Question 1

Maslow believed very few people reach self-actualization,which is the point at which their potential is fully developed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

For Abraham Maslow,the turning point in his thinking about human personality came while he was

Accepted Answer

A) watching a World War II parade. 
B) listening to a lecture on psychoanalysis. 
C) wondering about the best techniques for therapy. 
D) playing in a football game in college. 
A) watching a World War II parade. 
B) listening to a lecture on psychoanalysis. 
C) wondering about the best techniques for therapy. 
D) playing in a football game in college. A

Question 3

According to Rogers,what is the most common defense process?

Accepted Answer

A) Subception 
B) Distortion 
C) Denial 
D) Repression 
A) Subception 
B) Distortion 
C) Denial 
D) Repression B

Question 4

A Rogerian therapist expects each of the following except one might happen if progress is being made during psychotherapy.Which one?

Accepted Answer

A) The client no longer needs to feel valued by the therapist regardless of what he or she says. 
B) The client's ideal self will change to be more like the real self. 
C) The client's real self will change to be more like the ideal self. 
D) The client will begin to accept parts of him- or herself that previously had been denied or distorted. 
A) The client no longer needs to feel valued by the therapist regardless of what he or she says. 
B) The client's ideal self will change to be more like the real self. 
C) The client's real self will change to be more like the ideal self. 
D) The client will begin to accept parts of him- or herself that previously had been denied or distorted.

Question 5

According to Rogers,subception allows us to

Accepted Answer

A) avoid awareness of threatening information. 
B) move toward self-actualization. 
C) bring our real and ideal selves closer together. 
D) come to see ourselves as we really are. 
A) avoid awareness of threatening information. 
B) move toward self-actualization. 
C) bring our real and ideal selves closer together. 
D) come to see ourselves as we really are.

Question 6

The most common defense,according to Rogers,is the process of distortion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

"Eupsychian management" refers to

Accepted Answer

A) the way a psychotherapist controls the direction of therapy. 
B) how well a person manages all of the different aspects of his or her life. 
C) rearranging an organization to help employees satisfy higher-level needs. 
D) taking responsibility for one's life. 
A) the way a psychotherapist controls the direction of therapy. 
B) how well a person manages all of the different aspects of his or her life. 
C) rearranging an organization to help employees satisfy higher-level needs. 
D) taking responsibility for one's life.

Question 8

According to the humanistic approach,people will be happy when

Accepted Answer

A) their immediate needs, such as money and shelter, are met. 
B) they establish meaningful personal relationships. 
C) their lives are free from problems. 
D) they move toward becoming fully functioning. 
A) their immediate needs, such as money and shelter, are met. 
B) they establish meaningful personal relationships. 
C) their lives are free from problems. 
D) they move toward becoming fully functioning.

Question 9

Recent studies of psychotherapists have shown that

Accepted Answer

A) most do not use a humanistic approach. 
B) many report including aspects of person-centered therapy in their work. 
C) the usefulness of humanistic psychotherapy is questionable. 
D) the effectiveness of the humanistic approach is only temporary. 
A) most do not use a humanistic approach. 
B) many report including aspects of person-centered therapy in their work. 
C) the usefulness of humanistic psychotherapy is questionable. 
D) the effectiveness of the humanistic approach is only temporary.

Question 10

When Csikszentmihalyi asked people to identify a moment when they felt most alive,participants in his study said that

Accepted Answer

A) they were engaged in a challenging task. 
B) the task demanded the person's full concentration. 
C) each step in the task seemed to flow automatically to the next. 
D) all of these 
A) they were engaged in a challenging task. 
B) the task demanded the person's full concentration. 
C) each step in the task seemed to flow automatically to the next. 
D) all of these

Question 11

Rogers and Freud provide distinctly opposite answers to the question of whether or not

Accepted Answer

A) anxiety plays a role in psychological disorders. 
B) people use defenses to reduce anxiety. 
C) a psychotherapist should explain to a client what the client really means. 
D) people are influenced by mental processes of which they are not aware. 
A) anxiety plays a role in psychological disorders. 
B) people use defenses to reduce anxiety. 
C) a psychotherapist should explain to a client what the client really means. 
D) people are influenced by mental processes of which they are not aware.

