Page 20 - EMCAPP-Journal No. 23
P. 20
dom within the garden with minimal restric�ons References
matches well with the concept of autonomy. Aristotle. (4th Century B.C.E./2019). Nicomachean ethics. (T.
rd
In this brief overview of the story of crea�on we Irwin, Trans., 3 Ed.). Hacke� Publishing.
Augus�ne. (1963). Confessions, translated by Rex Warner.
can find that God did intend for humanity to have
Mentor.
certain drives that would guide them to perform Deci, E. L. & Ryan, R. M. (1985). Intrinsic mo�va�on and self-
the func�ons for which they were created. It is our determina�on in human behavior. Plenum Publishing Co.
posi�on that these things are, in part, the “catego- Deci, E. L. & Ryan, R. M. (2008). Hedonia, eudaimonia, and
well-being: An introduc�on. Journal of Happiness Studies, 9,
rical basis” spoken of by Whi�ng (2020, p. 3). We
1-11. h�ps://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-006-9018-1
find clear matching in the arenas of relatedness,
English Standard Bible. (2016). Crossway Bibles. (Original
competence, and autonomy that are central to the work published 2001).
work of Deci and Ryan as explored above. George, S., Piferi, R., & Kelley, B. (2023). Introduc�on to psy-
Addi�onal poten�al drives derived from the first chology from a Chris�an worldview (2nd ed.). Kendall Hunt
Publishing.
two chapters of Genesis are listed in the Appendix
Gorsuch, R. (1994). Toward mo�va�onal theories of intrinsic
as food for further thought on this topic. This list religious commitment. Journal for the Scien�fic Study of Reli-
was previously presented in papers by Murphy gion, 33(4). 315-325.
(2009) and Murphy (2023c). It is also worthwhile to Gorsuch, R., Mylvaganam, G. & Gorsuch, K. (2009). Perceived
consider that these drives were corrupted in the fall religious mo�va�on. Interna�onal Journal for the Psychology
of Religion, 7(4). 253-261.
of mankind as described in Genesis chapter 3. The
Kasser, T. & Ryan R. M. (1996). Further Examining the Ameri-
effect of this fall and poten�al redemp�ve move- can Dream: Differen�al Correlates of Intrinsic and Extrinsic
ment for mankind has been explored and presen- Goals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulle�n, 22(3),
ted in Murphy & Murphy (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 280-287.
& 2023a). Kaufman, S. B., Yaden, D. B., Hyde, E. & Tsukayama, E. (2019).
The light vs. dark triad of personality: Contras�ng two very
different profiles of human nature. Fron�ers in Psychology,
Conclusion 10(467), 1-26. h�ps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00467
It is our hope and prayer that this paper can serve Martela, F. & Ryan R. M. (2023). Clarifying eudaimonia and
to ignite thinking on how our God- designed purpo- psychological func�oning to complement evalua�ve and ex-
ses s�ll inform our behaviors today, albeit in cor- perien�al well-being: Why basic psychological needs should
be measured in na�onal account of well-being. Perspec�ves
rupted ways. We see great value in the work of tho-
on Psychological Science 18(5), 1121-1135.
se who have gone before us and seek to simply in- Maslow, A. H. (1943). A theory of human mo�va�on. Psycho-
fluence an understanding of that work by providing logical Review, 50(4), 370–396.
a Biblical locus for the source of all that mo�vates h�ps://doi.org/10.1037/h0054346.
McClelland, D. C. (1987). Human mo�va�on. Cambridge Uni-
us and that brings us true well-being.
versity Press.
McClelland, D. C. (2020). The Achievement Mo�ve. Barakaldo
Books.
McClelland, D. C., Clark, R. A. & Atkinson, J. W. (1949). The
projec�ve expression of needs; the effect of the need for
achievement on thema�c appercep�on. Journal of experi-
mental psychology, 39(2), 242-255.
McClelland, D. C. & Pilon D. A. (1983). Sources of adult mo-
�ves in pa�erns of parent behavior in early childhood. Jour-
nal of personality and social psychology, 44(3) 564-574.
Murphy, V. (2009, September 19). Expanding emo�onal flu-
ency from a Chris�an psychology perspec�ve. [Breakout ses-
sion]. American Associa�on of Chris�an Counselors (AACC)
Grace and Truth World Conference. Nashville, TN, USA.
Murphy, V. & Murphy. M. (2005, April 9). Barriers to in�macy
with God and others: A framework for counseling. [Breakout
session]. The Chris�an Associa�on for Psychological Studies
(CAPS), Dallas, TX USA.
Murphy, V. & Murphy. M. (2006, October 27). Faith and foun-
da�onal brokenness: Pa�erns of control, expecta�on, escape
and rescue. [Breakout session]. Society for Chris�an Psychol-
ogy (SCP) Geneva Ins�tute, Cha�anooga, TN, USA.
20
20
