Gerald Corey Chapter 008 TEST Quiz Bank Questions
and Answers 2023/2024 VERIFIED
Angst correct answers A Danish and German word whose meaning lies between the English words dread
and anxiety. This term refers to the uncertainty in life and the role of anxiety in making decisions about
how we want
to live.
Authenticity correct answers The process of creating, discovering, or maintaining the core deep within
one's being; the process of becoming the person one is capable of becoming
Existential anxiety correct answers An outcome of being confronted with the four givens of existence:
death, freedom,
existential isolation, and meaninglessness.
Existential guilt correct answers The result of, or the consciousness of, evading the commitment to
choosing for
ourselves.
Existential neurosis correct answers Feelings of despair and anxiety that result from inauthentic living, a
failure to make
choices, and avoidance of responsibility
Existential tradition correct answers Seeks a balance between recognizing the limits and the tragic
dimensions of
human existence and the possibilities and opportunities of human life.
Existential vacuum correct answers A condition of emptiness and hollowness that results from
meaninglessness in life
Existentialism correct answers A philosophical movement stressing individual responsibility for creating
one's ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving
Inauthenticity correct answers Lacking awareness of personal responsibility and passively assuming that
our existence is largely controlled by external forces
Intersubjectivity correct answers The fact of our interrelatedness with others and the need for us to
struggle with this in
a creative way
Restricted existence correct answers A state of functioning with a limited degree of awareness of oneself
and being
vague about the nature of one's problems.
Self awareness correct answers The capacity for consciousness that enables us to make choices