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Religious Education
• Moral dilemma
Morals - an individuals concept of right or wrong (religious values, social attitudes and certain
behavior_
Dilemma - a situation where there is no clear “best choice” between two or more alternatives
- Ta etheka, the customary, the approved. But accepted by whom and whose authorit.
Process of determining right and wrong
Ethics - is the process of determining right and wrong (Scott Rae). This is a satisfactory
de nition, however it is also a de nition which can be used by an unbeliever as well as by a
christian
- John Frame - said, “theology determining which human persons, acts, attitudes and
which do not”
a. This de nition assumes the covenantal character of Christian ethics
Categories
1. Descriptive - describes moral behavior. Ethics done from a sociological or anthropological
perspective. covenantal behavior
2. Normative - prescribes moral behavior. discipline that produces moral norms or rules as its
end product. “thus saith the Lord”
3. Metaethics - authorizes and legitimizes moral behavior. investigates the meaning of moral
language or the epistemology of ethics
b. deontological - no exemptions from violating moral truths
c. teleological - utilitarianism, end justi es the means
d. relativistic - what is true for one individual, or one social group, may not be true for
another
4. Aretaic Ethics - links moral behavior with virtue. category of ethics that focuses on the
virtues produced in people, not that morality of speci c acts
Morality - the end result of ethical deliberation, the substance of what is right and wrong.
- It is the end result of the process of determining which human persons, acts and attitudes
receive God’s blessings and which do not.
CPAR
Art - the latin wod of Ars means “skill”. It is the expression or application of human creative
skill and imagination
Contemporary art - is the term used to represent the “art of today”
- It started when Roger Eliot Fry and his colleagues founded the Contemporary Art
Society in 1910
- Roger Eliot Fry - champion of the movement her termed ‘Post-Impressionism’
- Contemporary Art Society - its main goal was for artworks
• Contemporary Art
Signi cance of art: Suzi Nassif, a contemporary artist said, “The most prominent feature of
contemporary art is the fact taht it has no distinct feature or single characteristic”
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Importance: it re ects and challenges the current social, cultural, and political issues of our
time. It can create aesthetic experiences, stimulate critical thinking, and provoke dialogue
among viewers.
Functions:
1. Aesthetic value - the art possesses some capacity to elicit a sense of pleasure in the
viewer.
2. Relaxation and inspiration - this is used for some of the mindfulness exercises that are
currently so popular. Art can help to pull people out of their mind of racing and wandering
thoughts, into the present moment to experience what is in front of them.
3. Personal Expression - anyone can express themselves in a way that will be safely
observable for others. Likewise, the perspectives that are expressed are valuable for
society because it gives a unique window into the minds and thoughts of the artists.
4. Cultural commentary - this includes depicting literally or guratively their view on
everything ranging from politics to pop culture. With imagery, shapes, and other varied
media the artist can create a dialogue or narrative of their views.
Art movement - is a distinct artistic style, technique, or trend that mapes a particular period of
cultural development in the history of art.
- Paul Cezanne - is considered as the father of modern art
Modern art movements
1. Impressionism - characterised by quick, painterly brushstrokes and a unique use of colour
based on the e ects of light. The lines of the impressionism.
- Claude monet - was a leader of the movement
2. Expressionism - Europe, late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a response to
bourgeois complacency and the increasing mechanisation and urbanisation.
- Vincent Van Gogh - is the father of expressionism
- History of Expressionism: as an art movement, the term expressionism indicates the
conservatories of the sensitive or interpretative mode of sharing reactions. The
popularity of expressionism increased when Antonin Matejcek
3. Fauvism - Uses bright, wild, and vividly intense colour. Lines are simpli ed and it usually
has no basis in reality, which often looks very childish. A painting that ourished in France
around the turn of 20th century
- Henri Matisse - father of fauvism
4. Cubism - A recognizable art movement that originated at the beginning of the 20th century,
and many of its techniques are still in demand. Its distinctive features are the direct use of
geometric shapes, a narrow circle of subjects.
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- Pablo Picasso - the father of cubism
Contemporary art movements
1. Pop art - Mimics advertisements found on billboards, packaging, labels, posters, other
commercial products such as cereal boxes or comic books by using simple shapes and
bright colours such as circles or squares.
2. Minimalism - The term minimal was rst coined by an American professor of philosophy
Richard Wollheim to describe art style.
- The main goal of minimalism is to reduce paintings and sculptures to their essentials;
the pure qualities of colour, form, space, and materials.
