***see diagram below [[taken from my ongoing dissertation]].
Caution: The diagram is in two parts that are intended to be placed side
by side.
Cheers,
Paul F. Ballantyne
Dept. of Psychology
York University
4700 Keele Street
North York, Ontario
CANADA M3J 1P3
e-mail: pballan who-is-at yorku.ca
Figure 20 Transformative Levels of Animal and Human Mentality.
[-----------STRUCTURAL/ONTOLOGICAL ASPECTS-------------
(aka "What" is being done)
Levels of Mentality: Levels of Learning:
Human Intellect--------Societal Appropriation-----------
Animal Intellect-------Social Cooperation---------------
Perceptive Psyche------Individual Adjustment------------
Infra-perceptive-------Guided Orientation---------------
Sensory Psyche---------Biological Adaptation------------
Irritability-----------Sentience------------------------
------------FUNCTIONAL/ACTIVITY ASPECTS----------------------------------]
(aka "How" and "Why" it is being done)
Highest functional attainment: Motivational Levels:
*(Means of Transformation
Joint Activity (teaching/leading)------------Motives/affiliation/ideology
*(ZPD (Personal/historical meaning, Apprenticeship, indoctrination)
Joint Actions (guiding/leading)--------------Socio-Needs/Shared Goals
*(ZPD (Social significance, Leading actions, teaching activity)
Individual Actions---------------------------Psycho-social Needs/Indiv.
Goals
*(ZPD (Individual significance, Leading actions)
One-sided Guided Actions---------------------Bio-Needs/Provided
Infra-Goals
*(ZPD (Biological sense, Organismic drives, Guiding actions)
Organismic Operations -----------------------Conditions/Bio-Drives
*(Sentient receptivity (Active neural accommodation)
Organic Activeness---------------------------Tissue Requirements
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