Assessment 4

Question 1

intellect

Answer 1

the act of thinking through something (understanding, judging, reasoning) which translates into action

Question 2

will

Answer 2

an inclination towards universal “good”

Question 3

appetite

Answer 3

an act that follows the intellective act and seeks after the thing that has been cognitively evaluated

Question 4

concupiscible

Answer 4

related to pleasant/unpleasant or basic desires

Question 5

irascible

Answer 5

related to difficult/useful or overcoming obstacles to obtain satisfaction

Question 6

volition

Answer 6

the act of thinking through something and then wanting to do it

Question 7

determinism

Answer 7

maintains that what you will is determined by something outside of yourself

Question 8

indeterminism

Answer 8

maintains that everything is totally free and there are no constraints against what we can do

Question 9

moderate determinism

Answer 9

a kind of determinism in which how we choose to act depends on the value we see in something

Question 10

deliberation

Answer 10

how we determine what we decide as good

Question 11

emotion

Answer 11

an internal activity involving an affective response and a somatic change to a psychic awareness

Question 12

psychic awareness

Answer 12

a mental awareness of something

Question 13

affective response

Answer 13

an instinctive evaluation or an internal emotional response to a thing

Question 14

somatic change

Answer 14

a bodily response

Question 15

mood

Answer 15

a semi-permanent affective state resulting from some form of cognitive awareness that is less intense than an emotion

Question 16

habit

Answer 16

an acquired operational structure

Question 17

power

Answer 17

the potency/potential/ability to do something

Question 18

learning

Answer 18

the process by which a person acquires knowledge through experience, leading to the actualization of potency into action

Question 19

temperament

Answer 19

a personality characteristic that reflects the manner in which a person usually responds affectively to all levels of human experience

Question 20

virtue

Answer 20

a good habit, or a habit we have consciously developed because we want to be better

Question 21

vice

Answer 21

a bad habit, or an action we repeatedly do that unfortunately becomes a part of who we are

Question 22

cardinal virtue

Answer 22

the four specially important virtues which a moral/”good” life depends on

Question 23

prudence

Answer 23

allows us to make decisions well and quickly

Question 24

justice

Answer 24

perfects our ability to interact with others by inclining us towards “good”

Question 25

fortitude

Answer 25

concerns our resilience and our ability to overcome challenges

Question 26

"person"

Answer 26

refers to the basic structure of a human and the ground/foundation of one's personality

Question 27

personality

Answer 27

the growth and development aspect of a person which is constituted by one's habits

Question 28

soul

Answer 28

the form of a living thing

Question 29

movement

Answer 29

a change in the form of growth or reproduction

Question 30

life

Answer 30

the way in which we determine if something is alive or not

Question 31

monism

Answer 31

the belief that a human/any living thing is just the combination of material parts

Question 32

dualism

Answer 32

the belief that a human/any living thing is a combination of a soul and a body

Question 33

death

Answer 33

when a living thing ceases to be what it was, losing all capability of self-movement, or the separation of the body and the soul

Question 34

temperance

Answer 34

concerns our appetites and the tendency to seek pleasureable things to an appropriate amount

Question 35

What are the two general principles of human action?

Answer 35

1. intellect 2. appetite

Question 36

What are the 3 components of emotion?

Answer 36

1. psychic awareness 2. affective response 3. somatic change

Question 37

What are the 4 cardinal virtues?

Answer 37

1. prudence 2. justice 3. temperance 4. fortitude