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What is the existential perspective on meaning in life?
According to logotherapy, how can we discover meaning in life?
What is an example of experiential values according to logotherapy?
What is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire, according to logotherapy?
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What is an example of creative values according to logotherapy?
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What is the difference between sex and love, according to logotherapy?
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What did Rogers believe had a greater impact on personality?
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What is the term for the innate tendency to actualize according to Rogers?
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What is the type of therapy that Rogers proposed?
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What is the term for the love and support given with conditions according to Rogers?
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What is the focus of the therapist in Rogers' person-centered therapy?
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What is the primary difference between neurotic anxiety and normal anxiety?
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What is the primary characteristic of Agape?
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What is the primary role of freedom in the context of existential anxiety?
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What is the primary characteristic of courage in the context of existential anxiety?
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What is the primary role of the daimon in the context of existential anxiety?
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What is the primary implication of having freedom in the context of existential anxiety?
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Study Notes
Meaning in Life
- According to logotherapy, there are three ways to discover meaning in life:
- Creating a work or doing a deed
- Experiencing something or encountering someone
- By the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering
Experiential Values
- Experiencing something or someone we value
- Examples: Maslow's peak experiences, esthetic experiences (e.g. viewing great art or natural wonders)
- The love we feel towards another enables our beloved to develop meaning, and by doing so, we develop meaning ourselves
Creative Values
- Becoming involved in one's projects, or the project of one's own life
- Includes creativity involved in art, music, writing, invention, and so on
Attitudinal Values
- The attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering
- Recognizing childhood experiences affect our perception, but current feelings and emotions have a greater impact on personality
Rogers' Personality Theory
- A person pays attention to the organismic valuing process is self-actualizing or fully functioning
- Most people grow up in an atmosphere where they are given love & support as long as they behave as expected (conditional positive regard)
- Conditions in Person-Centered Therapy include: Direction from the client, Empathy, Congruence/Genuineness, and Unconditional Positive Regard
Love and Care
- An active process that suggests that things matter
- 4 forms of love in Western tradition:
- Sex
- Eros (psychological desire to have enduring union with a loved one)
- Philia (intimate nonsexual friendship between two people)
- Agape (altruistic, unconditional love)
Freedom and Courage
- Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development and mould themselves
- Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety that arises as one achieves freedom
- Authentic individuals are free to create, because they have the courage to confront and accept their self-doubts and anxiety
Destiny and Daimon
- Destiny refers to the limitations of our environment and our personal qualities (e.g. mortality, gender, genetic predispositions)
- Daimon refers to the Greek word generally translated as demon, and is related to one's capacity to confront and accept their self-doubts and anxiety
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Explore the concept of discovering meaning in life according to logotherapy, focusing on three different ways: through creating work or doing a deed, experiencing something or encountering someone, and the attitude towards unavoidable suffering. Understand how love and unique human connections contribute to finding meaning.
