Exam 6: A Phenomenological Theory - Applications and Evaluation of Rogers Theory

According to Rogers, estrangement occurs because people falsify their values for the sake of preserving the positive regard of others.

The major prediction of terror management theory is that if one manipulates the degree to which one is thinking about ______, there should be differences in the degree that people need ____________.

Self-esteem and life satisfaction may depend more on not being like the undesired self than on being like the ideal self.

Which is not a distinguishing characteristic of client-centered therapy?

In therapy, Rogers would be likely to use

For Rogers, the single most important element contributing to therapeutic change is

What did Sartre mean by his claim that "existence precedes essence"?

Many of Rogers' defensive processes are similar to those of Freud.

A criticism of the existential approach is that it

According to Rogers, in rationalization the person distorts behavior to make it consistent with the self.

Congruence is to genuineness as unconditional positive regard is to basic acceptance.

Existentialists see people as pretty much the same except for their self concept.

Research linking self-esteem to life outcomes indicates that measures of self-esteem often are

According to the text,

In terms of therapy, Rogers suggested that the therapist

According to self-determination theory

According to Frankl, existential frustration involves lack of

Research suggests that not being like one's feared self may be more important for psychological health than being like one's ideal self.

A strength of client-centered therapy is that it has remained the same while fads come and go.

Cross-cultural research on the self