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Psych 2530 Personality > Chapter 9: Humanistic, Existential, and Positive Aspects of Personality > Flashcards

Chapter 9: Humanistic, Existential, and Positive Aspects of Personality Flashcards

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Existentialism is…

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Exploring the meaning of human existence and constructing our world.

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What is Dasein?

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the totality of a person’s experience of the self

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Define Angst

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Dread and fear that results from the awareness of the inevitability of death

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Existential Guilt is…

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making bad choices and knowing they are bad at the time you’re making them. Sometimes choices you didn’t make.

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Emptiness is…

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when your commitment to values is lost and a sense of meaninglessness results

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Terror Management Theory

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awareness of death causes terror and an attempt to live lives of meaning and value

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Humanism is…

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the emphasis of personal worth of the individual and the active nature of humans

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Productive Orientation

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the free will to rise above our biology and become creative, loving people, and thus, enrich the world

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Actualization…

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an innate tendency towards growth and maturation

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Self-actualization…

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the development of the self

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Congruence…

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wholeness or integration

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Organismic Valuing Process

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evaluation of our experiences in terms of whether they advance self-actualization or not

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Fully Functioning Person

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someone who is self-actualizing and open to experiencing the world and their feelings

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Positive Regard

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acceptance, love, and friendship from those who matter most to a person

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Conditions of Worth

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conditions under which people are judged worthy of positive regard so that the value and support is reciprocated

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Contingent Self-worth

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when people use their performance in some area of life as a condition for self-acceptance

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Incongruence

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following the dictates of others

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Rationalization

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creating a plausible but untrue explanation for why something is the way it is

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Denial

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preventing threatening experiences from reaching awareness by refusing to admit the situation exists

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Rollo May - Anxiety

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a response when one’s core values are threatened and when one feels powerless

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Victor Frankl - Anxiety

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the decision to grow and develop leads to the fear of the unknown

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Logotherapy

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searching for the meaning of life and helping people deal with difficult and traumatic events in a way that they can be enriched by them

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Maslow - Self-actualization

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process by which a person grows spiritually and realizes their full potential

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Time Competence

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the degree to which the person lives in the present

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Inner Direction

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the degree to which a person is in search for value and meaning

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Flourishing - Positive Emotion

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good emotions that motivate us (intrinsically)

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Flourishing - Engagement

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the idea of flow, fully engaged in life and lots of intrinsic reward for what you’re doing

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Flourishing - Relationships

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a connection with others, ie. family, fiends, community

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Flourishing - Meaning

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being focused on working towards something bigger than yourself

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Flourishing - Accomplishment

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setting goals and striving to get to those goals

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Helping others

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often helps us work through our own issues

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Monitor Your Wealth Seeking

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don’t seek money just to accumulate wealth

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avoid lots of television

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distractor - brings negative emotions to your life

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Keep lists and journals of accomplishments

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past accomplishments can motivate you moving forward

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seek out spiritual experiences

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could be tied to religion or belief system

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set long term goals

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finding alternate routes to your goals

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