Question 12

You ask a person to provide a real-self profile and an ideal-self profile with a Q-Sort.Which correlation would you expect to find between the two profiles if the person is approaching fully functioning?

Accepted Answer

A) -.60 
B) .00 
C) .30 
D) .60 
A) -.60 
B) .00 
C) .30 
D) .60

Question 13

Among the many characteristics of self-actualized people,they tend to

Accepted Answer

A) be more spontaneous. 
B) ignore their own weaknesses and focus on their personal strengths. 
C) show higher acceptance of other people for who they are. 
D) be more greatly inhibited in their social interactions. 
A) be more spontaneous. 
B) ignore their own weaknesses and focus on their personal strengths. 
C) show higher acceptance of other people for who they are. 
D) be more greatly inhibited in their social interactions.

Question 14

Each of the following has been identified as a component of optimal experience except one.Which one?

Accepted Answer

A) Our attention is completely absorbed in the activity. 
B) We experience a loss of self-consciousness. 
C) People around us recognize and respect our accomplishments. 
D) We lose a sense of time. 
A) Our attention is completely absorbed in the activity. 
B) We experience a loss of self-consciousness. 
C) People around us recognize and respect our accomplishments. 
D) We lose a sense of time.

Question 15

All of the following are among the eight components of the optimal experience except one. Which one?

Accepted Answer

A) One can concentrate only on the task at hand. 
B) Satisfaction is received from a task. 
C) The activity has clear goals. 
D) Attention is absorbed by the activity. 
A) One can concentrate only on the task at hand. 
B) Satisfaction is received from a task. 
C) The activity has clear goals. 
D) Attention is absorbed by the activity.

Question 16

A man thinks of himself as an outstanding athlete.One day,he watches some tennis players at his athletic club who are considerably better than he is.This information is threatening to his self-concept. Because the man is not fully functioning,Rogers might have expected him to do one of the following except one.Which one?

Accepted Answer

A) Experience anxiety 
B) Reinterpret what he has seen to make it less threatening 
C) Deny that the men are good tennis players 
D) Accept that there are better tennis players than himself 
A) Experience anxiety 
B) Reinterpret what he has seen to make it less threatening 
C) Deny that the men are good tennis players 
D) Accept that there are better tennis players than himself

Question 17

Rogers recommended that therapists use a process of reflection.By this,he meant that they should

Accepted Answer

A) give clients some quiet time to think about what they are saying. 
B) repeat clients' words back to them verbatim so they can hear exactly what they sound like. 
C) explain to clients how they are distorting or denying their experiences. 
D) rephrase and translate vague feelings expressed by clients into more precise words. 
A) give clients some quiet time to think about what they are saying. 
B) repeat clients' words back to them verbatim so they can hear exactly what they sound like. 
C) explain to clients how they are distorting or denying their experiences. 
D) rephrase and translate vague feelings expressed by clients into more precise words.

Question 18

Rogerian therapists measure each of the following with the Q-Sort technique except one.Which one?

Accepted Answer

A) The client's self-concept 
B) The client's ideal self 
C) The client's progress during the course of psychotherapy 
D) The client's ability to see things in a realistic manner 
A) The client's self-concept 
B) The client's ideal self 
C) The client's progress during the course of psychotherapy 
D) The client's ability to see things in a realistic manner

Question 19

Research suggests that people are most likely to have flow experiences when they

Accepted Answer

A) work at something that has no clear goal. 
B) relax and do something that is not very taxing. 
C) are in their leisure time. 
D) are working at their jobs. 
A) work at something that has no clear goal. 
B) relax and do something that is not very taxing. 
C) are in their leisure time. 
D) are working at their jobs.

Question 20

Which of the following is a characteristic of the fully functioning person,according to the psychology of Carl Rogers?

