Humanistic psychology Flashcards
What is Humanistic Psychology?
Psychology that looks at aspects of the mind that are uniquely human and that give life meaning
Why isnt the study of the mind just another science?
Because it knows its being studied
The central insight of humanistic psych is that ones conscious experience of the world, also called _____________, is psychology more important than the world itself
Phenomenology
From a phenomenological viewpoint, the only place and time you exist is in your ______________.
Consciousness
Your particular experience of the world is called your ______.
Construal - forms the basis of how you live your life including the goals you pursue and obstacles / opportunities you percieve
Situational construals are related to both __________ and ___________.
Personality and Gender
What is Existentialism?
A philisophical movement from Europe that focuses on conscious experience, free will, the meaning of life, and other basic questions of existance
How did Existentialism rise?
it arose as a reaction against European rationalism and the. indistrial revolution.
What are the key existential questions?
What is the nature of existence? How does it feel? And what does it mean?
The conscious experience of being alive has three components, what are they (dont describe them)
Umwelt, Mitwelt, and Eigenwelt
Explain Umwelt…
The biological experience on consciousness, the sensations you feel by being an organism
eg. pleasure, pain, heat, cold
Explain Mitwelt.
What you think and feel as a social being
eg. thinking about your fears, who you love
Explain Eigenwelt
The experience of experience itself. How you feel and think when you try to understand your own existence.
(includes introspection)
An important basis of your experience is your “thrown-ness,” what does this mean?
Its the time, place, and circumstances into which you were born. This effects your experiences
People experience anxiety when thinking about the meaning of life and whether your spending it the right way. What is this anxiety called?
Existential anxiety, or Angst
