chapter 13- exam 3 Flashcards
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phenomenology
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- one’s conscious experience of the world; everything a person hears, feels, and thinks
- basis of free will: the realization that only one’s present experience matters; if the past is gone, the future is not here yet, we can choose what to think, feel and do
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construal
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- a person’s particular experience of the world
- everyone has a different construal
- forms the basis of how you live your life
3
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existentialism
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- a reaction against rationalism, science, and the industrial revolution
- purpose: regain contact with the experience of being alive and aware
4
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umwelt
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- biological experience
- the sensations you feel by virtue of being a biological organism; pleasure, heat, cold, sleep
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mitwelt
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- social experience
- what you think and feel as a social being; emotions and thoughts about other people and emotions and thoughts directed at you
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eigenwelt
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- psychological experience
- the experience of experience itself and of introspection; how you feel and think when you try to understand yourself, your mind, and your existence
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thrown-ness
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the time, place and circumstances into which you happened to be born
8
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angst
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the unpleasant feeling caused by contemplating the meaning of life and how one should spend one’s time; also called existential
9
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flow
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- the subjective experience of an autotelic activity; the enjoyment itself
- tremendous concentration, total lack of distractibility, thoughts concerning only the activity at hand, and time seems to pass very quickly
10
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hedonia
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- maximize pleasure and minimize pain
- dangerous
- focus is extrinsic goals
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eudaimonia
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- seeking a deeper meaning in life by pursuing important goals, building relationships, and being aware of taking responsibility for one’s choice in life
- focus on intrinsic goals
12
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bad faith
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- our moral imperative: face thrown-ness and angst directly and seek purpose for existence in spite of these
- existential courage or optimistic toughness
- living in bad faith: ignoring the existential questions and ignoring our moral imperative
13
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authentic existence
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- coming to terms with existence; being honest, insightful, and morally correct
- will not relieve loneliness and unhappiness
14
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humanistic psychology
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- self awareness
- goal is to overcome the paradox of studying humans who are aware and know they are being studied
- implications of uniquely human self awareness
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positive psychology
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- health means more than the absence of disease
- traditional psychology overemphasized psychopathology and malfunction and ignores the question of the meaning of life
- goal is to improve quality of life and prevent pathologies
