NSG 527 Wilkes 527 midterm Study Guide | Actual Questions
and Answers Latest Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
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6 KEY PRINCIPLES OF EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
i. - ✔✔1. We have the capacity for self-awareness
ii. 2. Because we are free beings-we accept the responsibility that accompanies our
freedoms
iii. 3.We have a concern to preserve our uniqueness and identity
iv. 4.Our existence is never fixed- we can re-create ourselves
v. 5. Anxiety is part of the human condition
vi. 6. Death is a basic human condition and gives significance to living
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YALOM'S FOUR GIVENS OF EXISTENCE
- ✔✔freedom, death,isolation, meaningless
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WHO ARE THE AMERICAN FOUNDERS OF EXISTENTIAL THERAPY
- ✔✔Rollo May and Irvin Yalom
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WHAT DOES NEUROTIC GUILT ARISE OUT OF
- ✔✔Fantasized transgression
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WHAT DOES NORMAL GUILT SENSITIZE US TO
- ✔✔Ethical aspects of our behavior
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WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF NEUROSIS AND PSYCHOSIS IN THE OCD PATIENT IN EXISTENTIAL
THERAPY
- ✔✔The patient did not accept and take into his existence his bodily and spirituality
possibilities, therefore he is guilty and indebted to himself
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WHAT ARE THE THREE MODES OF THE WORLD AS VIEWED IN EXISTENTIAL
PSYCHOTHERAPY
- ✔✔umwelt, mitwelt, eigenwelt
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TRUE OR FALSE
- ✔✔false-The function of therapy is to do away with all anxiety
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MENTAL HEALTH IS LIVING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT
, - ✔✔Neurotic anxiety, but with the ability to tolerate the unavoidable existential anxiety of
living
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WHAT IS THE "I AM" EXPERIENCE OR THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING KNOWN AS IN
EXISTENTIAL THERAPY
- ✔✔ontological experience
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THE "SCIENCE OF BEING"
- ✔✔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
- ✔✔Death
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WHAT DOES FREEDOM FROM EXISTENTIAL PERSPECTIVE REFER TO
- ✔✔The complete lack of any external structure to life
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3 CHARACTERISTICS OF NORMAL ANXIETY
i. - ✔✔-proportionate to the situation confronted
ii. -does not require repression
iii. -can be used creatively
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AN EXAMPLE OF NEUROTIC ANXIETY
- ✔✔a parent that is so anxious that their child will be hit by a car, never lets the child leave
the house
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NEUROTIC ANXIETY
- ✔✔Tends to paralyze the individual and is destructive
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A CORE EXISTENTIAL CONFLICT THAT IS THE TENSION BETWEEN
THE AWARENESS OF THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH AND THE WISH TO CONTINUE TO BE
- ✔✔Death
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WHAT DID YALOM BELIEVE ABOUT FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY
- ✔✔That there is a conflict between the groundlessness and randomness of our universe,
and a wish for
and Answers Latest Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
•
6 KEY PRINCIPLES OF EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
i. - ✔✔1. We have the capacity for self-awareness
ii. 2. Because we are free beings-we accept the responsibility that accompanies our
freedoms
iii. 3.We have a concern to preserve our uniqueness and identity
iv. 4.Our existence is never fixed- we can re-create ourselves
v. 5. Anxiety is part of the human condition
vi. 6. Death is a basic human condition and gives significance to living
•
YALOM'S FOUR GIVENS OF EXISTENCE
- ✔✔freedom, death,isolation, meaningless
•
WHO ARE THE AMERICAN FOUNDERS OF EXISTENTIAL THERAPY
- ✔✔Rollo May and Irvin Yalom
•
WHAT DOES NEUROTIC GUILT ARISE OUT OF
- ✔✔Fantasized transgression
•
WHAT DOES NORMAL GUILT SENSITIZE US TO
- ✔✔Ethical aspects of our behavior
•
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF NEUROSIS AND PSYCHOSIS IN THE OCD PATIENT IN EXISTENTIAL
THERAPY
- ✔✔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
- ✔✔umwelt, mitwelt, eigenwelt
•
TRUE OR FALSE
- ✔✔false-The function of therapy is to do away with all anxiety
•
MENTAL HEALTH IS LIVING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT
, - ✔✔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
- ✔✔ontological experience
•
THE "SCIENCE OF BEING"
- ✔✔Existential therapy
•
A CORE EXISTENCE CONFLICT IS THE TENSION BETWEEN THE
AWARENESS OF THE INEVITABILILITY OF DEATH AND THE WISH TO CONTINUE TO BE
- ✔✔Death
•
WHAT DOES FREEDOM FROM EXISTENTIAL PERSPECTIVE REFER TO
- ✔✔The complete lack of any external structure to life
•
3 CHARACTERISTICS OF NORMAL ANXIETY
i. - ✔✔-proportionate to the situation confronted
ii. -does not require repression
iii. -can be used creatively
•
AN EXAMPLE OF NEUROTIC ANXIETY
- ✔✔a parent that is so anxious that their child will be hit by a car, never lets the child leave
the house
•
NEUROTIC ANXIETY
- ✔✔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
- ✔✔Death
•
WHAT DID YALOM BELIEVE ABOUT FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY
- ✔✔That there is a conflict between the groundlessness and randomness of our universe,
and a wish for
