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Existentialism: Exploring Human Potential and Meaning in a Meaningless World, Summaries of Personality Psychology

This document delves into the core principles of existentialism, a school of psychology that emphasizes individual freedom, responsibility, and the search for meaning in a world devoid of inherent purpose. It explores key concepts such as anxiety, self-awareness, and the human capacity for growth and adaptation, drawing on the insights of prominent existentialist thinkers like viktor frankl, rollo may, and erich fromm. A comprehensive overview of existentialist philosophy and its implications for understanding human behavior and navigating life's challenges.

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Rollo and Existential Psychology [Rollo May]
Maslow and Roger
Carl Roger – Client Centered Therapy
Person Centered Theory siya
Client Centered therapy
Mas applicable if pc theory and therapy naman
is client centered. Abraham maslow, be familiar
with hierarchy of needs.
Ano mayroon sa physiological needs?
Safety needs?
HUMANISTIC AND EXISTENTIAL THEORIES
Bc erich fromm and rollo may were somehow
related to each other. Existential theory and
existential psychology.
Rollo may – seldom covered in undergrad. Hindi
siya gaanong nadidiscuss. Need to know the
basic tenets.
Very important with the difference. Despite in
practice, most theoriest gumagamit ng
humanistic and existential theories ay
gumagamit.
Palagi siya magkasama dinidiscuss pero
magkaiba sila. Therapeutic technique ng
existential
Humanism – forefront is Maslow and Rogers.
Parang dalawa lang pinanggalingan or
forefathers. Carl rogers and Abraham maslow.
School of Existentialism – school of psych with a
lot of contributors, hindi katulad ng humanism.
A lot of names associated with this.
_____________________________
Humanism – ITP, one of the schools of
psychology. Third force in Psychology.
First force – psychoanalysis. Sigmund freud. W
the theory of Sigmund freud - Sex aggression
theory, maraming criticisms and ‘yung kaniyang
unconscious.
Second is behaviorism. Very critical abt the
existence of the unconscious. More objective,
everything is learned and everything can be
observed. We can test for the existence of
something. Heavy on empiricism - Kumbaga
dapat evidence based. Even in therapy,
behaviorists are relying on techniques that are
proven by research already. Ex. Systematic
desensitization, blotting.. pero those techniques
na ineemploy nila during psychotherapy ay
evidence based.
In response to that…
Humanism – saw behavioral models models as
mechanical and overly objective. Lacking
understanding for the depth of human exp,
consciousness and personality dev. Focus on
freedom. Capacity to choose behavior
Psychoanalysis – all of our behavior can be
traced by our unconscious. Lahat ng beahvior
natin natutunan – behaviorism. Sinasabi naman
ng humanism, masyado niyo naman
tinatanggalan ng tao ‘yung capacity to choose.
‘yung behavior ng isang tao conscious na
pinapipili. Gusto niyang gawin.
Saw psychodynamic and analytic – cold, distant
and overly deterministic – nega early childhood
exp already defines the progress in ther life.
Adult personality sa kaniyang buhay.
Sabi ng humanism, pwede mamili ang tao kung
ano ang bagay na makakaapekto sa kaniya or
hindi. Pwedeng mamili ang tao ng behavior. May
capacity na despite ng neg exp, pwede pa rin
siyang maging psychologically healthy. They
have the capacity to do that.
Osycho and analytic – focused on pathology.
Behaviorism -diagnosis. Ano ‘yung mga proven
na gawin?
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Rollo and Existential Psychology [Rollo May] Maslow and Roger Carl Roger – Client Centered Therapy Person Centered Theory siya Client Centered therapy Mas applicable if pc theory and therapy naman is client centered. Abraham maslow, be familiar with hierarchy of needs. Ano mayroon sa physiological needs? Safety needs? HUMANISTIC AND EXISTENTIAL THEORIES Bc erich fromm and rollo may were somehow related to each other. Existential theory and existential psychology. Rollo may – seldom covered in undergrad. Hindi siya gaanong nadidiscuss. Need to know the basic tenets. Very important with the difference. Despite in practice, most theoriest gumagamit ng humanistic and existential theories ay gumagamit. Palagi siya magkasama dinidiscuss pero magkaiba sila. Therapeutic technique ng existential Humanism – forefront is Maslow and Rogers. Parang dalawa lang pinanggalingan or forefathers. Carl rogers and Abraham maslow. School of Existentialism – school of psych with a lot of contributors, hindi katulad ng humanism. A lot of names associated with this.


