may MC Flashcards

1
Q

Although Rollo May’s writings were somewhat philosophical in tone, his views originated from his experience as a

a. lawyer.
b. physician.
c. scientific researcher.
d. soldier in World War II.
e. psychotherapist.

A

e

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2
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May said that healthy people

a. retreat from their destiny.
b. deny their freedom.
c. challenge their destiny.
d. deny death.

A

c

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3
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Kierkegaard, like most existentialists, suggested a balance between

a. life and death.
b. freedom and responsibility.
c. hope and despair.
d. consciousness and unconsciousness.
e. Yin and Yang.

A

b

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4
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May believed that people acquire freedom of action, in part, by

a. expanding their self-awareness.
b. relying on other people.
c. using the tools and technology of modern society.
d. denying nonbeing.
e. becoming self-actualizing.

A

a

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5
Q

May would accept the statement that

a. essence precedes existence.
b. subject and object operate as a single entity.
c. responsibility precedes freedom.
d. freedom takes precedence over responsibility.

A

b

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6
Q

The term Dasein expresses

a. the ultimate form of love.
b. the world of things or objects.
c. the essential unity of person and environment.
d. nonbeing.

A

c

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7
Q

The terms Umwelt, Mitwelt, and Eigenwelt refer to

a. existential dread.
b. mechanisms of escaping from freedom.
c. mechanism of escaping from responsibility.
d. a person’s being-in-the-world.

A

d

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8
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The personality theories of Sullivan, Maslow, Rogers, and others that emphasize interpersonal relations deal mostly with ______.

a. Umwelt
b. Mitwelt
c. Eigenwelt
d. Dasein

A

b

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9
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Our relationship to self and our ability to grasp who we are best describes ______.

a. Umwelt
b. Mitwelt
c. Eigenwelt
d. nonbeing

A

c

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10
Q

Various compulsive behaviors and addictions can be seen as manifestations of

a. Mitwelt.
b. nonbeing.
c. normal anxiety.
d. neurotic anxiety.
e. destiny.

A

b

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11
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May defined anxiety as

a. a feeling of separation from the natural world.
b. an awareness that our existence or some value identified with it may be destroyed.
c. the imaginative playing with the possibility of some act or state occurring.
d. a fear of nonbeing and an attraction to nothingness or death.

A

b

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12
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The guilt that arises from our inability to accurately perceive the world of others is associated with ______.

a. Umwelt
b. Mitwelt
c. Eigenwelt
d. neurotic anxiety
e. intentionality

A

b

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13
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May defined intentionality as

a. the desire to achieve self-fulfillment.
b. the feeling of threat that leads to a realization of Dasein.
c. the acceptance of ontological guilt.
d. the structure that gives meaning to our experience and allows us to make decisions about the future.

A

d

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14
Q

May regarded care as the source of

a. love and will.
b. eros and philia.
c. philia and agape.
d. Dasein and nothingness.

A

a

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15
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May defined love as:

a. “a delight in the presence of the other person and an affirmation of his value and development as much as one’s own”
b. “the capacity to organize oneself toward a prized partner”
c. “the imaginative playing with the idea that another is an object of affection”
d. “agape minus eros”
e. “philia minus eros”

A

a

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