PSYC 371 THEORIES IN COUNSELLING CH. 6-8
TEST WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
The existential movement began in .. - ✔✔Europe in the 40s-50s
Existentialism - ✔✔*more of a school of thought or philosophy
*has various contributors
* focuses on the issues of morality, meaning, freedom, responsibility, and
anxiety
*the overall existential question is the meaning of life and mankind's purpose
that gives meaning to existence
Existentialism's modern foundations are mainly attributed to the works of .... -
✔✔Soren Kierkegaard
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
, *Danish philosopher
*religious man who authored works on Christian thought and ethics
*he came to believe that man's experience with God was subjective and that
responsibility and honesty were a Christian response
*he wrote of the process of anxiety or angst and uncertainty experienced in life
and how this uncertainty is the cause of our anxieties
*The only way to be true to oneself is to take the risk of living and creating
ourselves while not becoming stagnant and regretful
*anxieties are what move us forward
Friedrich Nietzsche
*German philosopher
*discussed the nature of ethics and its broad societal implications
*emphasized subjectivity
*placed values within the person themselves w a secular approach
*credited with the statement "God is dead" in Thus Spake Zarathustra
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
TEST WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
The existential movement began in .. - ✔✔Europe in the 40s-50s
Existentialism - ✔✔*more of a school of thought or philosophy
*has various contributors
* focuses on the issues of morality, meaning, freedom, responsibility, and
anxiety
*the overall existential question is the meaning of life and mankind's purpose
that gives meaning to existence
Existentialism's modern foundations are mainly attributed to the works of .... -
✔✔Soren Kierkegaard
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
, *Danish philosopher
*religious man who authored works on Christian thought and ethics
*he came to believe that man's experience with God was subjective and that
responsibility and honesty were a Christian response
*he wrote of the process of anxiety or angst and uncertainty experienced in life
and how this uncertainty is the cause of our anxieties
*The only way to be true to oneself is to take the risk of living and creating
ourselves while not becoming stagnant and regretful
*anxieties are what move us forward
Friedrich Nietzsche
*German philosopher
*discussed the nature of ethics and its broad societal implications
*emphasized subjectivity
*placed values within the person themselves w a secular approach
*credited with the statement "God is dead" in Thus Spake Zarathustra
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
