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PYC4809 Assignment 3 2024 (635198) - DUE 25 September 2024
- Course
- PYC4809 (PYC4809)
- Institution
- University Of South Africa
PYC4809 Assignment 3 2024 (635198) - DUE 25 September 2024 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
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Assignment 3
2024 (635198) -
DUE 25
September 2024
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
, PYC4809 Assignment 3 2024 (635198) - DUE 25 September 2024
Task 1: Case study
READ THE FOLLOWING CASE STUDY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT
FOLLOW:
Case study Karen: Anxiety over choosing for herself Assume the perspective of a
Gestalt therapist, and show how you would proceed with Karen, 27-year-old women
who is struggling with value conflicts relating to her religion, culture, and sex-role
expectations. Here is what she has related to you during the first session. Throughout
her life Karen has identified herself as a ‘good Catholic’ who has not questioned much
of her upbringing. She has never really seen herself as an independent woman; in many
ways she feels like a child, one who is strongly seeking approval and directions from
those whom she considers authorities. Karen tells you that in her culture she was taught
to respect and honour her parents, teachers, priests, and other elders. Whenever she
tries to assert her own will, if it differs from the expectations of any authority figure, she
experiences guilt and self-doubt. She went to Catholic schools, including college, and
she has followed the morals and teachings of her church very closely. She has not been
married, nor has she even had a long-term relationship with a man. Karen has not had
sexual intercourse, not because she has not wanted to but because she is afraid that
she could not live with herself and her guilt. She feels very restricted by the codes she
lives by, and in many ways, she sees them as rigid and unrealistic. Yet she is frightened
of breaking away from what she was taught, even though she is seriously questioning
much of its validity and is aware that her views on morality are growing more and more
divergent from those that she at one time accepted. Basically, Karen asks: ‘What if I am
wrong? Who am I to decide what is moral and immoral? I’ve always been taught that
morals are clear-cut and do 2 not allow for individual conveniences. I find it difficult to
accept many of the teachings of my church, but I’m not able to really leave behind those
notions that I don’t accept. What if there is a hell, and I’ll be damned forever if I follow
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