Humanism – ITP, one of the schools of psychology. Third force in Psychology. First force – psychoanalysis. Sigmund freud. W the theory of Sigmund freud - Sex aggression theory, maraming criticisms and ‘yung kaniyang unconscious. Second is behaviorism. Very critical abt the existence of the unconscious. More objective, everything is learned and everything can be observed. We can test for the existence of something. Heavy on empiricism - Kumbaga dapat evidence based. Even in therapy, behaviorists are relying on techniques that are proven by research already. Ex. Systematic desensitization, blotting.. pero those techniques na ineemploy nila during psychotherapy ay evidence based. In response to that… Humanism – saw behavioral models models as mechanical and overly objective. Lacking understanding for the depth of human exp, consciousness and personality dev. Focus on freedom. Capacity to choose behavior Psychoanalysis – all of our behavior can be traced by our unconscious. Lahat ng beahvior natin natutunan – behaviorism. Sinasabi naman ng humanism, masyado niyo naman tinatanggalan ng tao ‘yung capacity to choose. ‘yung behavior ng isang tao conscious na pinapipili. Gusto niyang gawin. Saw psychodynamic and analytic – cold, distant and overly deterministic – nega early childhood exp already defines the progress in ther life. Adult personality sa kaniyang buhay. Sabi ng humanism, pwede mamili ang tao kung ano ang bagay na makakaapekto sa kaniya or hindi. Pwedeng mamili ang tao ng behavior. May capacity na despite ng neg exp, pwede pa rin siyang maging psychologically healthy. They have the capacity to do that. Osycho and analytic – focused on pathology. Behaviorism -diagnosis. Ano ‘yung mga proven na gawin?

Psychoanalysis – interpretation is very important. The therapist is the one who interprets the exp. Dreams means this and that. Erich Fromm – view dreams [subjective], hindi dapat ang therapist ang nagiinterpret because we have different experiences. Nanaginip ng ahas, ex. That could be related to snake. Could be cheating w his or her partner, kaya parang nanaginip ng ahas. Hindi dapat nanggagaling sa therapist ang interpretation. Duide lang dapat si client sa paguncover ng meaning. Comes from the therapist. Sinasabi ng humanism, na prev approaches focus sa pathology – what is wrong with someone rather than acknowledging human creativity, growth and adaptation. Freudian – more on neurosis, neurotic indiv like karen hornye. Ano ba mal isa tao na ito? Abrahan Maslow – freud supplied us the sick half of psychology and we must now fill it our with the healthy half. Humanism with psychologically healthy. Maslow – self-actualization Rogers – conditions for a person to be psychologically health. Paanong approach dapat gawin para maging psychologically healthy? Psychodynamic – focused on, what makes a person neurotic? Ano ba illness sa taong ito? Humanism responded to that by focusing on the healthy half. Emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans. Everyone has the potential to be psychologically healthy. It does not mean na may nangyaring negatie ay neurotic na ito. Based on subj view of human experiencing, places faith and gives responsibility to client in dealing with problems and concerns. May capacity. HUMAN CAPACITY TO BE PSYCH HEALTH, MATURE and surapass obstacles in life. Existentialism

- Ang pinakamagandang foundation ay fully. Ay si erich fromm and rollo may. Kaya siya tawag na exist – focuses on the problems and conflicts that comes with the existence. - Focuses on human conditions na kaakibat ng ating pag-existence sa mundo. - Ability and need of human beings to define and find their own sense of meaning or purpose in absurd world that does not have any innate meaning to it. - One person is telling us, focusing on finding meaning in our life. - Major focus of a person is dealing with death. - Major focus of existentialism is freedom and responsibility. - Common: conflicts or problems it came because we existed in a world. Kaya termed as existential. Humanism - focuses on human potential, potential to navigate their life despite their negative experiences. To be psychologically healthy. Existentialism – focuses on the problems with our existence. Major difference : humanism – basically good. All people can be healthy individuals. Existentialism – either good or bad, no inherent quality ang human nature. Humans ang gumagawa ng kanilang potential – Mabuti or masama in response to the existential givens – kaakibat ng kanilang pag-exist sa mundo. Nasa tao ang bola kung ano gagawin niya in response to the conflicts or problems. Kung lalabanan niya iyon and gagamitin niya iyon in a good way. Freedom [ex] gagamitin in a bad way,

Concerned with both the experiencing person and the person’s experience. Wished to understand people as they exist in the world as thinking, active and willing beings. Have the freedom to choose behaviors that would make him or her better live with the existential givens. Emphasized a balance between freedom and responsibility even the theory of erich fromm. Free to do things, choose but we are the only one responsible. We cannot blame other people.

