Question: Frankl spent time in the notorious concentration camp known as Auschwitz. Where is Auschwitz located?
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Answer: D. Poland
Question: In the midst of the horror of camp life, Frankl grasped what he considered to be the truth and the greatest secret set forth in human poetry and proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. This truth is that___.
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Answer: B. Love is the ultimate and highest goal which man can aspire.
Question: Reflecting on whether or not man is completely influenced by his surroundings (simply a product of his environment), Frankl answers:
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Answer: C. Man continues to have a choice in choosing how to react to any environment.
Question: Frankl came to realize that belief in the future was absolutely essential to holding onto one’s humanity in the camps. He quotes the phrase from the philosopher _____ who stated “He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.”
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Answer: E. Nietzsche
Question: Suffering is part of the human condition, and some (such as those in the camps) experience more suffering than others. Regardless, Frankl counsels us to
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Answer: C. Accept that suffering exists and find a way to create meaning from it.
Question: The third stage of a prisoner’s mental reaction to camp life was ——- characterized by ——-.
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Answer: D. The psychology of the prisoner after his liberation; depersonalization.
Question: After his camp experience, Frankl created his own school of psychological thought which he called
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Answer: B. Logotherapy
Question: Logotherapy embraces and addresses all of the following EXCEPT
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Answer: C. The importance of consumerism
Question: Frankl criticizes much of psychiatry for interpreting the human mind as a mechanism and the therapy of mental disease merely in terms of technique. He argues that man is not a machine; things determine each other, but ——-.
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Answer: B. Man is ultimately self-determining
Question: Frankl counsels us to “say Yes to life in spite of everything.” In this, he makes the case for
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Answer: D. Tragic optimism
Question: Frankl believes that the third and most important avenue to finding meaning in life, even in the most hopeless situation, facing a fate one cannot change, is for the individual to go beyond himself, and by so doing, change himself. In psychological, philosophical and spiritual circles it is known as ——-.
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Answer: C. Transcendence
Question: Based on many of his statements about life, suffering, and finding purpose in life, it would be a safe bet to probably categorize Frankl as belonging to which of the following philosophical perspectives or schools of thought? Pick one and only one response.
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Answer: B. Existentialism
Question: Frankl comments that every age has its own “collective neurosis.” Neurosis is an older psychoanalytic term referring to milder forms of mental conditions generally characterized by irrational or excessive anxiety and/or obsessive behaviors. It would not be a stretch to suggest that the collective neurosis of many young (and older) people in western societies has to do with what behaviors?
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Answer: B. Cell phones and social media
Question: In the last section of the book (A Case for Tragic Optimism), Frankl notes that there are three main avenues on which one arrives at the meaning of life. The first is by creating a work or by doing a deed. The second is by experiencing something or encountering someone (usually through love). And the third is for those who may be hopeless victims of fate, or in a situation that they cannot change. Those in such situations may find meaning in which of the following?
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Answer: B. Turning tragedy into triumph
Question: In the last section of the book (A Case for Tragic Optimism), Frankl makes the case that it is important to remain optimistic in spite of the “tragic triad” which consists of what elements?
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Answer: A. Pain, guilt and death
Question: At the end of Part II: Logotherapy in a Nutshell and in the Afterword commentary by William Winslade, we learn that Frankl was forthright with his patients and audiences about the importance of shouldering one’s burdens and doing all one can to live correctly. To assert accountability, duty, commitment, and moral obligations to do what is right. When he spoke to American audiences, Frankl was fond of saying, “I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented with a Statue of ____ on the West Coast” This underscores Frankl’s belief that freedom and ____ are two sides of the same coin.
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Answer: B. Responsibility
Question: In the opening first few sentences, Watson is adamant that psychology should follow the findings of:
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Answer: A. Natural science
Question: Watson makes which of the following arguments about studying consciousness?
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Answer: D. Psychologists must discard all reference to consciousness.