Rollo May

Question 1

What is Rollo may known for

Answer 1

Existential analysis

Question 2

How did Rollo view alienation

Answer 2

the illness of our time

Question 3

The three forms alienation manifests itself in

Answer 3

1. Separation from natural world
2. Lack of meaningful interpersonal relationships
3. Alienation from one’s authentic self

Question 4

Healthy people live in an embodies way by living simultaneously in what three things?

Answer 4

Umwelt, mitwelt, eigenwelt

Question 5

umwelt corresponds to what?

Answer 5

natural existence

Question 6

mitwelt corresponds to what?

Answer 6

relation to other humans

Question 7

eigenwelt relates to what?

Answer 7

awareness of experiences

Question 8

What is the most obvious representation of non-being?

Answer 8

death

Question 9

Choosing not to confront non-being can translate to what?

Answer 9

Other forms of non being like addiction and promiscuity

Question 10

How can non-being be expressed

Answer 10

Blind conformity to societies expectations

Question 11

Fear of non being can make us defensive. What does this do?

Answer 11

helps escape dread at expense of constricted existence

Question 12

Define technical view of being

Answer 12

technical view alienates us from ourselves and others, claiming that if something can’t be quantified, it does not exist

Question 13

Define “being as becoming”

Answer 13

we can understand ourselves and other only by what we are pointing toward

Question 14

Define anxiety

Answer 14

experience of the imminent threat of nonbeing

Question 15

How is fear different from anxiety?

Answer 15

anxiety is ontological: can only be understood as a threat to being itself

Question 16

Define normal anxiety

Answer 16

proportionate to the threat; can be confronted on conscious level. experienced during growth and challenge

Question 17

Define neurotic anxiety

Answer 17

disproportionate reaction to the threat: involves depression. experienced when values become dogma

Question 18

Define sex love

Answer 18

physiological need that seeks gratification through tension release

Question 19

Define eros

Answer 19

psychological desire for another, built on enduring union, care and tenderness

Question 20

Define philia

Answer 20

Intimate, long-lasting, non-sexual friendship between two people. Cannot occur quickly

Question 21

Define agape

Answer 21

Spiritual, altruistic love. unselfish giving of self to another.