This emotion was described by Viktor Frankl as “suffering without meaning” in describing what leads people to consider their lives unbearable. For 10 points each:
[10m] What emotion names a device, alternatively called a “vertical chamber apparatus,” which was used by the author of “The Nature of Love” in separation studies of maternal bonds?
ANSWER: despair [or pit of despair]
[10e] The “pit of despair” was developed to separate these animals by Harry Harlow, who studied whether these animals would prefer a surrogate made of cloth or wire.
ANSWER: monkeys [accept rhesus monkeys or capuchins; prompt on primates]
[10h] This book draws on Søren Kierkegaard’s conception of despair in describing how people choose not to be their authentic self. This book, subtitled “A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy,” first discussed unconditional positive regard.
ANSWER: On Becoming a Person [or On Becoming a Person: A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy] (by Carl Rogers)
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