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CSP181 Exam II
Question | Answer |
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Determinism | behaviors, thoughts, feelings, are largely controlled by unconscious forces |
free will | we can make meaningful choices that effect our lives |
"Good news" of existential existence (3) | 1. you are free to make personal choices (and change life if don't like it) 2. you are in the middle of your existence (always looking for right path) 3. the choices you make effect your life. |
Existential theories are (objectifying/subjectifying) | subjectifying. |
Immanuel Kant (3) | 1. origin of phenomenology (know things as they appear) 2. noumena vs phenomena 3. subjectivity |
phenomenology introduced by | Brentano |
theory of phenomenology | science of experience; truth is subjective |
what does it mean to "give rise to our own unique experiences?" | values and constructivism, transcendence (reflexivity), one true possibility for freedom and will |
Brentano | Wrote "Psychology from an Empirical standpoint"; object of study is CONSCIOUSNESS, ideas are always in reference to something in environment, i.e. "counsciousness of..." |
Theory of Intentionality | source-->aim-->object; brentano's idea |
Husserl | meanings are "constituted" (through our values and beliefs) |
Noema | object we perceive (husserl) |
noesis | the mode in which we see the object (husserl) |
noumena | things as they are in the real world. (brentano) |
phenomena | world as we experience it (brentano) |
noumena: things as they are in the environnment; objectively "the real world" (brentano) | |
phenomena: world as we experience it; made up of our perceptions of the world (brentano) | |
noumena | things as they are in the environment, objectively "the real world" |
phenomenological reduction/epoche: "bracketing" by Husserl: through process of epoche, we bracket off the rest of knowledge, values; suspect reality of our own experiences so we are completely subjective to person's experience. | |
suspect-->bracket-->analyze; what does this mean? : suspend the natural attitude to study the essence of what happens; therapist doesnt know that the client should/should not be doing. | |
how can one "speak" existentialism: values do not exist in the world. view world through our own noesis. we are responsible for values and meanings. same focus of perception (nema) is embedded in different noesis, and each act of consciousness engenders a | |
what is the object of one's study | their noesis; the manner of consciousness |
kierkegaard | when we make decisions, choices come in two forms--what we believe we should do in living a moral life (being authentic) and trying to fit in |
what makes us a person? | one must stand outside himself, reflect upon one's values, and make authentic choices that are in line with one's values and beliefs. Full endorsement of making choices. |
authentic person | tries to see finite nature of life, but tries to be aware of possibilities that are infinite. must constantly reevaluate himself |
why do people shy away from being psychologically free? | closely aligned with dread--have an awareness that we are fully responsible of ourselves. |
despair of finitude | say, "i just cant help how things are in my life. life is wholly determined without possibility and as such is forced to see person as they are |
despair of infinitude | see many possibilities; commit to none and this way will experience infinitude. |
Heidegger | addressed question of being |
What were the two questions on nature of being? | What is the nature of being? How is it possible that there is being at all? |
Ontology | study of one's being; existence |
Three levels of knowledge of being and non-being | 1) we exist 2) begin to understand that we do not exist 3) understanding that we will not exist in the future. |
What am I now? (3 points) | possibilities are limitless; at any given time we can change, negate, or engage our existence. the mere fact we exist, we get awe and wonder |
Dasein | no preordained nature; in a state of relating to others. come into life as blank state. |
essence | (dasein) fulfilling possibilities; given our world we have infinite possibilities. if we do not, then we fall into a state of stagnation |
Individuality/Jemeinkeit | (dasein) we come into world and leave world alone |
Dasein believed no subject-object dichotomy | meanis that environment and we do not exist in separate pieces. |
where does our pathology come from? | extent to which our possibilities are too broad or too constricted (depression) |
Throwness | task of humans is to understand their throwness and possibilities and understand possibilities that exists. where we get "thrown" into world |
Sorge | care and concerns |
umwelt | the world of things around us and their possibilities |
mitwelt | the world of others around us and other individuals |
eigenwelt | refers to the world of one's mind; inner world of existence. thoughts; feelings; attitudes. we exist in relation to our cares and concerns that exist in the future |
temporality | essential to projects, meanings, significance. |
heidegger's beliefs | 1) absolute freedom 2) authentic existence [how we are in the world is a choice] 3) anxiety [come to realize at a deep level and realize that cares and concerns we have can be different from what we are] |
verfallensein | a fallen state |
"the self" das man-selbst | simply go along with what masses would do for us; involves doing what the ground wants you to do |
prattle | meaningless talk interpersonally about nothing; we don't give our true selves to others |
discourse | we communicate our genuine thoughts and perception; better off psychologically and socially. |
constricted dasein | versus the idea of the unconscious |
how do we endow our existence with meaning | lumination and disclosure |
