The Equally Yoked Couple - Soc101:Intro to SocPsy - Liberal Arts and Humanities

This is a brief introduction to the concept of an EQUALLY YOKED Coupleship. It is a Soc101 - Intro to SocPsy presentation for the Liberal Arts and Humanities.

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1. The Equally-Yoked Couple An Introduction to the Concepts – Definitions - Perspectives Social Psychology Soc101-IntroSocPsy Webinar
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3. Objectives • Philosophy – Definitions: “Equally yoked”, Quotations • Social Psychology – Dyads: Equally-Yoked vs Unequally-Yoked • Religious Doctrine – Beliefs: “…Be ye not unequally yoked.” • Law and Justice – An Homeogenous Legal Marriage. - Liberal Arts and Humanities - Webinar
5. A Better Understanding • “Equally-yoked” – Social Science – Clinical Social Psychology Defined: A Dyadic (Spouses) with the Same ‘Civil Identity’ • “Equally Yoked” – Religious – Holy Bible /Christian /Doctrinal Defined: A Couple with the Same ‘Civil Identity’ with a special mutual focus on the same ‘Spirit’. • “Equallyoked” – Secular – Social Ethics /Justice /Social Mores Defined: A Homegamous ‘Pair’ with the Same ‘Civil Identity’ Note: Pronounced the same and colloquially used interchangeably - practically meaning the same to all. - Social Psychology/Terminology Spellings & definitions (the study of the minds of such a unique couple) ( concerned with civil rights and human rights) (a special focus is on religion and spirit)
6. “Equally Yoked” • Equally: means, “alike’, …or “the same”… to the same degree of.. (i.e., as an ‘alike’, or the ‘same’, ‘civil identity’). • Yoked: meaning… ..‘enjoined’ together to do (relationship) work. …more ‘figuratively’ - united together in holy matrimony with a mutual ‘civil identity’ as ‘one’ (a coupleship)...a,b - Marriage, Family, and Child Psychology
7. “..a Mosaic of Features..” Ethnicity Political Party Race Color Religion Age Sex Disability Marital Status Personality “.. dynamic public significance..” ©opyright 2001 Permission to Copy
8. “Soul-mates” • A couple who experience their very first sexual encounter together, simultaneous climax , and their baby is born out of that union are “Soul-mates”1 for life and if,.. • ..that couple bonds with each other, falls deeply in love, and is the happiest they have ever been with each other in their lives-are “Soul-mates”2 and, if… • ..that couple who are ‘married’ and are indeed “equallyoked” then they are truly “Soul-mates.”, i.e., of the ‘same’ or ‘at least of very similar’ “civil- identities.” 3 - Marriage, Family, and Child Psychology
9. Male - Female • Standards of masculine handsomeness and feminine beauty amongst Equallyokedtarian couples varied proportionate to closeness -distance. • Researchers - found that physical attractiveness to the same ‘civil identity’ tended to be much higher then in couples of closer descriptions. • A Survey showed that the uniqueness of Equallyokedtarian lifestyles influenced standards of attractiveness amongst ‘equallyoked’ pairs. - Soc101: Sociocultural Theories
10. A Brief History • The phenomena of ‘equallyokedtarianism’ was clearly identified 1st in philosophy and then later in social science about the time of the emergence of the worldwide ‘population control’ (one or two children per couple) movement worldwide. • The actual term ‘equallyoked’* as a social phenomena (i.e., a social mores recognized as two civil identities ‘pairing up’) showed up in 1700s, (China) again in 1800s (Sociocultural Anthropology in Africa), and in the 1900s American Sociology as ‘reference couples’ for indices in the Clinical Social Sciences, i.e., Social Psychology research.1 * Translation of archaic languages were made in vague terms from the philosophies…until the 1960’s when it appears in international social scientific (social psychology) literature. -Social Psychology/SocPsy222
11. Personal Identity • Family Identity – Relationship and Roles • Social Identity – Out in (Secular) Public: Community Roles • Civil Identity – Multicultural Society
12. Family Identity • Names – Family Surname – Middle Name – First Name • Relationships – Grand-Parent/Parent – Aunts/Uncles – Siblings: Brother – Sister – Cousins • Roles – Family – Household Duties
13. Social Identity Your Social identity is your sense of belongingness to a collective of identified important groups such as; Citizenship: a Nation, Residence: Home, Property: Ownership, deeds, and co-ownership in Real estate, e.g., vacation homes, office buildings, land, and may include motor homes, RVs, cars, boats, planes, etc., Profession: your trade, vocation, skill, craft boards or union, Title: in clubs, associations, organizations, etc., Education: Credentials, degrees, diplomas, certifications, documentation of schools successfully attended. Socio-economic Class: Amount of money in bank, in stocks and bonds investments, in bank notes and certificates. Tax bracket.
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15. “Civil Identity” ‘Civil identity’ (Social Psychology) - describes a collective of features about an individual’s present: ethnicity, political party membership, race and color, religious membership, disability/ handicap, age- group/-generation and (proper) sexual orientation, and marital status. 3 - Social Psychology: SocPsy225
16. …Symbolic… • “Traditional beliefs about the equally yoked couple is a doctrinal pillar in the Christian church and is symbolic of God’s first love - the Equally Yoked couple in Eden.” Early American Christian Traditional Colonial Beliefs
17. Sociocultural Lifestyles • Social Ethics – Norms: Normal vs Abnormal Acts/Actions – Customs – As an Adaptation to Secular Life • Social Mores – Social Behaviors-> Positive+ Outcomes for Society – Equallyoked Coupling-Up/Dyadic Relationships • Law & Justice – Common Law Marriage – Marriage and Family Life Social Psychology
18. Social Ethics – Norms: Normal vs Abnormal Acts/Actions – Customs – As an Adaptation to Secular Life
19. Social Mores – Social Behaviors-> Positive+ Outcomes for Society – Equallyoked Coupling-Up/Dyadic Relationships
20. As a “Social Mores” …a basic rule within a specific cultural group • Obedience to this cultural group’s rule – results in certain social acceptance… • ..the foundation of all community laws within a culture began with a specific social mores.. • In order for there to be a continuance of culture such social mores are formally and casually observed… • Social mores are r/t mental and social wellbeing.. • Socialization, childrearing, marriage, and mate selection are founded up good social mores. A Review Of the Liberal Arts & Humanities
21. Law & Justice – Common Law Marriage – Marriage and Family Life
23. Religious Meanings 1. “Equally yoked” is a Holy Bible orientated vernacular – meaning - a couple having a ‘Garden of Eden’ kind of relationship - with high regard for working out a gospel plan for the matched pair’s salvation.1a 2. “…meaning a coupleship expressed as a righteous witness to God’s miraculous power of matching man and woman properly within a broader system of Bible truth.” ibid 3. ‘Unequally yoked’ is a Holy Bible originated vernacular – that concerns associating/ with nonbelievers, i.e., a man and woman – one who denies counsel in the word of God. Nonbelievers-without a pure heart - anti-righteous - who are a menace to the truly loving ‘equallyoking’ ministry of the Savior.” ibid - Doctrinal and Morals Studies
24. “Be ye not unequally yoked…” II Corinthians 6:14 Copyright: 1977 - used by permission ‘equal to’/or ‘about equal to’
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