MAY

Question 1

He was concerned with the increasing trend in postindustrial societies toward the
dehumanization of people. He opposed any attempt to see people merely as objects,
but at the same time, he opposed the view that subjective perceptions are one’s only
reality.

Answer 1

Soren Kierkegaard.

Question 2

Existentialism challenges the traditional
idea that individuals have a pre-defined essence or nature. Naturee. Instead, it
posits that human beings exist first and then define themselves through
their choices and actions. In other words, you are what you make of
yourself.

Answer 2

Existence Precedes Essence

Question 3

Existentialism places a strong emphasis on
human freedom and the notion that individuals are responsible for their
choices and actions. With freedom comes the burden of responsibility
for the consequences of those choices.

Answer 3

Freedom and Responsibility:

Question 4

Existentialism values individuality and the uniqueness of
each person’s experience. It recognizes that no single philosophy or set
of rules can prescribe how individuals should live.

Answer 4

individuality

Question 5

Existentialists adopt a phenomenological
approach to understanding humanity

Answer 5

Being-in-the-World

Question 6

The basic unity of person and environment is expressed in the German
word

Answer 6

Dasein

Question 7

to exist in the world and is generally written as
being-in-the-world. Many people suffer from anxiety and despair brought
on by their alienation from themselves or from their world. (Martin
Heidegger)

Answer 7

Dasein

Question 8

separation from nature. the environment around us

Answer 8

umwelt

Question 9

lack of meaningful interpersonal relations or our relationship with others

Answer 9

mitwelt

Question 10

alienation from one’s authentic self or our relationship with our self

Answer 10

eigenwelt

Question 11

3 basic concept of existentialism

Answer 11

being in the world
non being or nothingness
core features of existentialism

Question 12

“the subjective state of the individual’s becoming aware that his [or her]
existence can be destroyed, that he can become ‘nothing’.

Answer 12

anxiety

Question 13

one which is proportionate to the threat, does not involve repression,
and can
be confronted constructively on the conscious level.

Answer 13

normal anxiety

Question 14

a reaction which is disproportionate to the threat, involves repression
and
other forms of intrapsychic conflict, and is managed by various kinds of blocking-off of
activity
and awareness.

Answer 14

neurotic anxiety

Question 15

arises when people deny their potentialities, fail to accurately perceive
the needs of fellow humans, or remain oblivious to their dependence on the natural
world. In other words, it arises when individuals realize that they have not lived in
accordance with their values or have failed to take responsibility for their choices

Answer 15

existential guilt