Accepted Answer

A) They are open to their experiences. 
B) They trust their own feelings. 
C) They pay attention to what is happening in the here and now. 
D) All of these 
A) They are open to their experiences. 
B) They trust their own feelings. 
C) They pay attention to what is happening in the here and now. 
D) All of these

Maslow believed very few people reach self-actualization,which is the point at which their potential is fully developed.

For Abraham Maslow,the turning point in his thinking about human personality came while he was

According to Rogers,what is the most common defense process?

A Rogerian therapist expects each of the following except one might happen if progress is being made during psychotherapy.Which one?

According to Rogers,subception allows us to

The most common defense,according to Rogers,is the process of distortion.

"Eupsychian management" refers to

According to the humanistic approach,people will be happy when

Recent studies of psychotherapists have shown that

When Csikszentmihalyi asked people to identify a moment when they felt most alive,participants in his study said that

Rogers and Freud provide distinctly opposite answers to the question of whether or not

You ask a person to provide a real-self profile and an ideal-self profile with a Q-Sort.Which correlation would you expect to find between the two profiles if the person is approaching fully functioning?

Among the many characteristics of self-actualized people,they tend to

Each of the following has been identified as a component of optimal experience except one.Which one?

All of the following are among the eight components of the optimal experience except one. Which one?

Rogers recommended that therapists use a process of reflection.By this,he meant that they should

Rogerian therapists measure each of the following with the Q-Sort technique except one.Which one?

Research suggests that people are most likely to have flow experiences when they

Which of the following is a characteristic of the fully functioning person,according to the psychology of Carl Rogers?

What Is Personality?

Personality Research Methods

The Psychoanalytic Approach: Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Freudian Approach: Relevant Research

The Psychoanalytic Approach: Neo-Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment

Neo-Freudian Theories: Relevant Research

The Trait Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Trait Approach: Relevant Research

The Biological Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Biological Approach: Relevant Research

The Humanistic Approach: Relevant Research

The Behavioral/Social Learning Approach: Theory,Application,and Assessment

The Behavioral Social Learning Approach: Relevant Research

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Exam 11: The Humanistic Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

Maslow believed very few people reach self-actualization,which is the point at which their potential is fully developed.

For Abraham Maslow,the turning point in his thinking about human personality came while he was

According to Rogers,what is the most common defense process?

A Rogerian therapist expects each of the following except one might happen if progress is being made during psychotherapy.Which one?

According to Rogers,subception allows us to

The most common defense,according to Rogers,is the process of distortion.

"Eupsychian management" refers to

According to the humanistic approach,people will be happy when

Recent studies of psychotherapists have shown that

When Csikszentmihalyi asked people to identify a moment when they felt most alive,participants in his study said that

Rogers and Freud provide distinctly opposite answers to the question of whether or not

You ask a person to provide a real-self profile and an ideal-self profile with a Q-Sort.Which correlation would you expect to find between the two profiles if the person is approaching fully functioning?

Among the many characteristics of self-actualized people,they tend to

Each of the following has been identified as a component of optimal experience except one.Which one?

All of the following are among the eight components of the optimal experience except one. Which one?

Rogers recommended that therapists use a process of reflection.By this,he meant that they should

Rogerian therapists measure each of the following with the Q-Sort technique except one.Which one?

Research suggests that people are most likely to have flow experiences when they

Which of the following is a characteristic of the fully functioning person,according to the psychology of Carl Rogers?

What Is Personality?

Personality Research Methods

The Psychoanalytic Approach: Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Freudian Approach: Relevant Research

The Psychoanalytic Approach: Neo-Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment

Neo-Freudian Theories: Relevant Research

The Trait Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Trait Approach: Relevant Research

The Biological Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Biological Approach: Relevant Research

The Humanistic Approach: Relevant Research

The Behavioral/Social Learning Approach: Theory,Application,and Assessment

The Behavioral Social Learning Approach: Relevant Research

The Cognitive Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Cognitive Approach: Relevant Research

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