Exam 13: Experience, Existence, and the Meaning of Life: Humanistic and Positive Psychology

What Buddhist term refers to the idea that an independent singular self is simply an illusion?

________ is a term for the time, place, and circumstances into which you happened to be born.

Salvatore Maddi believed the most severe existential pathology was ________.

Research indicates that financial status is more strongly linked with life satisfaction in richer nations as opposed to poorer nations.

Which theorist would most likely make the statement that stress is valuable for optimal psychological development?

According to Sartre, the existential challenge is to ________.

Linda thinks that her friends will like her only if she is thin, attractive, and cheerful. Rogers would say it is unlikely that Linda will ________.

Brad tends to avoid anything that could be stressful or challenging, preferring to live life with familiar activities, experiences, and people. The psychologist Salvatore Maddi would likely suggest that Brad is lacking ________.

Research suggests that individuals high in which personality attribute are most likely to experience flow?

Jerry has been wondering what life means and whether he is living his life purposefully. If he cannot answer these questions, he will probably experience ________.

Eigenwelt includes the experience of introspection.

An individual who seeks to maximize gain by making the most money possible is following a satisficing goal.

Umwelt includes bodily sensations of pleasure and pain.

Positive psychology seeks to study human ________ rather than ________.

The Buddhist alternative to existential anguish, forlornness, and despair is ________.

Csikszentmihalyi concluded that the best way someone can spend his or her time is in ________.

According to Carl Rogers, you can become a ________ only if you experience ________ from important others in your life.

The theorist ________ would likely use the metaphor "humans are scientists" to describe the nature of human psychology.

According to the hierarchy of needs, people must feel that they belong before they can self-actualize.

The Buddhist idea of anatta refers to the impermanence of all things.