going on around you.