Question 1

Rogers believed that failure to realize our innate _____ can lead to maladjustment.

Accepted Answer

A)  self-confidence 
B)  primary process thought 
C)  aggressive drive 
D)  actualization tendency

Question 2

In the context of the actualization tendency,Rogers stated that our _____ become the only basis for our judgments and behaviors as we mature.

Accepted Answer

A)  psychological needs 
B)  physiological needs 
C)  experiences 
D)  biological instincts

Question 3

Which of the following is a true statement about Rogers's view of human nature?

Accepted Answer

A)  We seek challenge instead of the security of the familiar. 
B)  We are doomed to conflict with our selves and with society. 
C)  We are controlled by the events of the first 5 years of life. 
D)  We experience our world defensively.

Question 4

Rogers believed that the tendency to actualize is:

Accepted Answer

A)  learned. 
B)  present in only a few exceptional individuals. 
C)  innate. 
D)  dormant until adolescence.

Question 5

Rogers used psychological tests to assess his clients' personalities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The discrepancy between a person's self-concept and aspects of his or her experience is called _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  induction 
B)  indifference 
C)  inhibition 
D)  incongruence

Question 7

According to Rogers,counselors and social workers were emphasizing the wrong things in trying to treat delinquent children and adolescents.He believed that they should:

Accepted Answer

A)  try to alter the threatening home situation. 
B)  place the children in foster care. 
C)  try to modify the children's self-insight. 
D)  focus on external factors such as the socioeconomic background.

Question 8

In which of the following cases is approval,love,or acceptance granted only when a person expresses desirable behaviors and attitudes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Conditional positive regard 
B)  Unconditional positive regard 
C)  Positive self-regard 
D)  Positive regard

Question 9

Rogers and his associates used qualitative and quantitative techniques to analyze the therapy sessions and to study how the _____ changes during a course of therapy.

Accepted Answer

A)  unconscious motivation 
B)  psychological need 
C)  self-concept 
D)  conditional positive regard

Question 10

Rogers's personality theory has received wide recognition,particularly for its emphasis on _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  childhood experiences 
B)  libido 
C)  the self-concept 
D)  the supernatural

Question 11

In Rogers's therapy,clients are judged based on their bad choices and are forced to admit their guilt.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Describe how the idea of the self became the core of Rogers's theory of personality.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

In Rogers's person-centered therapy,the therapist offers the client:

Accepted Answer

A)  positive regard. 
B)  conditional positive regard. 
C)  positive self-regard. 
D)  unconditional positive regard.

Question 14

One of the criticisms of Rogers's work was that:

Accepted Answer

A)  training in his methods required a medical degree and a lengthy period of specialization. 
B)  he ignored those factors of which the clients were not consciously aware but which could influence behavior. 
C)  he did not verify the accuracy of his reports. 
D)  his data did not rely on objective observation and were not gathered in a controlled and systematic fashion.

Question 15

Rogers's person-centered psychotherapy was deprecated in the United States at the end of World War II due to the unfavorable social circumstances and its need for a medical degree and a lengthy period of specialization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

According to Rogers,through the process of organismic valuing,people:

Accepted Answer

A)  accept themselves and others for what they are. 
B)  evaluate all life experiences in terms of their value for fostering or hindering their actualization and growth. 
C)  establish deep satisfying interpersonal relationships with a few people. 
D)  learn to perceive reality efficiently and tolerate uncertainty.

Question 17

In Rogers's approach to therapy,the therapist provides:

Accepted Answer

A)  unconditional positive regard. 
B)  good advice. 
C)  conditions of worth. 
D)  judgments about behavior.

Question 18

The _____,in Rogers's view,is the process by which we judge experiences in terms of their merit for fostering or hindering our actualization and growth.

Accepted Answer

A)  actualization tendency 
B)  contestation-focused process 
C)  organismic valuing process 
D)  social learning process

Question 19

The technique in which a person arranges statements about the self-concept into categories that range from most descriptive to least descriptive is called the _____ technique.

Accepted Answer

A)  self-sorting 
B)  Q-sort 
C)  rating scale 
D)  content categorization

Question 20

According to the organismic valuing process,experiences that we perceive as promoting _____ are evaluated as good and desirable.

Accepted Answer

A)  diligence 
B)  perseverance 
C)  self-preservation 
D)  actualization

Exam 10: Carl Rogers: Self-Actualization Theory

Rogers believed that failure to realize our innate _____ can lead to maladjustment.

In the context of the actualization tendency,Rogers stated that our _____ become the only basis for our judgments and behaviors as we mature.

Which of the following is a true statement about Rogers's view of human nature?

Rogers believed that the tendency to actualize is:

Rogers used psychological tests to assess his clients' personalities.

The discrepancy between a person's self-concept and aspects of his or her experience is called _____.

According to Rogers,counselors and social workers were emphasizing the wrong things in trying to treat delinquent children and adolescents.He believed that they should:

In which of the following cases is approval,love,or acceptance granted only when a person expresses desirable behaviors and attitudes?

Rogers and his associates used qualitative and quantitative techniques to analyze the therapy sessions and to study how the _____ changes during a course of therapy.

Rogers's personality theory has received wide recognition,particularly for its emphasis on _____.

In Rogers's therapy,clients are judged based on their bad choices and are forced to admit their guilt.

Describe how the idea of the self became the core of Rogers's theory of personality.

In Rogers's person-centered therapy,the therapist offers the client:

One of the criticisms of Rogers's work was that:

Rogers's person-centered psychotherapy was deprecated in the United States at the end of World War II due to the unfavorable social circumstances and its need for a medical degree and a lengthy period of specialization.

According to Rogers,through the process of organismic valuing,people:

In Rogers's approach to therapy,the therapist provides:

The _____,in Rogers's view,is the process by which we judge experiences in terms of their merit for fostering or hindering our actualization and growth.

The technique in which a person arranges statements about the self-concept into categories that range from most descriptive to least descriptive is called the _____ technique.

According to the organismic valuing process,experiences that we perceive as promoting _____ are evaluated as good and desirable.