  • Acquire freedom of action – expanding self awareness than by assuming responsibility for their own actions.
  • Acquisition of freedom and responsibility – achieved only at the expense of anxiety. In charge of their own destiny – exp burden of freedom and pain of responsibility. Friedrich nietzsche and martin Heidegger helped popularized existential philosophy during the 20th^ century. Basic tenets of existentialism – 1. Existence takes precedence over essence [john paul sarte]
  • Pinanganak tayong maging destined na ganito. Nauuna ang existence, mageexist ka muna sa mundo bago ka magkapurpose. There is no such thing as purpose bago ang existence.
  1. Opposes the split bet the subject and object [kierkegard]
  • Things around him or her are considered. Balance
  1. People search for some meaning their lives [viktor frankl]
  2. Each of us is responsible for who we are and what we become
  • Pain of responsibility, cannot blame the people around us.
  1. Existentialists are basically antitheoretical
  • Against diagnosis, more important to help people than to create a theory about these things.
  • Theories dehumanize people and render them as objects. Gives meaning to people and disregard experiences.
  • Authentic exp takes precedence over artificial explanations. We could not take into consideration the unique experience by looking at a theory.
  • A certain behavior stems from various experiences. Mayroon pagkakaiba despite similarities.
  • Not focused on theories and to explain human behavior Existentialism is Being in the world Dasein This is very unique to Rollo May. Adopth a phenomelogical approach – asking to do a research in the field. One of the most common research technique – phenomenological. Focuses on the lived experiences of an individual.a ctual na buhay ng isang tao. Does not focuses if it agrees or disagrees to a particular theory. Does not attempt to explain the behavior to a particular theory. - Kapag di ka graduate ng college, di ka magiging successful. Accepted by a lot of people, however, college undergrads who become millionaires. You are disregarding the theory. Take into consideration their experience. Ano ba exp ng taong ito? Bakit ba naglead ito sa behavior? - We exist ina world that can be understood from our own perspective. Lens of actual participant. - Disregard your belief but focus on the experience.

- Basic unity of person and environment – german word. - Dasein – to exist there. - Hyphens – oneness of subject and object. Unity of person and world. [sopaw] Many people suffer from anxiety and despair brought on by their alienation from themselves or from their world [erich fromm] Goal to be united again with the world or having this dasein. Have no clear image of themselves or they feel isolated from a world that seems distant and foreign. Feeling of isolation and alienation suffered by path disturbed indifivuals and individuals in modern societies. [erich fromm]

  • Mas naeexacerbate bc of modern tech, and with them living modern societies we become isolated with the natural world or nature. Kaya nahahighlight ‘yung isolation. - Illness of our time – alienation. - 1. Separation from nature, lacking of meaningful interpersonal relations [2] superficial kc and inde nagkikita in person, [3[ alienation from one’s authentic self.
  • Source: modern society Digital self – in the digital world, we adapt a different persona. Minsan and for most people, sa ating soc meds, madaldal tayo. Nirarant natin lahat and in person sobrang shy. Tus people exp 3 simultaneous modes in their being in the world Umwelt – worlds of objects and things. Environment around us that would exist if people had no awareness. Nandiyan na kahit hindi tayo aware and hindi natin ito iperceive. Biological drives [magugutom] anantukin tayoo, birth and death [natural phenomena]
    • Includes things that we cannot escape from and things that we must learn to live with, natural law.
    • Living in Philippines – typhoons. Natural disasters, that is part of umwelt. We must learn to adjust to the things that happens around us. 2/ mitwelt – relationship with other people. People as people, not as things or objects. If we are treating them as objects then that is umwelt. Mit – meeting with other people. Not mitwelt necessitates love. The being in the world of the other person is respected – limitations, capabilities and flaw, things abt the person that is accepted genuinely or respected.
    1. eigenwelt – pinakamalalim. I or self. My relationship with myself. Aware of oneself as a human being and to grasp who we are as we relate to the world of things and to the world of people. Dapat tanggap natin mga bagay na hindi natin kaya or di kayang gawin. Healthy people live in umwelt, mitwelt and eigenwelt simultaneously. Hindi pwedeng nasa mitwelt, adjust nang adjust for other people. Di pwedeng eigenwelt lag, thinking abt yourself and u would disregard the environment and the ther people around you. Non-being or nothingness
  • Death [sometimes] hindi lang ito avenue or nonbeing.
  • When we do not courageously confront our nonbeing by contemplating death, pwede ito magform ito other compulsive behavior like addiction,

