ROLLO MAY: EXISTENTIAL THEORY

Question 1

to emerge or to become

Answer 1

Existence

Question 2

suggests process

Answer 2

Existence

Question 3

refers to a product

Answer 3

Essence

Question 4

associated with growth and change

Answer 4

Existence

Question 5

signifies stagnation and finality

Answer 5

Essence

Question 6

people are both _____ and ______ and must search for truth by living active and authentic lives.

Answer 6

subjective and objective

Question 7

two basic concepts of existentialism

Answer 7

being-in-the-world and nonbeing

Question 8

we exist in a world that can be best understood from our own perspective

Answer 8

Being-in-the-world

Question 9

to exist there

Answer 9

Dasein

Question 10

people experience three simultaneous modes in their being-in-the-world

Answer 10

Umwelt
Mitwelt
Eigenwelt

Question 11

environment around us

Answer 11

Umwelt

Question 12

relations with other people

Answer 12

Mitwelt

Question 13

relationship wth our self

Answer 13

Eigenwelt

Question 14

nothingness

Answer 14

Nonbeing

Question 15

the subjective state of the individual’s becoming aware that his existence can be destroyed, that he can become nothing.

Answer 15

Anxiety

Question 16

it is the dizziness of freedom

Answer 16

Anxiety

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Normal Anxiety

Question 18

disproportionate to the threat, involves repression and other forms of intrapsychic conflict

Answer 18

Neurotic Anxiety

Question 19

arises when people deny their potentialities, fall to accurately perceive the needs of fellow humans, or remain oblivious to their dependence on the natural world

Answer 19

Guilt

Question 20

both anxiety and guilt are _______

Answer 20

Ontological

Question 21

refers to the nature of being and not to feelings arising from specific situations or transgressions

Answer 21

Ontological

Question 22

allows people to make decisions about the future

Answer 22

Intentionality

Question 23

to recognize that person as a fellow human being, to identify with that person’s pain or joy, guilt, or pity. it is a state in which something does matter.

Answer 23

Care

Question 24

delight in the presence of the other person and an affirming of that person’s value and development as much as one’s own

Answer 24

Love

Question 25

the capacity to organize one’s self so that movement in a certain direction or toward a certain goal may take place

Answer 25

Will

Question 26

four kinds of love in Western Tradition

Answer 26

Sex, Eros, Philia, Agape

Question 27

biological function that can be satisfied through sexual intercourse or some other release of sexual tension.
manipulating organs.
desire to experience pleasure.

Answer 27

Sex

Question 28

psychological desire that seeks procreation or creation through an enduring union with a loved one.
making love.
the wish to establish a lasting union.

Answer 28

Eros

Question 29

an intimate nonsexual friendship between two people.
can’t be rushed.
slowly evolving love between siblings or lifelong friends.

Answer 29

Philia

Question 30

esteem for the other
concern for the other’s welfare beyond any gain that one can get out of it
disinterested love

Answer 30

Agape

Question 31

comes from an understanding of our destiny.

the possibility of changing.

Answer 31

Freedom

Question 32

two forms of freedom

Answer 32

Freedom of Doing

Freedom of Being

Question 33

freedom of doing

Answer 33

Existential Freedom

Question 34

freedom of being

Answer 34

Essential Freedom

Question 35

the design of the universe speaking through the design of each one of us

Answer 35

Destiny

Question 36

ultimate destiny

Answer 36

Death

Question 37

the stories that unify a society

Answer 37

Myths