PSYC 2130 Chapter Notes -Existentialism
4 Jan 2012
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Introspection: trying to observe your own perceptions and thoughts. Ignoring troubling facts, is to live a cowardly life; you are giving up your life if you fail to find the meaning of your experience: even if you surround yourself with material comforts, you still won"t be happy. The third problem with living in bad faith, is that it is impossible to ignore your existential issues, since choosing not to worry about the meaning of life is still a choice. Optimistic humanism: rogers and maslow: they developed an idea that both phenomenology is important, but also that people are good (they want to improve themselves and they relate closely with others) Personal constructs: kelly: kelly says that ones cognitive system assembles ones various construals of the world into an individual theory, known as personal constructs; therefore her theory is known as personal construct theory.
