Makeup Quiz #2 Flashcards
Existential Anxiety
anxiety about existing, awareness of mortality
Unconditional Positive Regard
Responding in kind is a part of the helping relationship. Giving w/o conditions of worth
Noumena
(physical reality) insufficient bc removes subjective experience and can’t explain the qualia of the mind (~consciousness)
Nihilism
there is no value in life, living, or the world
Congruence
when the real and ideal self overlap
Helping relationships
relationship that helps people reach their potential
~unconditional positive regard, active listening
Assimilation
have a set of knowledge (schema), and you can apply that knowledge to new information and it works
Paradoxical intention
face the things you fear to get over ~exposure therapy
Genetic epistemology
the study of knowledge ~how Piaget defined himself, the truest truth is the thing that remains true over a long period
Living in Good Faith
living and being fulfilled. acting with honesty, fairness, and sincerity in all interactions. Face your challenges
Sensorimotor stage
0-2 years old. Object permanence; knowing that things exist even when you can’t see them.
Preoperational Stage
3-7 years old. Symbolic representations; children can use symbols to represent words, ideas, pictures, and people. Egocentrism.
Concrete Operational Stage
7-11 years old. logical thought (about physical things, not abstract) ~perspective taking, dimensions, proportions, volume
Formal Operational Stage
11 + years. Abstract thinking
Throwness
There are things about yourself, your life, and the world that you can do nothing about.
~uncontrollable things
Positive Regard
anything good someone does for you ~affirmation
Phenomena
(subjective reality) observable, physical occurrences, or things that are perceived by the senses.
The real self
your authentic person
Incongruence
when the real and ideal selves are not matching. ~society inhibits the person from being authentic
~Rogers thought that psychopathology/anxiety results from incongruence.
Empathy/active listening
a part of the helping relationships ~if people are active listeners, the one talking feels more seen.
Victor Frankl
Jewish, Holocaust survivors. Observed in concentration camps that those who gave up were more likely to die. Logotherapy developed from him.
Logotherapy
-will-to-meaning
-paradoxical intention
-dereflection
-finding meaning
Dereflection
you should be able to be detached from yourself.
~you should be able to not focus much on self
~less self-absorption
~not focusing on anxiety or self-confidence.
Hedonic Happiness
pure pleasure; pursue pleasure for pleasure’s sake
~ex. eating fav foods
Key existential concepts
-throwness
-existential anxiety
-suffering
-nihilism
-living in good faith
-freedom
-Nietzsche
Nietzsche
rejection of religion is a problem bc it strips people of their values.
The actualizing tendency
~self-actualization
Natural motivation to fulfill your potential.
Organismic value/the organism
Guides the self-actualization process, influences the evaluation of one’s own experience, feelings/emotions.
Phenomenology
The study of the conscious experience (subjective).
~humanistic psychology
The ideal self
influenced by the expectations of others
Conditions of worth
Needs are fulfilled when we are deemed “worthy”.
~in opposition to actualizing tendency.
Accommodation
Having a set of knowledge (schema), and reconstructing schema to adapt to new situations.
~the schema doesn’t assimilate but must accommodate itself to the new experience.
Will-to-meaning
people’s motivation to find and fulfill meaning
Logotherapy ways to find meanings
will-to-meaning, paradoxical intention, dereflection, finding meaning, relationships
freedom of choice: if you find yourself in pain, you can choose how you respond to it
Eudaemonic Happiness
Higher-order sense of happiness
~comes from a sense of purpose and meaning
Conservation tasks
Logical reasoning tasks Piaget would give the children he studies.
