Psychology; A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

(a)

1. Describe Lloyd Vogel’s psychological suffering from an existential perspective:

1. How does he struggle with existential givens such as sickness, aging, isolation, death, and/or incoherence?
2. How does he avoid/exacerbate his suffering?
3. How does he eventually reconcile himself with existential givens?

1. Describe Lloyd Vogel’s psychological dysfunction from a humanistic perspective:

1. What issues does Lloyd have with relationships/attachment/empathy/self-care?
2. In what ways does Lloyd move from a state of incongruence to congruence?
3. How does he develop increasingly healthy relationships with others and himself?

(b)

1. Explain the way in which Fred Rogers is therapeutic from an existential perspective:

1. How does he approach existential givens including sickness, aging, emotional pain, and death?
2. How does he help others cope with/transcend existential givens?

1.  Analyze how Fred Rogers is therapeutic from a humanistic perspective:

1. How does he use empathy, genuineness, congruence, and unconditional positive regard to help Lloyd Vogel and others?
2. How does Rogers promote emotional healing?

(c)

1. How does Daniel Striped Tiger appear to consciousness (sight, sound, smell, feel)?
2. Explain Daniel Striped Tiger through the lens of intersubjectivity
3. What meaning/significance does Daniel Striped Tiger have?
4. How is Daniel Striped Tiger therapeutic?