- Erich fromm – became colleague. Same ng school na pinagtatrabuhan William alanson white institute. - 1949 – 40 phd in clinical psychology from Columbia. - Early thirties – nagkaroon ng tb. Maraming realizations. Haze sa lungs ng patients. No medication. Spent three years in the hospital. - For a year and a half, di niya alam if he would live or die. Kung ;yung cabity was getting larger or smaller. - A sick person should not just passively wait to recover or die from illness, kailangan actively magparticipate sa healing. Actively join your therapist. Kung may homework na binibigay, you do the homeworks. - Healing is an active process. - Writing a book on anxiety and inspired by freud and soren Kierkegaard, mas nainspre kay kieerkegard 0 anxiety as a struggle against nonbeing or loss of consciousness. - Wrote his dissertation on the subject of anxiety and published it as the meaning of anxiety. - Lot of published works. - Awarded by a lot. - Professor to a lot of prestigious univ, Harvard, Princeton. - New York psycgolgical association - Florence defrees [divorced after 30 eyars] - Georgia lee miller johnson, son – Robert and twin daughters allegram and Carolyn. - 1975 – California. Has a patient to prove the existence of his perspective. Case of Philip. - Ginamit to illustrate concepts of _anxiety, intentionality, destiny, psychopathology and psychotherapy.

  • Twice married and twice divorced.
  • Struggling with another relationship
  • Nicole – writer 40s – spent idyllic summer with each other. Has two child iniwan sa ex husband. Tatlong anak could already. Completely pleasurable.
  • End – returned to put school
  • Boses ni Nicole seems to be very strange -_ Next morning tumawag ulit. Got a feeling. Busy sigal. Inamin ni Nicole, craig – old friend. - Nicole has fallen inlove with craig, balak pakasalan at the end of the month. - Philip betrayed resumed smoking suffered insombia. When he saw Nicole again, expressed anger. - Outburst of anger – sometimes. - Nicole – pinagsabay with the permission of Philip. Confused. She could never leave him. Naguluhan siya. - Year later – had another affair. He had to leave with another business for 5 days. - Return: he could reason to sleep - The other men did not mean - Another month - Hinahayaan people - Gusto niya iaccept and pero nirefuse - Paralyzed, unable to break it off. - Sought therapy from may. - Permitted cheating. _Anxiety
  • very easy to understand_ - they become aware that their existence might be destroyed - faced with something we do not expect or we do not know, first time ma- experience ang situation na ito. - Defined as the subjective state of individual’s becoming aware that his or her existence can be destroyed that he can become nothing - Ex. Reportig na hindi masyado alam

- Spring either awareness of one’s nonbeing or from a threat to some value essential to one’s existence. - Someone si facing death [nonbeing], decline s ahealth or terminal illness bc natthreaten sa esitense. - Exists when one confronts the issue of fulfilling one’s pontentialitie s – can lead to stagnation and decay but can also result in growth and change. - Acq of freedom inevitably leads to anxiety - Freedom cannot exist without anxiety nor can anxiety exist without freedom - Ex. Choosing a course. You are not sure - It is not a bad thing. Rollo may there is normal anxiety Normal anxiety - Felt by normal people - Faced with something important and uncertainty - Being anxious pushes us to be productive. - College student first day of school - Para may makasama siya for the rest of her lives - It could be a productive thing. Neurotic - When it paralyzes us - Anxiety when taking an exam and hindi nasagutan exam kasi nablock off niya. Paralizes to move - Philip he is somehow displaying this - Evident to his attachment to unpredictable and crazy women - Mother is schizophrenic - Mother is borderline schizophrenic, sister was diagnosed and hospitalized psychiatric hospital - Troubled women – Nicole, hindi niya mabreak off, nagdadrive to an unproductive way of life. Although nararamdaman niya jealousy hindi niya mabreak off. Made him stay in an unhealthy relationship with Nicole. - Nicole – need for a lot of men in her life, seeing other boys and would not break off the realtiosnnship with Philip Guilt - deny their potentialities. Failto accurately perceive the needs. Ontological – existential. Both anxiety and guilt are this, naturally occurring refer to the nature of being and not to feelings arising from specific situations or transgressions 3 forms of ontological guilt - corresponds to umwelt – relationship with things that are already are. Natural calamities. Civilizations advances, people become more and more removed from nature. Human dilemma

