Human behaviour and mental processes has
always been the subject of intense curiosity and the complexity makes even
challenging to understand and analyse. The need to understand the human mind to
understand the way a person behaves and think, how emotions are displayed, how
individuals are motivated to accomplish difficult tasks, how people conform to
expectations, how they at time oppose others opinions and orders, how some are
submissive while others are rebellious and the individual differences seen in
various facets of life has always been an enigma. Over hundreds of years
behavioural scientists have intensely researched and have come out with several
theories of their own about behaviour and mind. They have propounded several
theories with different perspectives on human behaviour, yet there are gaps.
The purpose behind understanding and analysing human behaviour and mental
process is in predicting and controlling human behaviour. Thus the study of
Psychology can be said to be, a scientific study of human behaviour and mental processes,
thereby bringing about a deeper understanding of the human mind and its
enormous potentials, differences and uniqueness. With this deeper understanding
it could aid in being able to precisely predict, control and change human
behaviour.
The study of human behaviour is the way a
person behaves in society which is a result of how they think, comprehend and
understand the world and react. The individual human behaviour is a result of the
internal mental process that goes on in the inside the mind of a person. The
internal mental processes are activated by the stimulation through sensation, attention,
perception, cognitive processes which then results in the expression of
behaviour. Though these are internal mental processes designed commonly for every
individual yet each person has a unique internal mental processing style. This
different mental processing styles can be said to be the predispositions or
inherent abilities of a person. Every person’s predisposition or inherent
abilities has a unique inner configuration which is influenced by the genetic
endowment received by both parents. This configuration varies not just by the
genetic endowment but also by the child experiences in the environment in the
womb which influences and thereby impacts the predisposition or inherent
abilities. The child thus born possesses a configuration and a predisposition
or inherent abilities which is called the Inner Mind Map. Every person looks at
the world based on this configuration of the Inner Mind Map and that is the main
reason why each person perceives differently.
This we strongly believe that Psychology is
the study of this Inner Mind Map (IMM) and not just observable behaviour only which
influences the unique way a person thinks, feels and acts. We strongly advocate
that Behaviour can thus be understood better by understanding this IMM.
The Inner Mind Map displays the capacity and
potential of a person by way of
- The
Biological Capacity and Potential:
The innate biological capacity is influenced by the neural predisposition
or inherent abilities, which is determined by genes and the experiences of
the child in the womb. This neural capacity and potential also impacts the
predisposition of a person’s receptivity to sensation and thereby impacts
perception of the world.
- The
Cognitive Capacity and Potential:
The intellectual and analytical ability of a person and the way a person
thinks, learns, remembers, forgets, uses language and integrates information
with intellect and creativity in daily life.
- The
Emotional Capacity and Potential: The
personality traits, the attitude and style of behaviour, the interest one
has, the emotions that are activated, the motives and behind actions in
daily life.
- The
Social Capacity and Potential: The
way in which a person socialises and maintains relationships, how one
adjusts to the people and environment around them, the coping and defence
mechanisms used and the mind-sets and prejudice’s which makes people discriminate
in daily life.
- The
Moral Capacity and Potential: The
way a person perceives what is good and bad, what are ethical boundaries,
the value systems in daily life.
- The
Behavioural Capacity and Potential: The
way a person displays their inherent potential to be driven by ambition,
the ability to move towards a goal with focus and achieve a task in daily
life.
The Inner Mind Map is thus the innate
instinctive neural configuration which makes a person function in a different
and unique style. The behaviour is to a great extent automatic based on the
predisposition or inherent abilities to receive sensation which thereby
influences the perception. These perceptions make a person have unique
experiences which also influence interests in life. This process influences
cognition and controls the way we think and act. Every perception is associated
with an emotion and this controls the way we feel. Learning, memory and
language are all influenced by the way we think and feel. A person’s thoughts
feelings and actions are to a great extent thus controlled by the IMM.
The IMM reflects the potentials and capacities
of a person. It can be considered to be the genetic gift of life but the
challenge lies in how this IMM deals with the real world around. Situations and
circumstances can be empowering and facilitating or it can be opposing and
challenging in daily life. This serves as a red carpet or block to the effective functioning of a
person’s potential in daily life.
Man is thus an embodiment of one’s own Inner
Mind Map and the environmental triggers. Having potential for growth and
happiness and the inability to express it or not having the potential and
feeling incapable, triggered by others to behave in opposition to one’s nature,
all cause dissatisfaction, unhappiness and stress in daily life.
Becoming aware of one’s potential and one’s likes
and dislikes, getting clarity about what one wants is crucial in facing
life. Once a person is clear and decides
what to do, there is no looking back because he can make great progress in getting
what he wants. This is called willpower. Willpower is the ability to desire something
and to persist and persevere till the task is accomplished. The levels of will
power an individual have depends on the genetic Inner Mind Map and the existing
social environment one lives.
The power and expression of human
behaviour depends on the internal configuration or inherent abilities of the Inner
Mind Map which should be in harmony with the external world. Mental Health can
be effectively harmonised when the inner configuration or
inherent abilities is made to coordinate with the external situations in life. The
three stage process for the effectively harmonising the mental health in daily
life using Inner Mind Map include, Self-awareness of the Inner Mind Map, Self-realisation
which is the understanding that the challenge lies within ourselves and finally
Self-transformation happens only when the Inner Mind Map is rewired and
developed. This three stage process make individual to experience the life with
happiness, realize potentials and achieve peace of mind.
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