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What is the definition of the Mind?

the ability to use symbols in accordance with society's definition and agreed upon use of them.

What is the definition of the Self?

the ability to reflect on our actions from the perspective of those around us.

How is hegemony defined?

is ideology you're not aware of.
-ex: "its the way things have always been"

How is interpellation defined?

when someone is reaching out to you and is wanting to bring you into their ideology.
-ex: "This is the new us"

What are the four observations of a cultural dictionary?

1. Whoever controls the dominant definition of the words we use in society, wields considerable power.


-“Power works through language”- Michel Foucault


2. Ideological Dilemmas. How are you to choose between the differing definitions found in culture?


3. Culture is constantly in flux. A cultural dictionary is not written in stone, it is fluid.


-Webster’s dictionary in 1828 had a VERY biblical definition of marriage with Hebrews 13:4


4. Power is always involved (art=ideology).


-McDonalds: Pay with love Super Bowl commercial.

What is "power-browsing"?

we have reduced reading to reading titles and abstracts


-new form of reading and perhaps even thinking

What is the Jesus Prayer (word for word)?

"Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me, a sinner"

What are the three descriptors of the Specific Will view?

1. Doing what God wants means making right choices
2. God has a specific plan for my life
3. Thus, I must find God's plan and choose according to it.

What are three descriptors of the Wisdom View?

1. God has no specific plan for you to discover
2. but, doing what God wants means making right choices.


3. So, dont look for a plan, but read and study scripture.

What are three descriptors of the Relational/relationship View?

1. God does have a specific plan for your life but


2. doing what God wants means knowing God,


3. So don't look for a plan, but read and obey scripture (in order to get to know God better).

What are Huffman's two suggestions after we understand each view?

1. Avoid the extremes of each view


2. Utilize the strength of each view

What is the current (myth) divorce rate?

50% of all marriages lead to divorce.

What is the actual divorce rate?

Of all marriages, roughly 31%
Of remarriages: 34%
Of first marriages: 20-25%
Christians: 15-20%
side note: 80% said they're marriage was happy.

Why the proliferation of divorce (Eight factors)?

1. Hasty Marriages before and after Wars


2. Greater labor force and economic independence of women


3. increase of marriages involving premarital births


4. loss of stigma concerning divorce


5. cohabitation


6. Liberalization of divorce laws (no-fault divorce)


7. Social constructivist view of marriage
-redefining what marriage is
8. Poverty
-government assistance is higher if you are single rather than married.

Who suffers?

Kids particularly:
1. Half divorced adults remarry within 3-5 years, but children spend an average of five years in a single parent home


2. 38% of white people and 75% of black children born to married parents experience their parents divorce before age 16.

Life after divorce: (4 key factors)

1. Household routines and roles break down and single parents experience task overload


2. Stress is exacerbated when divorced mothers experience working


3. Children of divorce will over-idealize the absent parent


4. Adults whose parents divorce when they are children are more likely to have problems in intimate relations, marry early and have martial problems, choose unstable partners, have children before marriage, and divorce earlier and with frequency.

1 Cor 7:15 (know reference/content):

"But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you[a] to peace."


-Constructive desertion: when desertion has occurred in every way except physically.

What is the cycle of abuse (4 stages)?

1. Tension


2. Explosion
3. Remorse


4. Honeymoon

What are the four verses relating to the Christian tradition of intervention?

Eph. 5:25; 28, 1 Pet. 3:7, Gal. 3:28

What is Eph. 5:25 about?

"Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her"

What is Eph. 5:28 about?

"In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself"

What is 1 Pet. 3:7 about?

"Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you[a] of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered."

What is Gal. 3:28 about?

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave[a] nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus"

What is the percentage of men and women who view violence as normal?

National surveys report that nearly 25% of women and 30% of men regard violence as a normal part of marriage

What is Robert Sternberg's triangular theory?

1. Intimacy
2. Passion
3. Decision-commitment


Consummate love (the goal) combines all three.

Tips to help stay connected in a marriage:

abiding friendship (5 positives to 1 negative)
Intentional togetherness (5 hrs a week is proven)


Kind affection

What are the four communicative acts that disgust God?

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, a false witness, and a person who stirs up dissension (Prov. 6:17-19).
At the end of our lives we are held accountable to every careless word uttered. (Mt 12:36).

What is reflected appraisal?

We tend to mirror the opinions of significant others.

Relational transgressions:

Secrecy-privacy: personal information has been misused.
Commitment: does a person make good on promises?
Privileging the relationship
Interaction management: when we argue, do we do it fairly?

Three things going towards a lack of credibility:

Intelligence
Virtue: do you live a life that disqualifies you from making judgement?
Goodwill: is your communication harsh, mean or abusive?

Misconception of emotions:

Emotions are unpredictable and will undermine our ability to objectively and dispassionately discuss an issue; therefore emotions should be suppressed.

Perception of emotions (2 rules):

Framing rule: informs us of the emotional meaning of any given situation.
Feeling rule: tells us what we have a right to feel or what we are expected to feel in a particular situation.

X-Y-Z Formula of engagement:

When you do X, in situation Y, I feel Z.