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40 Cards in this Set
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Conscious Experience
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Self-Awareness such as desire, aspirations, imagination, introspection, and free will
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Main Goal to Humanism
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Understand the aspects of the mind that are uniquely human and give life meaning
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Phenomenology
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Our conscious experience is more important the reality of the world itself. (Looking Glass Self?)
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Construals
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Your particular experience of the world
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Wilhelm Wundt
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First Psychology Laboratory
Advocated Human Perceptions Psych has potential to exam conscious human experience |
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Introspection
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Observing own inner experience
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Introspection is used to
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Study and record an individual's pure mental experience
Need training to ignore learned meanings and associations (I see it pointy, not a water bottle) |
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Problems of Introspection (3)
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Usefulness was unclear
Not all thoughts and feelings are reducible Method cannot be verified by others |
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Existentialism
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What is the nature of experience?
What does it mean? |
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Umwelt
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Biological experience of the world
Pain pleasure heat cold |
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Mitwelt
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Social experience of the world
What you think and feel about others and your social world. |
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Eigenwelt
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Inner Psychological Experience
How you think and feel about yourself |
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Anguish
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Choice is inevitable and imperfect
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Forlorn
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Alone with your existential choices
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Despair
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Lack of control over many life outcomes
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Concept of Bad Faith
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Leading an unexamined life
Leaving fundamental questions about existence unaddressed. |
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Problems of Bad Faith
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Ignoring troubling facts is a cowardly lie and immoral
Still ain't happy Can't opt out |
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Authentic Existence
vs Bad Faith |
Face facts related to mortality and existence
-Be honest, insightful, and morally responsible -Take responsibility for your goals, choices, and identities (Life has no meaning beyond what you give it) |
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Optimistic Humanism
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Experience is central and have free will
People are basically good People have a need to make themselves and the world better |
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Client-Centered Therapy
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Empathy, repeat what they want. Give a sense you accept what they want
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Unconditional Positive Regard
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Provide the individual with positivity
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Personal Constructs
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Unique set of ideas about the world
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Where do Personal Constructs come from?
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Influenced by past experience, but not determined by past experience; free will still exists
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REP test
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Role Construct Repertory
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Sociality Correlary
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: understanding another person
means understanding his or her personal construct system. |
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FLOW
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Focused and ordered state of consciousness
Activity is enjoyable for its own sake Balanced ratio of skills to challenges |
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Flow States
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See graph
Apathy Boredom Relaxation Control Flow Arousal Anxiety Worry |
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Hardiness: Maddi
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Stress isn't always bad
Many seek to avoid stress by conforming |
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Vegetativeness
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feels nothing has meaning and becomes listless and aimless
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Nihlism
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Experience is dominated by anger, disgust, and cynicism
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Hardiness style
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Embraces stress. Good thing.
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Positive Psychology
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Focus on positive aspects of humans.
Creativity, courage, justice, wisdom, and well-being |
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Wisdom and Knowledge
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Creativity, open mindedness, wise
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Courage
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Integrity, Persistence, Bravery
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Humanity
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Love, Kindness, Social Intelligence
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Justice
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Citizenship, Fairness, Leadership
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Temperance
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Forgiveness, Mercy, Humility, Self-Control
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Transcendence
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Appreciation of beauty and excellence
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Positive Psychology Pro
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Addresses some issues raised by humanistic psychologists
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Positive Psychology Con
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Rebirth of humanism isnt complete yet
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