PSYCH 238 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Authoritarianism, Erich Fromm, Philosophical Movement
15 Feb 2017
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Examine self/ego as it is now and how future goals affect identity today. Identity can be conceptualized as internal and personal or external and socially defined: e. g. , snyder"s (1974) self-monitoring scale relates to personal and social identity. Philosophical movement seeking to regain contact with basic experiences of being alive and aware. Existential anxiety/angst occurs in search for meaning of life and meaning in our life choices. Reaction to rationalism rationalism, science, and industrial revolution. Existentialist psychologists seek to understand how people make sense of their worlds: phenomenology = conscious experience of world = construal, we all see the situation in our own unique way. Can"t reduce humans to drive or conditioned responses. Focuses on connection to social and physical world. Desire to fulfill potential and make life have meaning. Free will achieved via interpretation of life. Existence is dependent on our reactions to others.
