chapter 13- exam 3 Flashcards
phenomenology
- one’s conscious experience of the world; everything a person hears, feels, and thinks
- basis of free will: the realization that only one’s present experience matters; if the past is gone, the future is not here yet, we can choose what to think, feel and do
construal
- a person’s particular experience of the world
- everyone has a different construal
- forms the basis of how you live your life
existentialism
- a reaction against rationalism, science, and the industrial revolution
- purpose: regain contact with the experience of being alive and aware
umwelt
- biological experience
- the sensations you feel by virtue of being a biological organism; pleasure, heat, cold, sleep
mitwelt
- social experience
- what you think and feel as a social being; emotions and thoughts about other people and emotions and thoughts directed at you
eigenwelt
- psychological experience
- the experience of experience itself and of introspection; how you feel and think when you try to understand yourself, your mind, and your existence
thrown-ness
the time, place and circumstances into which you happened to be born
angst
the unpleasant feeling caused by contemplating the meaning of life and how one should spend one’s time; also called existential
flow
- the subjective experience of an autotelic activity; the enjoyment itself
- tremendous concentration, total lack of distractibility, thoughts concerning only the activity at hand, and time seems to pass very quickly
hedonia
- maximize pleasure and minimize pain
- dangerous
- focus is extrinsic goals
eudaimonia
- seeking a deeper meaning in life by pursuing important goals, building relationships, and being aware of taking responsibility for one’s choice in life
- focus on intrinsic goals
bad faith
- our moral imperative: face thrown-ness and angst directly and seek purpose for existence in spite of these
- existential courage or optimistic toughness
- living in bad faith: ignoring the existential questions and ignoring our moral imperative
authentic existence
- coming to terms with existence; being honest, insightful, and morally correct
- will not relieve loneliness and unhappiness
humanistic psychology
- self awareness
- goal is to overcome the paradox of studying humans who are aware and know they are being studied
- implications of uniquely human self awareness
positive psychology
- health means more than the absence of disease
- traditional psychology overemphasized psychopathology and malfunction and ignores the question of the meaning of life
- goal is to improve quality of life and prevent pathologies
personal constructs
- george kelly
- bipolar dimensions along which people or objects can be arranged
- helps to determine how new experiences are constructed or interpreted as good or bad
- chronically accessible constructs: those that are more easily brought to mind
self determinism theory
based on distinction between two ways of seeking happiness
unconditional positive regard
love without strings attached
conditions of worth
from thinking that people value you only if you are good enough
maslow hierarchy of needs
- basic needs (food, water)
- safety, security
- belonging, social activity
- status, esteem
- self actualization