Science and Technology: Human Flourishing Chapter 7 Quiz

Human Flourishing

• Human being is an individual person that makes up society and is responsible for researches and innovations.
• Aristotle defines man as a rational animal because he can think and use reason consistently.
• Human beings have spiritual and physical needs that are satisfied through science and technology.

Changes in Human Body

• Short bodies and long guts (6 million years ago)
• Tall bodies and short guts (9 million years ago)
• Compact bodies and short gut (400,000 years ago)
• Bones were sleeker and weaker

Complexity of the Brain

• Human brain size tripled and became the largest and most complex of any living primate.
• Evolution of human brain is mainly focused on selective pressures of physical and social environments.

Social Life

• Humans depend on social life, sharing food, caring for infants, and building social networks to survive.
• Family is a socially recognized group that forms an emotional connection and serves as an economic unit of society.
• Society is a group of people who share common economic, social, and industrial infrastructures.

Importance of Societies

• Support for each other
• Formation of social groups
• Regulation of policies and standards
• Achievement of a common goal

Use of Language and Symbols

• Ancient people communicated using language, symbols, or sounds.
• They used pigments, painting, and carvings to store information.
• Adornments represented membership in a group or someone's age, sex, and social status.

Aristotle's Concept of Human Flourishing

• Human flourishing is an effort to achieve self-actualization and fulfillment within a larger community.
• It encompasses uniqueness, dignity, diversity, freedom, happiness, and holistic well-being.
• Aristotle defines the good proper to human beings as the activities in which the life functions specific to human beings are most fully realized.

Martin Seligman's Well-Being Theory

• Flourishing is a descriptor of positive mental health.
• Positive emotions fuel psychological resilience and trigger emotional and physical well-being.
• The 5 pillars of human flourishing (PERMA) are:
  • Positive Emotion
  • Engagement
  • Relationships
  • Meaning
  • Accomplishment

Test your knowledge on the concepts of human flourishing, needs of humans, pillars of Well-Being Theory, and the definition of 'Man'. This quiz is based on Chapter 7 of the Science and Technology subject.