Deck 7: Existential Therapy

Question 1

What would Frankl say is the primary force in our lives?

A) Building a relationship with God
B) A search for meaning
C) Being in the world
D) A person's will

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Liz has always been a perfectionist. She excels in nearly everything that she tries but finds nothing exciting. She desires to accomplish nothing but to be perfect. Rollo May would say that she has which personality type?

A) Infantile
B) Conformist
C) Neo-Puritan
D) Creative

Answer 2

C

Question 3

May did not focus on the development of techniques for use in therapy.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which theorist wrote about the daimonic-a person's entire system of motives that can take over the person?

A) Sarte
B) Heidegger
C) Frankl
D) May

Question 5

Ruth's therapist tells her that she should pay attention to her physical sensations as they are part of her______________.

A) Ümwelt
B) Mitwelt
C) Eignewelt
D) Überwelt

Question 6

A therapist believes that it is her job to free her client from the limits of existence. This therapist is most likely following which theoretical model?

A) Existentialism
B) Gestalt
C) Psychodynamic
D) Person-centered

Question 7

Heidegger was the first medical doctor to combine psychotherapy and existential ideas.

Question 8

When one's __________ is frustrated one will experience a sense of loneliness.

A) Ümwelt
B) Mitwelt
C) Eignewelt
D) Überwelt

Question 9

What is existential guilt?

A) Guilt caused by failure to connect with others
B) Guilt caused by not knowing one's self
C) Guilt caused by failure to know God
D) Guilt cause by failure to reach life's potential

Question 10

Which of the following was among Kierkegaard's contributions to existentialism?

A) The book "Thus Spake Zarathustra"
B) Dasein
C) An individual is solely responsible for giving mean to his own life.
D) Calling excuses bad faith

Question 11

One's attempts to reach self-understanding through examining thoughts and feelings is represented by ____________.

A) Ümwelt
B) Mitwelt
C) Eignewelt
D) Überwelt

Question 12

Which occurrence helps us to be more inclined to live in a state of mindfulness of being?

A) Having a child
B) Achieving our goals
C) Fulfilling relationships
D) Near death experiences

Question 13

Which is NOT true about the life of Rollo May?

A) He graduated from Union Theological Ministry
B) He had a happy childhood but struggled with illness as an adult
C) He worked with Alfred Adler
D) He wrote "Man's Search for Himself"

Question 14

According to Buber, God is the eternal Thou who sustains the "I-Thou" relationship.

Question 15

Which of the following was among Nietzsche's contributions to existentialism?

A) The dictum "Existence precedes and rules essence.
B) Concern with angst in the one's life
C) The importance of human subjectivity
D) The book "I and Thou"

Question 16

According to May, "wishes as manifestations of our daimons."

Question 17

Marco really wants to own his own business and works hard towards achieving that goal. Rollo May would say that he has which personality type?

A) Infantile
B) Conformist
C) Neo-Puritan
D) Creative

Question 18

Viktor Frankl is considered the father of existentialism.

Question 19

Which of the following was among Sartre's contributions to existentialism?

A) The belief that humans must find a reason for their existence
B) Criticism of Christianity and belief that God is dead.
C) Human existence can be understood from the way that people dialogue with each other, the world and God.
D) The book "The Concept of Dread"

Question 20

Sandra wants to graduate from college but she cannot get herself to focus on her schoolwork and do well. Rollo May would say that she has which personality type?

A) Infantile
B) Conformist
C) Neo-Puritan
D) Creative

Question 21

Discuss paradoxical intention.

Question 22

Discuss the criticisms of existential therapy.

Question 23

Existentialism focuses on how meaning in our life has changed over time.

Question 24

Discuss the multicultural blind spots of existential therapy.

Question 25

How did Frankl's time in a concentration camp impact his beliefs and influence his development of logotherapy?

Question 26

How do freedom to choose and anxiety interact in existentialism?

Question 27

Existentialism is criticized for a lack of critical research.

Question 28

Why are there so few scholarly studies investigating existential therapy?

Question 29

Explain Heidegger's concept of Dasein.

Question 30

Existential anxiety is indicative of psychological illness.

Question 31

What are the four goals of existential therapy?

Question 32

Explain the concept of will according to Rollo May.

Question 33

Discuss the contributions of existential therapy.

Question 34

Existentialists say that the best solution to meaninglessness is engagement in life.

Question 35

Describe existential isolation.

Question 36

Discuss the role of the client in existential therapy.

Question 37

Existential therapists avoid personality models that label people.

Question 38

What are the three basic premises of logotherapy?

Question 39

Discuss the multicultural positives of existential therapy.

Question 40

Discuss existentialism and the schools.