- The art style focuses on the fundamental principle of “less is more”
3. Earth art - Also known as land art, is an art movement that emerged in the 1960’s and
1970’s. Artists create structure in landscapes using natural materials such as rock. The goal
of this art movement is to transform natural landscapes into works of art.
4. Installation arts - Originating in the 1960’s it is an art movement characterised by its
immersive large-scale artworks.
- The main goal of this art movement is to design artworks t=at would physically interact
with their arts.
5. Performance art - Artist goal for this drama-inspired approach is to convey a message or
idea through various conceptualised performances. It has four elements,
6. Digital art - Formerly referred to as computer art or cybernetic art, digital art began in
Europe. The rst computer art howard
General Physics
• Electrostatic
Electrostatics - study of forces between charges, as described by Columb’s law
- Science of statistic or stationary electricity
- Started 600 BC when Greeks rubbed amber and caused attraction
- William Gilbert - discovered static does not only come from amber
- Greek words and meaning
a. Amber - elektra
b. Object - electrics
c. Process - electricity
Structure of atoms
Protons - positively charged
Neurons - no charge
Electrons - negatively charged
- Protons and neutrons have the same mass
- Electrons - smallest mass, biggest area
- Protons and electrons have the same quantity
Charges:
1. Elementary charges (e)
2. Proton (+e) and electron (-e)
3. Electrical charges (q)
4. Coulomb (C) - SI unit of charge
Conversion:
6.24 x 1018 e = 1 C
1e = 1.602 x 10-19 C
• Conservation of charge
Conservation of charge - the total charge of an isolated system remains constant. Charges
can neither be created nor destroyed.
Personal Development
• Knowing oneself
Self - union of elements that make up your unique traits or personality and distinguishes you
from others: body, thought, feelings, sensations
Emotions - constitutes yout physical attributes, health, posture, and poise
Thoughts - the way you think how you perceive the environment
ID - set of uncoordinated instinctual desires that are unconscious
Ego - organized, realistic agen that mediated between the id and the superego
Superego - critical and moralizing part that internalizes social norms and ideas
Growth - physical changes
Development - behavioral changes
Personal development - process of improving and takes place over the course of a person’s
entire life.
- Covers activities that improve awareness that improve awareness and identity, develop
talents and potential
Abraham Harold Maslow - physchologist studied positive human qualities and the lives of
exemplary people. Created hierarchy of human needs expressed in his book, Motivation and
Personality
- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
1. Self-actualization - person’s motivation to reach his or her full potential. Sense of
direction and e ectiveness
2. Esteem
3. Love/belonging
4. Safety
5. Physiological
Weakness - lack of strength or a character aw
Strength - good bene cial quality or attribute of a person
Adolescence - came from the Latin word “adolescere” meaning “grow”
- Early adolescence
- Middle adolescence
- Late adolescence
Physical development - process that happens between ages 10-14 for girls and ages 16 for
boys
Social development - virtually all aspects of society are social. “social” refers to the co-exist in
an interactions ad relations that take place between people
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Mental development - how a person talks, ideas he expresses, and things he talks about
Emotional development - how we feel about something internally
Spiritual development - aims to recover the original shape of man
Scheme - is stabilised activity organised to gather and interpret information about objects in
the world.
Schema - is stabilised information about features of the objects in the world, such as colour,
shape.
Sigmund Freud - was a Viennese doctor who came to believe that the way parents dealt with
children’ basic sexual and aggressive desires would determine how their personalities
developed and whether or not they would end up well-adjusted as adults.
- Freud describe children as going through multiple stages of sexual development,
Stages of sexual development
1. Oral Phase (birth-18 months) - Children are focused on the pleasures that they receive
from sucking and biting.
- Erogenous zone: the mouth
- The primary source of interaction occurs through the mouth, so the rooting and sucking
re ex is especially important.
2. Anal phase (18 months to 3 years) - This focus shift to the anus as they begin
- Erogenous zone: bladder and bowel control
- The primary focus of the libido is on controlling bladder and bowel movements.
- The major con ict at this stage is toilet training the child to learn to control his or her
bodily needs.
- Developing this control leads to a sense of accomplishment and independence.
3. Phallic Stage (3-6 years) - Children turned their interest and love towards their parents of
the opposite sex and began to strongly resent the parents of the same sex.
- This focus moves to genital stimulation and the sexual identi cation that comes with
having or not having a penis.
- Oedipus and Electra Complexes occur
- Erogenous zone: Genitals
- The primary focus on the libido is on the genitals. At this stage, children also begin to
discover the di erences between males and females.
