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WILKES 527 MIDTERM EXAM Questions &
Answers, |100% Verified solutions | Latest update
2026!!
6 KEY PRINCIPLES OF EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY ......ANSWER......1.
We have the capacity for self-awareness
2. Because we are free beings-we accept the responsibility that
accompanies our freedoms
3.We have a concern to preserve our uniqueness and identity
4.Our existence is never fixed- we can re-create ourselves
5. Anxiety is part of the human condition
6. Death is a basic human condition and gives significance to living
YALOM'S FOUR GIVENS OF EXISTENCE ......ANSWER......freedom,
death,isolation, meaningless
WHO ARE THE AMERICAN FOUNDERS OF EXISTENTIAL THERAPY
......ANSWER......Rollo May and Irvin Yalom
WHAT DOES NEUROTIC GUILT ARISE OUT OF ......ANSWER......Fantasized
transgression
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WHAT DOES NORMAL GUILT SENSITIZE US TO ......ANSWER......Ethical
aspects of our behavior
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF NEUROSIS AND PSYCHOSIS IN THE OCD
PATIENT IN EXISTENTIAL THERAPY ......ANSWER......The patient did not
accept and take into his existence his bodily and spirituality possibilities,
therefore he is guilty and indebted to himself
WHAT ARE THE THREE MODES OF THE WORLD AS VIEWED IN
EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY ......ANSWER......umwelt, mitwelt,
eigenwelt
TRUE OR FALSE ......ANSWER......false-The function of therapy is to do
away with all anxiety
MENTAL HEALTH IS LIVING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT
......ANSWER......Neurotic anxiety, but with the ability to tolerate the
unavoidable existential anxiety of living
WHAT IS THE "I AM" EXPERIENCE OR THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING
KNOWN AS IN EXISTENTIAL THERAPY ......ANSWER......ontological
experience
THE "SCIENCE OF BEING" ......ANSWER......Existential therapy
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A CORE EXISTENCE CONFLICT IS THE TENSION BETWEEN THE
AWARENESS OF THE INEVITABILILITY OF DEATH AND THE WISH TO
CONTINUE TO BE ......ANSWER......Death
WHAT DOES FREEDOM FROM EXISTENTIAL PERSPECTIVE REFER TO
......ANSWER......The complete lack of any external structure to life
3 CHARACTERISTICS OF NORMAL ANXIETY ......ANSWER......-
proportionate to the situation confronted
-does not require repression
-can be used creatively
AN EXAMPLE OF NEUROTIC ANXIETY ......ANSWER......a parent that is so
anxious that their child will be hit by a car, never lets the child leave the
house
NEUROTIC ANXIETY ......ANSWER......Tends to paralyze the individual and
is destructive
A CORE EXISTENTIAL CONFLICT THAT IS THE TENSION BETWEEN
THE AWARENESS OF THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH AND THE WISH TO
CONTINUE TO BE ......ANSWER......Death
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WILKES 527 MIDTERM EXAM Questions &
Answers, |100% Verified solutions | Latest update
2026!!
6 KEY PRINCIPLES OF EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY ......ANSWER......1.
We have the capacity for self-awareness
2. Because we are free beings-we accept the responsibility that
accompanies our freedoms
3.We have a concern to preserve our uniqueness and identity
4.Our existence is never fixed- we can re-create ourselves
5. Anxiety is part of the human condition
6. Death is a basic human condition and gives significance to living
YALOM'S FOUR GIVENS OF EXISTENCE ......ANSWER......freedom,
death,isolation, meaningless
WHO ARE THE AMERICAN FOUNDERS OF EXISTENTIAL THERAPY
......ANSWER......Rollo May and Irvin Yalom
WHAT DOES NEUROTIC GUILT ARISE OUT OF ......ANSWER......Fantasized
transgression
pg. 1
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WHAT DOES NORMAL GUILT SENSITIZE US TO ......ANSWER......Ethical
aspects of our behavior
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF NEUROSIS AND PSYCHOSIS IN THE OCD
PATIENT IN EXISTENTIAL THERAPY ......ANSWER......The patient did not
accept and take into his existence his bodily and spirituality possibilities,
therefore he is guilty and indebted to himself
WHAT ARE THE THREE MODES OF THE WORLD AS VIEWED IN
EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY ......ANSWER......umwelt, mitwelt,
eigenwelt
TRUE OR FALSE ......ANSWER......false-The function of therapy is to do
away with all anxiety
MENTAL HEALTH IS LIVING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT
......ANSWER......Neurotic anxiety, but with the ability to tolerate the
unavoidable existential anxiety of living
WHAT IS THE "I AM" EXPERIENCE OR THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING
KNOWN AS IN EXISTENTIAL THERAPY ......ANSWER......ontological
experience
THE "SCIENCE OF BEING" ......ANSWER......Existential therapy
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A CORE EXISTENCE CONFLICT IS THE TENSION BETWEEN THE
AWARENESS OF THE INEVITABILILITY OF DEATH AND THE WISH TO
CONTINUE TO BE ......ANSWER......Death
WHAT DOES FREEDOM FROM EXISTENTIAL PERSPECTIVE REFER TO
......ANSWER......The complete lack of any external structure to life
3 CHARACTERISTICS OF NORMAL ANXIETY ......ANSWER......-
proportionate to the situation confronted
-does not require repression
-can be used creatively
AN EXAMPLE OF NEUROTIC ANXIETY ......ANSWER......a parent that is so
anxious that their child will be hit by a car, never lets the child leave the
house
NEUROTIC ANXIETY ......ANSWER......Tends to paralyze the individual and
is destructive
A CORE EXISTENTIAL CONFLICT THAT IS THE TENSION BETWEEN
THE AWARENESS OF THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH AND THE WISH TO
CONTINUE TO BE ......ANSWER......Death
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