Birth
The experience of being born into an unfamiliar world.Time
The experience of progressing through time from past to present with no ability to go back from the current moment.
Space
The ability to move through 3-dimensional space such as running and jumping.Sense & Sensation
The senses of touch, taste, smell, sight and sound and sensations such as dizziness.Physical Experience
Experiencing the body such as the feeling of tiredness from physical exertion.Family
Social bonds with family such as the maternal and paternal bond.Friendship
Building social bonds with people who were previously strangers.Childhood
The experience of being young with your whole life ahead of you.
Play
Engaging in activities that are enjoyable that have no productive purpose other than learning, exploration and stimulation.Change
The constant change to all things that creates a need to constantly adapt.Adulthood
Progressing and growing as a person to take on responsibility within groups such as a society, organization, community or family.Community
Navigating the social processes required to get along with people who live in the same place as you. This can potentially be fulfilling and rewarding.Society
Navigating the systems and customs of the place where you live.
Culture
Participating in shared experience in areas such as language, literature, art, entertainment, architecture, festivals, celebration, holidays and cuisine.Aesthetics
Feeling that things are attractive or unattractive. For example, the ability to enjoy beautiful scenery.
Nature
Enjoyment of nature such as breathing clean cool air into your lungs.Sickness & Pain
Negative experiences related to the body such as sickness, pain and hunger.Problems
Challenges that prevent us from easily getting what we want.
Competition
The need to outperform others when you both want the same constrained resource or position. A competitive spirit is also a human characteristic that is enjoyed in contexts such as sports and games.
Failure
A failed attempt to reach a goal.Learning
The process of acquiring new knowledge through failures, successes and the consumption of information.
Knowledge
The state of being knowledgeable about something.Belief
The ability to believe in something that you can't directly confirm.Spirituality
Contemplation of the wonders of universe and of the self.Logic
The ability to work with facts that can be confirmed with concrete evidence.Imagination
The ability to think beyond what is known. For example, a physicist who imagines a thought experiment that can be used to derive foundational theories for how the universe works.
Rational Thought
The ability to develop ideas that other people view as valid.Success
Successfully executing a plan to achieve a goal.Rest
Relaxation, leisure and sleep.Motivation
The desire to do things other than rest.Emotion
Conscious states that give color to our thoughts.
Empathy
Being able to feel what other people feel. For example, looking at a painting and being able to feel what the artist or subject of the painting felt.Fear
A dread emotion that is typically invoked by risk.Joy
A broad category of positive emotion.
Hate & Anger
Negative emotions that can cause an individual to act against other people in a negative way.Conflict
Malicious and destructive interactions between people and groups.Destruction
The loss of life and value. For example, war, disasters and crime.Freedom
The ability to do what you want.
Privacy
Freedom from being observed.Constraint
Restrictions on your freedom such as a student who must follow certain rules in class or face a punishment.Creativity
The ability to create something of value that is novel and non-obvious.Spontaneity
Creativity at high speed such as the ability to say something witty in a conversation.Work
The process of creating value with one's efforts.
Happiness
A sense of contentment such as enjoying leisure time with friends and family.Self-Fulfillment
A sense that you have done something positive with your potential.
Aging
The transition of the body and mind through stages of life from childhood to old age.Mortality
The knowledge of one's inevitable death and experience of death itself.
Summary
| Overview: Human Experience | ||
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Definition | The realities of human existence including the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical characteristics of human life. | |
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