ROLLO MAY (EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY) Flashcards
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Although May’s writings were somewhat philosophical in tone, his views originated from his experience as a
Psychotherapist
Kierkegaard, like most existentialists, suggested a balance between
A) life and death. B) freedom and responsibility. C) hope and despair. D) consciousness and unconsciousness. E) Yin and Yang.
freedom and responsibility.
May said that healthy people
A) retreat from their destiny. B) deny their freedom. C) challenge their destiny. D) deny death.
challenge their destiny.
The terms Umwelt, Mitwelt, and Eigenwelt refer to
a person’s being-in-the-world.
May believed that people acquire freedom of action in part by
A) expanding their self-awareness. B) relying on other people. C) using the tools and technology of modern society. D) denying nonbeing. E) becoming self-actualizing.
expanding their self-awareness.
The personality theories of Sullivan, Maslow, Rogers, and others that emphasize interpersonal relations deal mostly with
Mitwelt
The term Dasein expresses
the essential unity of person and environment.
Our relationship to self and our ability to grasp who we are best describes
Eigenwelt.
May would accept the statement that
A) essence precedes existence. B) subject and object must not be split. C) responsibility precedes freedom. D) freedom takes precedence over responsibility.
subject and object must not be split.
Various compulsive behaviors and addictions can be seen as manifestations of
nonbeing
May defined anxiety as
an awareness that our existence or some value identified with it may be destroyed.
The guilt that arises from our inability to accurately perceive the world of others is associated with
Mitwelt.
May defined intentionality as
the structure that gives meaning to our experience and allows us to make decisions about the future.
May regarded care as the source of
love and will
According to May, an authentic person must unite love with
Will
May defined love as
A) a delight in the presence of the other person and an affirmation of his value and development as much as one's own B) the capacity to organize oneself toward a prized partner C) the imaginative playing with the idea that another is an object of affection D) agape minus eros E) philia minus eros
a delight in the presence of the other person and an affirmation of his value and development as much as one’s own
Philia is defined as
an intimate, nonsexual friendship.
May believed that freedom grows from an understanding of one’s
destiny.
According to May, a denial of destiny leads to
psychopathology.
May contended that contemporary people of Western civilization have an urgent need for
myths
People use myths to
A) transcend the immediate situation. B) expand self-awareness. C) search for identity. D) all of the above.
all of the above
In The Cry for Myth, May suggested that one myth is powerful today because it contains elements of existential crises common to all of us. This is the story of
Oedipus
What is Existentialism
First, existence
takes precedence over essence.
Second, existentialism opposes the split between subject and object.
Third, people search for some meaning to their lives.
Fourth, existentialists hold that ultimately each of us is responsible for who we
are and what we become.
Fifth, existentialists are basically antitheoretical.
The basic unity of person and environment is
expressed in the German word
Dasein
