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CHAPTER 12: Humanistic & Positive Psychology Flashcards

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What is humanistic psychology?

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emphasizes aspects of psychology that are distinctly human

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Humanistic psychology is closely related to __________ _________ and ____________

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phenomenological approach and existentialism

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What is the goal of humanistic psychology?

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acknowledging and addressing the ways in which psychology is unique

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Which uniquely human phenomena is most important?

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free will and self-awareness

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What are the 8 elements of humanistic psychology?

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humanistic, holistic, historic, phenomenological, real life, positivity, will, value

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What is meant by humanistic

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study of humans, not animals

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what is meant by phenomenological

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interior, experiential, and existential aspects of personality

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Phenomenology is the study of _______ ________

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conscious experience

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What is meant by construal

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an individual’s particular experience of the world, or way of interpreting reality

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T/F: your construal may be different from anybody else’s

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True

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_________ is related to the goals your pursue and the obstacles and opportunities your percieve

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your construal

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Situational construals are related to ________ and _________

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personality and gender

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Narcissism and construal

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experience being the center of attention in a situation

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Openness and construal

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construe the situation as including intellectual and artistic stimulation

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T/F: Women are more likely than men to perceive a potential for threat or blame

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False

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T/F: Women are more likely to perceive the need for people to be supportive and more likely to perceive a need to be assertive

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True

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What is introspection?

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observing one’s own mental processes

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Who founded the first psychological laboratory?

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Wundt

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Who did introspection?

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Wundt

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What is existentialism?

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philosophical approach - focus on phenomenology (conscious experience), free will, meaning of life, and other questions of existence

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Where is the origin of existentialism?

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European

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What are the 3 components of conscious experience?

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Umwelt, mitwelt, eigenwelt

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_________’s phenomenological analysis has 3 components

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Binswanger

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What is the umwelt component of phenomenological analysis?

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biological experience - sensations you feel by being a biological organism

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What is the mitwelt component of phenomenological analysis?
think and feel as a social being - emotions and thoughts about other people and yourself
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What is the eigenwelt component of phenomenological analysis?
experience of experience itself - how you think and feel when you try to understand yourself and your existence
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___________ is the result of introspection
eigenwelt
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What is an example of umwelt?
pleasure, pain, heat, cold, and all other bodily sensations
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What is an example of mitwelt?
thinking about someone you love, fear, admire
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What is an example of eigenwelt?
inner experiences, observing your own mind and feelings.
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What is thrown-ness?
time, place, and circumstances into which you happened to be born
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Thrown-ness is ___________'s existential analysis
Heidegger
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Existential anxiety is synonymous to _____
Angst
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Angst is analyzed into 3 separate sensations:
anguish, forlornness, despair
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The key idea of buddhism is _______
anatta
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What does anatta mean?
"nonself" - single, isolated self is an illusion
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What does anicca mean?
everything is temporary - all things will pass
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What does nirvana mean?
state of selfless being resulting from achieving enlightenment
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What are the 3 Buddhist viewpoints?
anatta, anicca, nirvana
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Rogers and Maslow believed that people ____________________.
are basically good
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Rogers said that people have a basic need to _______, that is, to maintain and enhance life.
actualize
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Who developed the hierarchy of needs?
Maslow
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Self-actualization only beomes active if ______ ______ are met first
basic needs
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What is one of Maslow's key points about money?
Money is most important when you have very little. After a certain point, it becomes less important to happiness
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A fully functioning person faces the world without
fear, self-doubt, or neurotic defenses
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A fully functioning person only results from
experiencing unconditional positive regard from important people in your life, especially during childhood
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Rogers' Conditions of Worth
we are good and valuable people only if we fulfill certain criteria ie. health, success, attractiveness, prosperous
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Goal of Rogerian psychotherapy and humanistic psychotherapy
help the client become a fully functioning person
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To help the client become a fully functioning person in psychotherapy, the therapist must
develop genuine caring relationship, provide unconditional positive regard
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The sentence "bob sees the world as an evil place" is an example of
construal
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Kelly's theory of personality is called
personal construct theory
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Kelly viewed constructs as
bipolar dimensions
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What is meant by Kelly's bipolar dimensions
scales ranging between one concept and its opposite (ie. good-bad, large-small, weak-strong)
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What is Kelly's favoured testing method?
Role Construct Repertory Test (Rep test)
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What does the Rep Test do?
Asks you to identify 3 people who are important to you and 3 important ideas, then how those people and ideas are similar and different
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After identifying people and ideas in the Rep Test, what does that do?
reveal constructs of how you view the world
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What are chronically accessible constructs?
constructs that are more readily brought to mind in individuals
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Where did Kelly believe constructs come from?
come from, but not determined by, past experience
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What is the principle of parsimony (Occam's razor)?
All other things being equal, the simplest theory is the best
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In Kelly's personal construct theory, what is meant by sociality corollary?
understanding another person requires understanding that person's view of reality (construct system)
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What is Kelly's constructive alternativism?
You choose construals, they are not forced on you
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What is the focus of positive psychology?
positive subjective experience, positive individual traits and positive institutions
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What is the goal of positive psychology?
improve quality of life, prevent pathologies that arise when life is meaniningless
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Positive psychology is the ______ of humanistic psychology
rebirth
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Positive psychologists investigate ________, _________, and _______ _______ that promote happy and meaningful life
traits, processes, social institutions
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Positive psychology focuses on human _____ instead of ______
strengths, faults
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What are the 6 core virtues?
courage, justice, humanity (compassion), temperance, wisdom, transcendence
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What are the 2 most universal virtues?
justice and humanity
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Virtues
how people make themselves better
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Positive psychology: 2 things to make the most of life
Mindfulness (aware and in control), and flow (state of consciousness)
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Mindfulness meditation can help people suffering from _______ and _______
depression, anxiety
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autotelic activisties
enjoyable for their own sake
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Flow is characterized by
concentration, lack of distractibility
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When skills and challenges are balanced, you experience ______.
flow
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only people high in ______ __ _______ , benefit from activities meant to promote flow
locus of control
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Flow is close to the opposite of _________
mindfulness
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When does awe arise?
individuals encounter an entity that is vast and challenges their worldview
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What are the 3 components of happiness?
overall life satisfaction, satisfaction in particular life domains (ie. relationship, career), high levels of positive emotion and low levels of negative emotion
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Hedonic
pleasure and comfort
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eudaimonic
meaningful life (full potential, helping others, building community)
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Self-determination theory (SDT)
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Eudononia
seeking intrinsic goals rather than extrinsic goals
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What are the 3 sources of happiness?
set point, intentional activity, circumstances
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What is a set point?
genetically influenced - extraversion (good) and neuroticism (bad)
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T/F: more education, being married, and earning more money are associated with happiness
True
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4 consequences of happiness
failure to recognize risk, happiness at the wrong time, trying to be happy can be counterproductive, arrogant happiness harmful to others (shown in narcissists)
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Happiness is associated with _______ drug use
lower
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What is the root of existential and humanistic approach to psychology?
phenomenology
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