WILKES 527 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+
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
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
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
WHAT DID YALOM BELIEVE ABOUT FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY - ANSWER>>That there is a
conflict between the groundlessness and randomness of our universe, and a wish for
WHICH "GIVENS" OF EXISTENCE IS THIS:
WE ENTER THE WORLD ALONE AND WE MUST LEAVE IT ALONE - ANSWER>>Isolation
YALOM BELIEVED THAT ANOTHER EXISTENTIAL CONFLICT WAS BETWEEN OUR AWARENESS OF
OUR ISOLATION AND OUR DESIRE FOR CONTINUED CONTACT WITH OTHERS AND NEED TO BE
OF A LARGER WHOLE - ANSWER>>isolation
MAN IS BY DESIGN WHAT: - ANSWER>>a meaning seeking creature
WE ENTER THIS WORLD ALONE, AND WE MUST LEAVE IT ALONE - ANSWER>>isolation
THIS FORM OF THE WORLD INCLUDES BIOLOGICAL NEEDS, DRIVES, AND INSTINCTS -
ANSWER>>Umwelt
RELATIONSHIP TO ONESELF, INCLUDING SELF-AWARENESS - ANSWER>>Eigenwelt
MITWELT MEANING - ANSWER>>The world of one's fellow human beings
WHAT "FORM OF THE WORLD" IS THE SAYING TALKING ABOUT:
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+
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
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
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
WHAT DID YALOM BELIEVE ABOUT FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY - ANSWER>>That there is a
conflict between the groundlessness and randomness of our universe, and a wish for
WHICH "GIVENS" OF EXISTENCE IS THIS:
WE ENTER THE WORLD ALONE AND WE MUST LEAVE IT ALONE - ANSWER>>Isolation
YALOM BELIEVED THAT ANOTHER EXISTENTIAL CONFLICT WAS BETWEEN OUR AWARENESS OF
OUR ISOLATION AND OUR DESIRE FOR CONTINUED CONTACT WITH OTHERS AND NEED TO BE
OF A LARGER WHOLE - ANSWER>>isolation
MAN IS BY DESIGN WHAT: - ANSWER>>a meaning seeking creature
WE ENTER THIS WORLD ALONE, AND WE MUST LEAVE IT ALONE - ANSWER>>isolation
THIS FORM OF THE WORLD INCLUDES BIOLOGICAL NEEDS, DRIVES, AND INSTINCTS -
ANSWER>>Umwelt
RELATIONSHIP TO ONESELF, INCLUDING SELF-AWARENESS - ANSWER>>Eigenwelt
MITWELT MEANING - ANSWER>>The world of one's fellow human beings
WHAT "FORM OF THE WORLD" IS THE SAYING TALKING ABOUT:
