Question 1

___________is the key to the Rogerian therapy process.

Accepted Answer

A)  Conditional positive regard 
B)  Unconditional positive regard 
C)  Conditional self-regard 
D)  Organismic valuing

Question 2

Self-handicapping is behaving in such a way as to produce a failure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Self-actualizers tend to:

Accepted Answer

A)  appreciate results rather than the process of doing things. 
B)  form deep ties with many people. 
C)  at times appear temperamental and ruthless. 
D)  all of the above

Question 4

When a person believes there is a threat to his or her freedom, reactance tends to occur.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

People who feel that mentors are supporting their own autonomy behave in ways that foster the autonomy of others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A major figure in humanistic psychology is:

Accepted Answer

A)  B.F. Skinner. 
B)  Carl Rogers. 
C)  William Rogers. 
D)  Henry Murray.

Question 7

Wegner has suggested that free will is an illusion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Rogers asserts that anxiety will be produced when there is a:

Accepted Answer

A)  lack of correspondence between the ideal self and the actual self. 
B)  lack of correspondence between the real self and the perceived self. 
C)  imminent threat to one's personal constructs. 
D)  secondary appraisal of inability to cope.

Question 9

Concerns about maintaining self-esteem depend upon two considerations, one of which is that an esteem-relevant event:

Accepted Answer

A)  occurs for reasons outside one's control 
B)  must be neither good nor bad 
C)  must be either good or bad 
D)  must be attributable to an external cause

Question 10

The Personal Orientation Inventory assesses both time competence and inner- directedness as a means of measuring tendency toward self-actualization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Although Wegner has suggested otherwise, there is widespread consensus amongst personality psychologists that human beings have free will.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to Rogers, after years of having conditions of worth applied to us by others, we:

Accepted Answer

A)  start to apply them to those around us. 
B)  learn to ignore them and start applying our own standards. 
C)  pretend (but fail) to ignore them. 
D)  start to apply them to ourselves.

Question 13

Rogers and Maslow agree that the need for acceptance can interfere with the motive to self-actualize.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Brian tells Amy that he will only continue to love her if she stops working too many hours. He is providing her with:

Accepted Answer

A)  conditional acceptance. 
B)  conditional positive regard. 
C)  conditional statements of reinforcement. 
D)  unconditional negative regard.

Question 15

Identify the two categories of defense people use to deal with incongruence. Then give an example of a defense from each category.

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

Describe the difference between clarification of feelings and restatement of content.

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

People tend to blame failures on external agents only when the event is important, not when it is trivial.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The needs at the top of Maslow's hierarchy are more intense than those at the bottom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In the context of client-centered therapy, clarification of feelings refers to the:

Accepted Answer

A)  therapist asking questions to learn about the client. 
B)  therapist showing clients unconditional positive regard. 
C)  client correcting the therapist when the therapist misunderstands his or her feelings. 
D)  therapist repeating the client's emotional comments in different words.

Question 20

Pressures that lead to identified behavior stem from the desire to be accepted and guilt.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: Self-Actualization and Self-Determination

___________is the key to the Rogerian therapy process.

Self-handicapping is behaving in such a way as to produce a failure.

Self-actualizers tend to:

When a person believes there is a threat to his or her freedom, reactance tends to occur.

People who feel that mentors are supporting their own autonomy behave in ways that foster the autonomy of others.

A major figure in humanistic psychology is:

Wegner has suggested that free will is an illusion.

Rogers asserts that anxiety will be produced when there is a:

Concerns about maintaining self-esteem depend upon two considerations, one of which is that an esteem-relevant event:

The Personal Orientation Inventory assesses both time competence and inner- directedness as a means of measuring tendency toward self-actualization.

Although Wegner has suggested otherwise, there is widespread consensus amongst personality psychologists that human beings have free will.

According to Rogers, after years of having conditions of worth applied to us by others, we:

Rogers and Maslow agree that the need for acceptance can interfere with the motive to self-actualize.

Brian tells Amy that he will only continue to love her if she stops working too many hours. He is providing her with:

Identify the two categories of defense people use to deal with incongruence. Then give an example of a defense from each category.

Describe the difference between clarification of feelings and restatement of content.

People tend to blame failures on external agents only when the event is important, not when it is trivial.

The needs at the top of Maslow's hierarchy are more intense than those at the bottom.

In the context of client-centered therapy, clarification of feelings refers to the:

Pressures that lead to identified behavior stem from the desire to be accepted and guilt.