Dimensions and areas of human subjective experience. System of mental 'contents'
(sensations findings, experiences).
Hierarchical structure
The 'anatomy' of subjective experience.
Relations, order, and nested structure of mental 'contents'.
I. External
External conditions, phenomena, processes, patterns. Source is: external empiry
. Physical domain, 'matter'.
Phenomena, realia ('signs').
Inter-subjectively accessible, overt public.
By means of sensory perception Exteroceptionextraversion.
Instantaneous, immediate, direct.
E(e).
II. Internal
Sensations of
inner state, feelings, processes, functions. Source is: 'Internal empiry'.
By means of intra-psychic perception; interoception, introspection, 'intuition'.
Mental / (intra-) psychic domain, mind.
Exclusive-subjective experience; covert, strictly private.
E(i).
Relationship with physical time and space
Time-space coordinates. Every human experience has a
relative position in the time-space continuum.
Relation with space
Spatial characteristics. Spatial
location relative to the subject experiencing.
Spatial coordinates (position, distance, area, volume).
Spatial distances:distal (indirect) Vs. proximal (direct).
Relation with time
Time factor. Relative temporal
position with respect to instantaneous experience.
Time coordinates (timing, duration, frequency, ..).
Time relation: synchronized (direct) Vs. diachronic (indirect).
Sensory channel
Sensory and perceptual
modality. Coding medium.
Class of qualia.
Visual / optical; images
Sight; - seeing, looking.
(V = vis).
Auditive / acoustic; sounds
Hearing.
(A = aud).
Feeling, body sensations
Kinaesthesia, sensibility
. Perception through body feeling.
There is a range of kinesthetic submodalities.
(K = kin).
Gustatory / gastroral; tastes
Taste - Tasting
(G = gus).
Olfactory / nosmic; smells, odeurs
Smell - smelling.
(O = olf).
Relatively more exteroceptive
Exogenous body feeling.
Sensory perception/ feeling of 'external environment'.
(Exogenous Kinaesthesia, extero-sensibility).
Direct, synchronous.
Sense of balance, equilibrium
Vestibular senses
A. Posture and movement relative to gravity c.q. environment.
(Position, posture, movement, acceleration, rotation).
B. Turning of the head.
Internal body feeling.
Sensory perception / feeling from 'internal environment'.
(Endogenous kinaesthesia, intero-sensibility).
Direct, synchronous.
Sense of activation
Sensations of the activation system.
Energenic feeling.
Level of alertness degree of activation (arousal, strength of motivation)
Relaxation/comfort versus action/effort, preparation versus participation. ..
(Kn = K-ar).
Sense of muscles and joints
Sensations of the
musculoskeletal system. Motor (muscular,
proprioceptic).
(Movement, walking, talking, ..).
(Km = K-mo).
(Physiological, visceral) Sense of internal organs, guts (
intestines).
Breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, ... Vegetative system; E.g. through X Nervus vagus.
(Kf = K-fs).
Internal response: Affective
and/or cognitive in nature.
'Instinctive', physical / organic
Reflexive, 'semi-automatic' processes.
Associative, emotional, impulsive, 'intuitive'
'Spontaneous', 'open-minded', frank, naive, ..
Cognitive, 'rational', intellectual
Conceived, considerate, calculated, ..
Active mental contents.
Momentaneous, manifest subjective
'data'. (O.a. bubble of perception,
ad hoc model, etc.).
Active mental contents.
Momentaneous, manifest subjective
'data'. (O.a. bubble of perception,
ad hoc model, etc.).
Additional features /characteristics.
Involvement in the process
Level of contact, involvement, identification.
Subjectively experienced 'intrusiveness'; associative 'bond', adhesion of experience content.
Dissociative
Concerning self-perception 'from outside', i.e. perceiving oneself as an
outsider at an imaginary distance ('camera position', 'birds-eye view').
Integral / associative
Concerning perception 'from within', i.e. experiencing full personal involvement and identification.
Referent(s)
Function in the process. Relations with referents:
agent, patient, dative.
Causal function
Semantic type of argument in a
predication.
