May

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According to May, respecting another’s Dasein is a condition for living in

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Mitwelt

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According to May, healthy people

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Only a and b are correct.

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For existentialists, studying people from an external view

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violates both the people and their worlds.

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May’s concept of humanity includes a belief that people are

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a and b

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May held that Umwelt includes the world of

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objects and things.

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Most existentialists believe that

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existence takes precedence over essence.

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May considered eros the salvation of

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sex

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May called ______ “the capacity to organize one’s self so that movement in a certain direction or toward a certain goal may take place”.

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will.

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According to May, the essential unity of the person and environment is called

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Dasein.

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May claimed that members of technologically advanced civilizations are most likely to suffer guilt connected with

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Umwelt

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Rollo May was the foremost spokesperson for the ______ approach to psychology in the United States.

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existential

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According to May, ______ is an intimate but nonsexual friendship between two people.

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philia

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According to May, psychologically disturbed individuals deny their

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destiny.

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May’s concept of humanity includes a belief that people are

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a and b

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May believed that neurotic anxiety

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All the above are correct.

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From an existential perspective, as people realize that they are in charge of their own destiny, they experience the

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b and c

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May believed that ______ is our ultimate destiny.

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death

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May believed that we experience ______ when we become aware that our existence or some value identified with it may be destroyed.

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anxiety.

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People’s feelings of self-isolation and alienation from the world are seen in their

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all of the above.

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May contended that Western civilization

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has an urgent need for myths.

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May saw psychopathology as a lack of

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communicativness.

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Basically, existentialists believe that theories

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render individuals into objects.

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According to May, in North American society, sex is frequently confused with

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eros.

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Modern existential psychology has roots in the writings of

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Søren Kierkegaard.

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According to May, Eigenwelt refers to our relationship to

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our self.

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May claimed that, to the extent that anxiety and guilt arise from our being-in-the-world, they are

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ontological.

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May suggested that freedom and destiny are

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a normal paradox of life.

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For May, "the endeavor to understand [people] by cutting below the cleavage between subject and object" defines

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existentialism.

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Research on terror management theory suggests that reminding people of their own death—that is, making mortality salient—tends to

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increase their need to preserve their worldview.

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Theories that emphasize interpersonal relationships deal mostly with which aspect of being-in-the-world?

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Mitwelt.

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From an existential perspective, people acquire freedom of action

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only a and b are correct. A. through expanding their self-awareness. B. by assuming responsibility for their actions. C. by minimizing the anxiety associated with their actions.

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Two basic concepts of existentialism are

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being-in-the-world and nonbeing.

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According to May, drug addiction, alcohol abuse, promiscuous sexual behavior, and other compulsive behaviors can be manifestations of

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nonbeing.

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"A delight in the presence of the other person and an affirmation of his value and development as much as one's own" is May's definition of

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love.

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According to May, ______ is the structure that gives meaning to our experience and allows us to make decisions about the future

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intentionality

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According to May, a person's refusal to accept ontological guilt

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leads to neurotic or morbid guilt.

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Existential therapists must

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participate fully in the human encounter with the patient

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According to May, freedom comes from understanding our

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destiny

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May was influenced by Soren Kierkegaard's view of anxiety as a struggle against

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nonbeing

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existentialists believe that most people in modern societies experience alienation due to a separation of

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self from the world

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According to May, ontological guilt is experienced

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by most people in one form or another

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For May, neurotic symptoms

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Preserve one's Dasein

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For May, ______ is an altruistic kind of love.

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agape

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According to May, healthy people

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cherish their freedom & challenge their destiny

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Kierkegaard emphasized an equilibrium between

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freedom and responsibility

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Unlike Carl Rogers, Rollo May was likely to

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offer interpretations to a patient or client

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The psychological desire that seeks procreation or creation through an enduring union with a loved one, according to May

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Eros

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According to May, ____ are the malaise of our time

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apathy and emptiness

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For May, care is the source of

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both love and will

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May suggested that freedom and destiny are

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a normal paradox of life

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For May, ontological guilt associated with Mitwelt arises from our

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inability to accurately perceive the world of others

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Basically, existentialists believe that theories

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render individuals into objects

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May believed that healthy people

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unite love and will

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As a young man, Rollo May, like Erik Erikson

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traveled through Europe as a wandering artist

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For May, the source of humanity's most intense pleasure and its most pervasive anxiety is

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sex

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May identified sex, eros, philia, and agape as the

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Forms of love

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May recognized three forms of ontological guilt, each of which corresponds to the three

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modes of Dasein.

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May believed that the story of ______ contains the basic elements of an existential crisis: birth, exile, assertion of independence, search for identity, and death.

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Oedipus

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For May, freedom of being is synonymous with

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essential freedom.

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According to May, Eigenwelt refers to our relationship to

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our self

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May believed that healthy adult relationships are based on

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All the above are correct. a) sex. b) eros. c) philia. d) agape.

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May said that eros

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is the wish to establish a lasting union.

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Rollo May was the foremost spokesperson for the ______ approach to psychology in the United States.

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existential

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For May, the purpose of therapy is to

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set patients free to make their own choices.

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May believed that ______ is our ultimate destiny.

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death

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May called ______ the freedom to act on the choices one makes.

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existential freedom

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May believed that communication

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should transcend the immediate concrete situation and expand self-awareness.

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Research on terror management theory suggests that reminding people of their own death—that is, making mortality salient—tends to

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increase their need to preserve their worldview.

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______ anxiety "is proportionate to the threat, does not involve repression, and can be confronted constructively on a conscious level", according to May.

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normal

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Existentialists adopt a ______ approach to understanding humanity.

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phenomenological

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Basically, existentialists believe that theories

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render individuals into objects.

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May contended that Western civilization

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has an urgent need for myths.

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May's approach to understanding people is based primarily on his

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clinical experience

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May believed that will

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all of the above

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From an existential perspective, people acquire freedom of action

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Only a and b are correct.

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May's childhood was marked by

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parental arguments and family strife.

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The research on the effectiveness of client-centered therapy reported by Rogers and Dymond indicated that after therapy, clients

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showed more movement to growth than a matched group of control participants.

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Rogers believed that the successful therapist

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must be congruent in the counseling relationship.