Phenomenology - Impact of Experience on Human Behaviour

Question 1

What is Phenomenology?

Answer 1

Phenomology is the study of structures of experience and consciousness.

Question 2

Explain the structures of experience in Phenomenology

Answer 2

• Experience is everything that we live through and perform
• people develop certain deep-seated beliefs, needs and ways of thinking which shape their personality traits
• experience influences behaviour

Question 3

Explain the consciousness in Phenomenology

Answer 3

• to make experience conscious, awareness has to be created

- unconscious mind is working all the time to satisfy beliefs, needs and ways of thinking (from “experience”)