Place within the causal process of the activity.
Source of, or instance causing the activity
Agent (subject). Performer, initiator
of the process/ activity.
(Sensory, motor, emotional, cognitive).
Destination, or object of the activity
Patiens (direct object).
Whoever or whatever is (meant to be) affected by the activity.
The person concerned, the medium of the activity
Dative (indirect object).
One who or that which is involved in or mediating the activity, is affected
only indirectly or sideways, e.g. instrumental, (dis)advantaged, etc..
Relation between Source and destination
Relation between subject and
object. Origin of activity,
being 'outside World' (exogenous) versus 'inner world' (endogenous).
Causation: 1. Exogenous
Process with influence from outside.
Source / cause is 'outside world' (
objective, public).
Implying: Agent = (Other / Thing); Patiens = Self.
(E x). (A / D -> Z).
Causation: 2. Endogenous
Process with influence from within (
reciprocal activity, feedback). Source / cause is 'inner world' (
subjective, private).
Implying: Agent = Self; Patiens = Self.
(E n). (Z -> Z).
Associated circumstances, environmental conditions, antecedents, history .. 'nesting
, internal and external 'triggers'.
(Possible confounding factors, bias).
Mode of operation
Modus Operandi. 'Ego state', 'subpersonality'.
(Associated, responsible) 'personality part', mostly an 'unconscious personality part').
Subjective importance
Underlying aim/ goal, motive. (
drive, urge). The intended purpose of the process.
Relative Priority.
Psychic function(s)
Specific strategic function(s). Related ins and outs
, within an operational strategy.
Driven by positive motivation. Eg. for coping, socializing, survival, egodefense, etc..
Presuppositions
Assumptions underlaying a collection of ideas. Presumptions, premisses,
parameters.
Four classes of information
(I) Class of Physical ordered states, or occational patterns
(II) Class of types of ordered states or abstract patterns
(III) Class of subjective information
(IV) Class of conscious information
Referent(s): 1. Disjoint
Occasional contacts with the subject.
Source is 'outside world' (
inter-subjective, exogenous).
Relatively independent.
Referent(s): 2. Adherent
Only connected to the subject. Source is (direct or indirect
) 'self', own body.
E.g. external self-perception (external self-reflection).
Distance: 1. Distal
Relatively remote.
Indirect contact by physical exchange/ communication through spatial medium.
Distance: 2. Proximal
Relatively close.
Direct contact by physical exchange/ communication with spatial coincidence or overlap.
Time-relation: 1. Synchronous
Simultaneous, symmetrical
process (direct).
Concurrency of data content and process.
Time-relation: 2. Diachronic
Asymmetric process (indirect).
Unevenly course of data content and process.
A. Remembrance
Reactivation (retraction,
retrieval, reminiscence) of empirical data along a timeline. Content from long-term memory (LTM).
B. Mental construction
Analysis and synthesis.
Extero-sensory process
Exteroception, sensorics
, sensory processing.
Momentary sensations of external circumstances in the immediate setting.
Intero-sensory process
Interoception,
Intero-sensorics, sensibility.
Internal sensory perception with respect to external and internal data.
Remembrance of exogenous
experience, observations. Content from episodic
memory, concerning previous sensory experience.
The 'image-sound-smell-taste-touch movie' (occasional / reflexive).
Sensible-episodic
Remembrance of endogenous
experience, feelings. Content from episodic
memory, concerning previous body feelings.
The 'movie' of bodily feelings and emotions (occasional / reflexive).
Semantic / symbolic
Remembrance of endogenous
experience, mental constructions. Content from semantic
memory, concerning previous mental constructions, experience of idiosyncratic nature (structural,
declarative).
A 'movie' of ideas: abstractions, concepts, stereotypes, enz..
Includes
the personal model of the world, belief system.
- Body image, self-image;
- View on humanity, world, life.
Creative fantasy
Fantasize, dreams hallucinating, ...
Reasoning / computation.
Combinatory thinking, reasoning, calculating ... Composition according to
logical Syntax.
(Occasionally according to logical semantics).
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