01:830:338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Tuberculosis, Psych, Erich Fromm

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:338
• Professor: L.Stein

Document Summary

2/26/18: humanistic, existential, and positive aspects of personality part 1, existentialism, philosophy about meaning of human existence, existential questions: Why must we die: existential angst, modern society lacks guides to meaning, consequence: existential difficulties, results in angst (sartre) Despair: coping with angst by avoiding it, lead an unexamined life. Not really possible: coping with angst by facing it, face your demons, nietzsche: become superman , sartre: path to freedom, dignity, and discovery of meaning in life, related trends in psychology, existential psychology. Focus: attempts to make sense of world: phenomenological psychology. Focus: personal meaning, growth, fulfillment: emphases shared by existential, phenomenological, & humanistic. Fulfilled: problem of existence in modern society. Solution: love: alternative: relinquish personal freedoms. Threat to freedom & values anxiety: uniquely human: choose death over loss of freedom, normal vs. neurotic anxiety, psychological growth normal anxiety. Healthy; should not be target of therapy: psychological stagnation neurotic anxiety.