EDUC 323 Chapter Notes -Irvin D. Yalom, Existential Therapy, Existentialism
20 Feb 2014
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Rogers said ppl inherently good, always choose to actualize self, evil not consistent w/goal of self actualization: said cultural influences promoted evil (ppl constructive in nature, damaged by experience) Traid conssits of aspects of human existence which may be circumscribed by pain, guilt, death. Allows for turning suffering into human achievement and accomplishment, deriving from the guilt the opportunity to change oneself for the better and deriving from life"s transitoriness an incentive to take responsible action. For other et ppl, meaning is created, no discovery involved. Distinct ways of being: umwelt- being in physical world, mitwelt- being in relation to others (social/interpersonal world, eigenwelt- inner psychological world (inner subjective experience) Certain kinds of anxiety normal (ie awareness of one"s finiteness) and are critical in determining psychological life (existential anxiety) Death- ultimate concern, much of psychological life build avoid avoiding truly facing our fates: awareness of death gives meaning to life.