- Oedipus Complex - describes the feelings of wanting to possess the mother.
- Electra Complex - is the feeling of wanting to possess the father.
4. Latency Stage (6 years - onset of puberty)
- Sexual motivations recede in importance
- Erogenous zone: Socialisation
- The state begins around the time that children enter into school with peer relationships,
hobbies and other interests.
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- This stage is important in the development of social skills and communication.
5. Genital Stage (Puberty onwards) - Adolescents focus not only on their genitals, but also
on developing sexual relationships with members of the opposite sex and on seeking
sexual satisfaction.
- Erogenous zone: Maturing sexual interests
General Chemistry
• Kinetic Molecular Theory and Intermolecular Forces of Attraction
A molecule will be nonpolar if:
- All of the terminal atoms (or groups) are the same
- All of the terminal atoms (or groups) are symmetrically arranged around
the central atom
- The terminal atoms (or groups) have the same changes
A molecule will be polar if:
- One or more terminal atoms di er from each other
- At least one polar bond is present
- The terminal atoms are not symmetrically arranged
- The molecule has one slightly positive end and one slightly negative end
Kinetic energy - energy of movement and attraction of particles
- There is a variant of KMT that speci cally applies in solids and liquids
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Properties of matter Molecular Behavior
Volume/Shape Assumes volume and Fixed volume; assumes Fixed volume; xed
shape of container shape of occupied part of shape (regardless of
container size and shape of
container)
Motion of Molecules Random, fast, cober Random, medium, speed, Vibration in place
large distances limited distances
Intermolecular Forces of Attraction (IMFA) - are attractive forces in between the neighboring
molecules. It is also known as “van der Waals forces”
- Inter - means between molecules
- Intra - means within a molecule
Dipole-dipole force - is an attraction that occurs between the positive end of a polar
molecules and the negative end of another polar molecule
- In dipole-dipole forces, the larger the dipole moment, the greater the force.
Ion-dipole force - is an attractive force that occurs between an ion and a polar (dipole)
molecule
- The positive sodium ions interact with the negative ends of water molecules, while the
negative chloride ions interact with the positive ends of water moelcules
Hydrogen bonding - is a force of attraction between a hydrogen atom bonded to a highly
electronegative atom (F, O, and N)
- It occurs between
h. Lone pairs on electronegative atom of one molecule, and
i. H on electronegative atom of another molecule
London dispersion force - is the weakest intermolecular force
and is present in all molecular. It is the only present
intermolecular force in nonpolar molecules
- Occurs when temporary, instantaneous dipole in one
molecule induces a similar dipole in a neighboring molecule
(temporary, random rearrangement of charge)
- LDF is dependent on size and surface area. Heavier
molecules (higher molecular weight) and also molecules
with a larger surface area all result in higher London
dispersion forces.
• Properties of liquids
1. Surface tension - the amount of energy that is needed to increase the surface area of a
liquid.
- Hydrogen bonding is present between neighboring water molecules, and this force
exerts a downward force at the surface of the liquid, causing surface tension.
- The stronger the intermolecular force, the higher the surface tension of liquids.
2. Cohesion - IMF between the molecules of a liquid that allows them to attract the sane type
of molecules
- Surface tension results from the strong cohesive forces of some liquids.
These forces are strong enough to be maintained even when they experience external
forces like the weight of an insect walking across its surface.
3. Adhesion - the net attractive force between a liquid’s molecules and molecules of other
type. It helps explain how liquids interact with their containers and with other liquids.
4. Capillary action - the stronger the IMFA, the greater the adhesion/cohesion.
5. Viscosity - the internal resistance of a liquid to ow
- Liquids that are considered polar or that are able to form hydrogen bonds have higher
viscosity.
- The stronger the intermolecular force, the higher the viscosity of a liquid.
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6. Vapor pressure - the pressure exerted by a gas molecule. The stronger the intermolecular
force present, the greater the amount of energy needed to break them, so the higher the
boiling point will be.
- Liquids with stronger IMFA have lower vapor pressure. Vapor pressure is inversely
proportional to the strength of intermolecular forces.
- So, molecules with strong intermolecular forces have low vapor pressures.
7. Boiling point - it is the temperature at which the liquid starts turning into gas.
- The stronger the intermolecular force present, the greater the amount of energy needed
to break them, so the higher the boiling point will be.
Properties of water
- Water is a universal solvent.
- It has high speci c heat capacity (the energy required to raise the temperature of one gram
of substance by one degree)
- Sold water (ice) is less dense than liquid water
- Exhibits capillary action.
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