  • concept similar to fromm, separation guilt. Guilt can be responded: o Either go back to nature or embracing that there are things that are out of control. Part of human nature. o Behaving in a nonproductive manner, isolate and focus on gadgets.
  • corresponds to mitwelt – inability to perceive accurately the world of others, hindi mo naiintindihan ganoon. Example is boyfriend hindi mo nabibigay bagay na deserve mo. U may experience guilt from those instances. U cannot blame other people because it is natural for people to look at our own lenses. Hindi natin maeexpect na maintindihan ibang tao – accurate. It is not a moral failure – an inescapable result of the fact that easch of us is a separate individuality

requisite for healthy erotic relationships during early and late adolesnce. o Placed great importance on preadolescence. o Makes eros possible – gradual, relaxed dev of true friendship is perquisite for the enduring union of two people. o Something that lasts long.

- Agape – concern for the other’s welfare. Unconditional love – altruistic. Mahal mo siya maging sino man siya. Love of God for man. o Prioritize the needs of this indidual. Does not depend on their characteristics. o Blends all four forms of love. o Based on sexual satisfaction, a desire for an enduring union, genuine friendhip and unselfish concern for the welfare of the other person. - Authethic love is difficult. Affirmation self and assertion of oneself. Requires tenderness. Kompleto dapat apat na klase ng pagmamahal. FREEDOM AND DESTINY FREEDOM – free to choose what we want Destinay – existentioal, comes with existence. Destined to die and exp anxiety. Destined to choose ano gagawin sa buhay. Destined to be alone. Existential gives.

  • Heatlhy indiv are able to both assume their freedom and to face their destiny.
  • Freedom comes from an understanding of destiny – death is possible at any momnt, inherent weaknesses, early childhood experiences dispose us toward certain patterns of behavior.
  • Freedom is the possibility of chaing although not knowing what those are.
  • Ult destiny is death, pwede inavigate anag buhay to do something worthwhile. Cannot erase our destiny kailangan nating tanggapin mga bagay that comes with our existence. o Kinakabahan existence, kailangan mo magreview. Productive or to be unproductive. THE POWER OF MYTH
  • Di totoong paniniwala or sasabihin
  • Personal belief, myth kapag nakagraduate ng college pwede ka amging successful
  • Kapag nag-aral ka Mabuti pwede ka makatapos [pwede magkatotoo or hindi]
  • Synonymous to our personal belief.
  • Paniniwala of society, family
  • Hindi ibig sabihin maliw depende sa taong mageevaluate.
  • Important na mayroon kang myth
  • Frame of orientation – hindi pwedeng tao ay walang values or walnag goals. Hindi pwedeng muyth or walang paniniwala
  • It somehow gives direction.
  • We could lead to nothingness, drug addiction, religious cult and to our what society believes in
  • It somehow unifies it society
  • Essential to process of keeping our souls a live PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
  • ANXIETY and guilt not illness. Hindi palaging neurotic
  • But apathy and emptiness – illness of modern times, wala kang paniniwala. Wala kang pakielam sa paniniwala sa ibang tao.
  • Feel alienated from the world umwelt
  • Deny their destiny or abandon their myths their lose their pusporse for being – become directionless
  • Saw this as lack of communication – di natin maopne
  • Psych disturbed individualds deny their destiny and their restrict theirselves from freedom.
  • Paulit-ulit nilang ginagawa – making new choices unnecessary PSYCHOTHERAPY
  • Open to a person accepting their destiny
  • Wala siyang school of psychotherapy, no established
  • Make people more human and help expand their consciousness.
  • Suggestive, binibigyan niyang direction
  • He made him realize na he has options, katulad ng kay Philip
  • Suggested that you are not doing anything productive by retaining your rs with Nicole. U have freedom to get rid of Nicole and maging
  • Concerned with helping people experience their existence
  • No specific directions
  • Existential therapists – no special set of techniques or methods that can be applied to all patients. They have only themselves, their own humanity to offer. innate ‘yung characteristics to become an existential therapist
  • Challenging patients to confront their destiny – to experience despair, anxiety and guilt.