Chapter 11. May: Existential Psychology Flashcards
A basic tenet of existentialism is that _________, meaning that what people do is more important than what they are.
existence precedes essence
True or False. People are either subjective or objective: meaning, they are either thinking or acting beings.
False. People are BOTH subjective and objective: that is, they are thinking as well as acting beings.
True or False. People are motivated to search for answers to important questions regarding the meaning of life.
True
True or False. People have an equal degree of both freedom and responsibility.
True
The unity of people and their phenomenological world is expressed what term?
Dasein, or being-in-the-world
3 modes of being-in-the-world:
- Umwelt
- Mitwel
- Eigenwelt
One’s relationship with the world of things
Umwelt
One’s relationship with the world of people.
Mitwelt
One’s relationship with oneself.
Eigenwelt
It is an awareness of the possibility of one’s not
being, through death or loss of awareness.
Nonbeing or nothingness
True or False. People experience anxiety when they are aware of the possibility of their nonbeing as well as when they are aware that they are free to choose.
True
It is experienced by everyone and is proportionate to the threat.
Normal anxiety
It is disproportionate to the threat, involves repression, and is handled in a self-defeating manner.
Neurotic anxiety
People experience guilt as a result of their:
1) separation from the natural world
2) inability to judge the needs of others
3) denial of their own potentials.
What is the underlying structure that gives meaning to experience and allows people to make decisions about the future?
Intentionality
It means taking delight in the presence of the other person and affirming that person’s value as much as one’s own.
Love
___, a basic form of love, is a biological function that seeks satisfaction through the release of sexual tension.
Sex
It is a higher form of love that seeks an enduring union with a loved one.
Eros
_______ is the form of love that seeks a nonsexual friendship with another person.
Philia
_______ is the highest form of love; is altruistic and seeks nothing from the other person.
Agape
This is gained through confrontation with one’s destiny and through an understanding that death or nonbeing is a possibility at any moment.
Freedom
What is the freedom of action, freedom to move about, to pursue tangible goals?
Existential freedom
What is the freedom of being, freedom to think, to plan, to hope.
Essential freedom
________ are belief systems, both conscious and unconscious, that provide explanations for personal and social problems.
Cultural myths
