Chapter 14 - May

Question 1

Existentialism (Individual Existence)

Answer 1

1. Alienation: due to separation of self from natural world
2. Existence: more important than essences
3. Search for Meaning: need answers

Question 2

Anxiety (2 Types)

Answer 2

Normal Anxiety: proportionate to threat

Neurotic Anxiety: non proportionate to situation / stimuli… forms instrapsychic conflict

Question 3

Guilt (Arises when…)

Answer 3

Deny potentialities: not taking responsibility, how they choose to act in situations, fail to accurately perceive needs, remain obvious to their dependence (environment)

Question 4

Love (four types)

Answer 4

1. Sex: biological function
2. Eros: desire for passion and emotion - love making
3. Philia: friendship - no sexual
4. Agape: non possessive devotion, unconditional love

Question 5

Psychopathology (three forms of ontological guilt)

Answer 5

1. Umwelt: biological environment (sleep cycles)
2. Mitwelt: interrelationships (experiences, meanings with others)
3. Eigenwelt: unique presence in human being in self-awareness (consciousness)

Question 6

Therapy

Answer 6

To set clients free through expanding their awareness and consciousness.

Existential psychotherapy is de-emphasizes techniques: don’t present certain techniques, doesn’t tell us how to do it, just tells us vague goal.