025/2026 NSG 527 WILKES
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UNIVERSITY 527 NSG EXAM WITH
Q&A VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
KEY PRINCIPLES OF EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY - CORRECT ANSWER-1.
6
We have the capacity for self-awareness
2. Because we are free beings-we accept the responsibility that accompanies our
freedoms
3. We have a concern to preserve our uniqueness and identity
4. Our existence is never fixed- we can re-create ourselves
5. Anxiety is part of the human condition
6. Death is an essential human condition and gives significance to living
ALOM'S FOUR GIVENS OF EXISTENCE - CORRECT ANSWER-freedom, death,
Y
isolation, meaningless
HO ARE THE AMERICAN FOUNDERS OF EXISTENTIAL THERAPY - CORRECT
W
ANSWER-Rollo May and Irvin Yalom
HAT DOES NEUROTIC GUILT ARISE OUT OF - CORRECT ANSWER-Fantasized
W
transgression
HAT DOES NORMAL GUILT SENSITIZE US TO - CORRECT ANSWER-Ethical
W
aspects of our behaviour
HAT IS THE ORIGIN OF NEUROSIS AND PSYCHOSIS IN THE OCD PATIENT IN
W
EXISTENTIAL THERAPY - CORRECT ANSWER-The patient did not accept and take
into his existence his bodily and spiritual possibilities, therefore he is guilty and indebted
to himself
HAT ARE THE THREE MODES OF THE WORLD AS VIEWED IN EXISTENTIAL
W
PSYCHOTHERAPY - CORRECT ANSWER-umwelt, mitwelt, eigenwelt
RUE OR FALSE - CORRECT ANSWER-false-The function of therapy is to do away
T
with all anxiety
, ENTAL HEALTH IS LIVING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT - CORRECT
M
ANSWER-Neurotic anxiety but with the ability to tolerate the unavoidable existential
anxiety of living
HAT IS THE "I AM" EXPERIENCE OR THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING KNOWN AS IN
W
EXISTENTIAL THERAPY - CORRECT ANSWER-ontological experience
THE "SCIENCE OF BEING" - CORRECT ANSWER-Existential therapy
CORE EXISTENCE CONFLICT IS THE TENSION BETWEEN THE
A
AWARENESS OF THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH AND THE WISH TO CONTINUE
TO BE - CORRECT ANSWER-Death
HAT DOES FREEDOM FROM EXISTENTIAL PERSPECTIVE REFER TO -
W
CORRECT ANSWER-The complete lack of any external structure to life
CHARACTERISTICS OF NORMAL ANXIETY - CORRECT ANSWER--proportionate
3
to the situation confronted
-does not require repression
-can be used creatively
N EXAMPLE OF NEUROTIC ANXIETY - CORRECT ANSWER-a parent that is so
A
anxious that their child will be hit by a car, never lets the child leave the house
EUROTIC ANXIETY - CORRECT ANSWER-Tends to paralyse the individual and is
N
destructive
CORE EXISTENTIAL CONFLICT THAT IS THE TENSION BETWEEN
A
THE AWARENESS OF THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH AND THE WISH TO
CONTINUE TO BE - CORRECT ANSWER-Death
HAT DID YALOM BELIEVE ABOUT FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY -
W
CORRECT ANSWER-That there is a conflict between the groundlessness and
randomness of our universe and a wish for
WHICH "GIVENS" OF EXISTENCE IS THIS:
E ENTER THE WORLD ALONE AND WE MUST LEAVE IT ALONE - CORRECT
W
ANSWER-Isolation
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UNIVERSITY 527 NSG EXAM WITH
Q&A VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
KEY PRINCIPLES OF EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY - CORRECT ANSWER-1.
6
We have the capacity for self-awareness
2. Because we are free beings-we accept the responsibility that accompanies our
freedoms
3. We have a concern to preserve our uniqueness and identity
4. Our existence is never fixed- we can re-create ourselves
5. Anxiety is part of the human condition
6. Death is an essential human condition and gives significance to living
ALOM'S FOUR GIVENS OF EXISTENCE - CORRECT ANSWER-freedom, death,
Y
isolation, meaningless
HO ARE THE AMERICAN FOUNDERS OF EXISTENTIAL THERAPY - CORRECT
W
ANSWER-Rollo May and Irvin Yalom
HAT DOES NEUROTIC GUILT ARISE OUT OF - CORRECT ANSWER-Fantasized
W
transgression
HAT DOES NORMAL GUILT SENSITIZE US TO - CORRECT ANSWER-Ethical
W
aspects of our behaviour
HAT IS THE ORIGIN OF NEUROSIS AND PSYCHOSIS IN THE OCD PATIENT IN
W
EXISTENTIAL THERAPY - CORRECT ANSWER-The patient did not accept and take
into his existence his bodily and spiritual possibilities, therefore he is guilty and indebted
to himself
HAT ARE THE THREE MODES OF THE WORLD AS VIEWED IN EXISTENTIAL
W
PSYCHOTHERAPY - CORRECT ANSWER-umwelt, mitwelt, eigenwelt
RUE OR FALSE - CORRECT ANSWER-false-The function of therapy is to do away
T
with all anxiety
, ENTAL HEALTH IS LIVING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT - CORRECT
M
ANSWER-Neurotic anxiety but with the ability to tolerate the unavoidable existential
anxiety of living
HAT IS THE "I AM" EXPERIENCE OR THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING KNOWN AS IN
W
EXISTENTIAL THERAPY - CORRECT ANSWER-ontological experience
THE "SCIENCE OF BEING" - CORRECT ANSWER-Existential therapy
CORE EXISTENCE CONFLICT IS THE TENSION BETWEEN THE
A
AWARENESS OF THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH AND THE WISH TO CONTINUE
TO BE - CORRECT ANSWER-Death
HAT DOES FREEDOM FROM EXISTENTIAL PERSPECTIVE REFER TO -
W
CORRECT ANSWER-The complete lack of any external structure to life
CHARACTERISTICS OF NORMAL ANXIETY - CORRECT ANSWER--proportionate
3
to the situation confronted
-does not require repression
-can be used creatively
N EXAMPLE OF NEUROTIC ANXIETY - CORRECT ANSWER-a parent that is so
A
anxious that their child will be hit by a car, never lets the child leave the house
EUROTIC ANXIETY - CORRECT ANSWER-Tends to paralyse the individual and is
N
destructive
CORE EXISTENTIAL CONFLICT THAT IS THE TENSION BETWEEN
A
THE AWARENESS OF THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH AND THE WISH TO
CONTINUE TO BE - CORRECT ANSWER-Death
HAT DID YALOM BELIEVE ABOUT FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY -
W
CORRECT ANSWER-That there is a conflict between the groundlessness and
randomness of our universe and a wish for
WHICH "GIVENS" OF EXISTENCE IS THIS:
E ENTER THE WORLD ALONE AND WE MUST LEAVE IT ALONE - CORRECT
W
ANSWER-Isolation