lumination | shed light of thoughts on world and through elimination we actively give meaning |
disclosure | reveals itself to you passively |
mood/pitch | the emotional tone that characterizes the way we view things |
horizons | many possibilities; how expansive |
existential anxiety | many possibilities for the client. have inherent tendency to deny freedom. goal is NOT to suppress or alleviate anxiety, rather it is used for constructive purposes |
existential-phenomenological therapeutic techniques | 1) bracketing 2) possibilities for client 3) stick yourself, rather than being stuck by others 4) why are you not realizing your possibilities. engage anxiety in the present. |
nature of consciousness | humans are condemned to freedom; economic conditions can strain human freedom |
being of nothingness | 1) what is the nature of being 2)what is the nature of nothingness |
nature of being | can assers that "I will be" or "I will not be" |
nature of nothingness | a sense of negation. relationships |
what gives us personal freedom? | capacity for negation |
types of being | 1) being it itself 2) being for itself 3) being for others |
being it itself | describes any object in the environment; live in prereflective state |
being for itself | capacity all humans have; do I really endorse what I am doing? |
being for others | recognize they have a capacity for chocie, but they live as though they are constrained by others |
animate versus inanimate | existence precedes essence/ opposite |
facticity | similar to heidinger's "throwness" --wehave certain things that we are born into; certain aspects that are intangible. from our facticity, we ahve infinite possibilities from this starting point. |
sartre | negation and freedom |
anxiety | engendered when we realize how many possibilities are before us |
type of existential anxiety | 1) anguish 2)vertigo 3) nausea |
anguish | arises when we realize our capacity to make choices; fear of our own freedom versus fear which is when realize possibilities of an object |
vertigo | step outside our existence and access all of our possibilities |
nausea | come into contact with our organic nature |
How does one escape freedom | 1) determinism as an excuse 2) non-reflectiveness 3) bad faith |
determinism as an excuse | my life is predetermined; excuse for not taking responsibility for one's life |
nonreflectiveness | move from a state of being for itself to a state of being in itself |
bad faith | result of not wanting to take responsibility for our lives. |
sources of bad faith | 1) scared of others opinions 2) forget that roles are not our essence 3) deny what is real because it is too painful |
frantz fanon | racism is denying another person their freedom of possibilities |
how does one engage freedom | 1) rising above one's facticity 2)broaded horizons 3) desenglue 4) create lives ex nihilo |
ex nihilo | in essence, we are "no thing" |
what does "depth" therapy mean | NOT developmental; doesn't matter what happened in patient's past. What pt is doing now blocks movement toward actualization |
How can one transform the patient's "I cannot" to "I will not" | "I cannot" is nonsence. we all have capacity to change |
disencumbering | patients do a lot to stick themselves in their own defenses; prevents us from acting to authenticity |
what are boundary situations and how do they help? | transference, used to understand needs and dynamics within a pt. some life crisis that brings us face-to-face with our existential concerns. search for "ultimate concerns" |
creative anxiety | when face to face with ultimate concerns, raises anxiety |
authentic relationship | interaction is open, honest, and direct. involves sharing |
group therapy | how he/she is perceived by others |
carl rogers | won independence of psychology; no longer had to be watched over |
progression of rogers' theory | non-directive-->client centered-->person centered; removing barrier |
rogers theory | 1) phenomenal field 2) consciousness 3) reality s subjective 4) frame of reference 5)all behavior is telic (goal-oriented) 6) present centered focus |
actualization tendency | only one motive inherent to human organization. basic, inherent motive toward a unified, coherent experience. goal is maintenance and enhancement of self. |
what directs us to what is most fulfilling for the organisms? | emotions; roadmaps and guides |
valence | the positive/negative quality of an emotion |
intensity | how strong/weak the emotion is perceived |
what is contentment,euphoria, sadness, and depression in terms of intensity | low intensity; euphoria=high intensity, sadness=low; depression=high |
What is Roger's central question | how do humans get so fucked up in their emotional experiences that they come to a place that is less self-actualizing. |
what are the two developmental stages of how fucking up happens | infants act on emotions and then as a child the emotional signals get crossed; begin to lose contact with our emotional experiences |
what makes up the self? | traumatic are not part of self. self does NOT equal organism |
unconditional positive regard | regardless of feelings; i love you regardless of; necessity |
conditional positive regard | "i will regard you if..." |
what is the problem with conditional positive regard | when one finds themselves in a conditional relationship, they distort feelings, introject, |
introjection | swallowing certain values whole in order to attain regard. Take in parents beliefs |
three varieties of experience | 1) symbolized 2) ignored 3) distorted |
intrapersonal incongruence | experience when actualization comes in contact. no contradition; one self-structure. |
perception | seeing a value that can be internalized. |
maladjustment | self and subject probs |
personality | characterized by overlap between self and organism; more overlap=anxiety and tension |
what is sadness, in terms of intensity | high int |