Deck 11: Case Studies 19-20 Rollo May: Contributions

Question 1

Using Rogers' person-centered theory, explain Katherine's behavior by answering the following questions.
How could Rogers's theory explain the cause of any difference in Katharine's selves?

Answer 1

Katharine was a victim of conditions of worth.She did as others wished her to do (e.g., her husband) instead of fulfilling her own desires and needs.These conditions of worth contributed to the incongruence between her selves.

Question 2

What would Allen have to do in order to actualize?

Answer 2

Allen would most likely have to go to college, earn his education degree, and get a job as a teacher.

Question 3

Use May's concepts of responsibility and authenticity to explain Katherine's lifestyle changes.

Answer 3

May suggested that we all are responsible for who we are and what we become.In other words, that we control what our lives are like.Katherine's taking charge of her life by joining the support group and starting her own business demonstrates her sense of responsibility for her own happiness.She also demonstrates May's concept of authenticity because she is living life according to her own value system, i.e., the definition of authenticity.

Question 4

Using Rogers' person-centered theory, explain Katherine's behavior by answering the following questions.
How did Katharine's self-concept differ from her ideal self before her experience with her support group? What does this imply about her mental health, according to Rogers's theory?

Question 5

How do the needs discussed by Rogers compare with those discussed by Fromm? By Maslow?

Question 6

Using Rogers's person-centered theory, explain Allen's behavior by answering the following questions.
Which of Rogers's needs are fulfilled for Allen? Which are not met? Explain.

Question 7

What other theories, besides Rogers's, could be applied to Katherine's experiences to explain them? How?

Question 8

What Rogerian therapist characteristics did Katherine's support group provide that allowed for a decrease in incongruence among her selves?

Question 9

Using Rogers' person-centered theory, explain Katherine's behavior by answering the following questions.
How did Katharine's self-concept differ from her ideal self after her experience with her support group? What does this imply about her mental health, according to Rogers's theory?

Question 10

Apply Bandura's concepts of self-regulation and self-efficacy to Katherine's experiences.How does the focus of Bandura's theory differ from that of Rogers's?

Question 11

The co-worker whom Allen talks with at lunch and breaks shares the characteristics of a Rogerian therapist.List them and explain how the co-worker displays them.

Question 12

Why would Allen's perceived self be different than his ideal self?

Question 13

How does Allen's perceived self differ from his ideal self?