Existentialists Hypothesize That Anxiety Is the Result of

question 37

Multiple Choice

Existentialists hypothesize that anxiety is the result of

• A) biologically based instincts.
• B) awareness of ultimate concerns.
• C) competing cognitive distortions.
• D) id-related libidinal drives.

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Definitions:

Decentering

A process of shifting away from a Eurocentric or ethnocentric perspective, recognizing the diversity of viewpoints and experiences.

Antiessentialism

The belief that identities or phenomena are not fixed, inherent, or reducible to some core essence but rather constructed through social, cultural, and historical contexts.

Radical Constructionism

An epistemological viewpoint that suggests knowledge and reality are actively constructed by social or cognitive processes.

Radical Deconstructionism

A philosophical approach that seeks to undermine traditional concepts and categories by exposing their contingent nature and questioning the binary oppositions upon which they rely.