Question 1

Rogers found evidence that client-centered therapy led to positive outcomes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Conditions for growth are comparable in parent-child and therapist-client relationships.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Which is not a defense mentioned by Rogers?

Accepted Answer

A)   distortion.
B)   denial.
C)   projection.
D)   sublimation. D

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)   free association of ideas.
B)   the therapeutic atmosphere.
C)   catharsis.
D)   sympathy.

Question 5

Research suggests that psychological health is associated with

Accepted Answer

A)   small self-ideal self discrepancy.
B)   large self-undesired self discrepancy.
C)   both (a)  and (b) .
D)   neither (a)  nor (b) .

Question 6

The classification of defenses is

Accepted Answer

A)   more critical to Freud than Rogers.
B)   more critical to Rogers than Freud.
C)   essential to both.
D)   essential to neither.

Question 7

Research indicates that if you are strongly internally or intrinsically motivated to do well, having strong external motives will increase the likelihood that you will achieve your goals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The main focus of Rogers' theory is on process and change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Rogers developed a scale to measure how individuals repress feelings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

According to Rogers, the basic estrangement in humans is between self and experience.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Research indicates that clients

Accepted Answer

A)   are sensitive to differences among therapists from different schools.
B)   report different changes associated with different forms of therapy.
C)   emphasize different causal factors associated with different therapies.
D)   none of the above.

Question 13

Within the Rogerian framework, the neurotic person is a person

Accepted Answer

A)   whose psychic energy is released indirectly through pathological behavior because direct expression of needs and drives would be too threatening to the self.
B)   whose self-concept reflects nothing more than his organismic experience.
C)   whose self-concept does not reflect accurately organismic experience.
D)   both (a)  and (b) .

Question 14

For Rogers, the healthy person can assimilate experiences into the self structure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Rogers's theory is said to share themes developed by existentialists. Which of the following is an example of such a theme?

Accepted Answer

A)   Despair associated with failing to live up to one's potential.
B)   Fear that one is attracted to the opposite sex parent.
C)   Tension associated with struggle between aspects of one's persona.
D)   All of the above exemplify themes shared by Rogers and existentialists.

Question 16

Rogers' theory of therapeutic change is an if-then theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Rogers' term for the understanding of the experiences of another is unconditional positive regard.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Limitations of Rogers' theory includes

Accepted Answer

A)   inadequate attention to unconscious forces.
B)   problems defining and assessing some concepts.
C)   bias on the part of the therapist.
D)   all of the above.

Question 19

Which of the following is not a strength of Rogers' theory?

Accepted Answer

A)   provides for measures of key concepts.
B)   recognizes integrated aspects of personality.
C)   integrates humanism with science.
D)   focuses on important areas of personality.

Question 20

An important finding from Rogers' work is that

Accepted Answer

A)   therapy may actually worsen the condition of some patients.
B)   the therapeutic climate depends on the patient.
C)   the therapeutic climate is only somewhat important.
D)   none of the above.

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

Rogers found evidence that client-centered therapy led to positive outcomes.

Conditions for growth are comparable in parent-child and therapist-client relationships.

Which is not a defense mentioned by Rogers?

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

Research suggests that psychological health is associated with

The classification of defenses is

Research indicates that if you are strongly internally or intrinsically motivated to do well, having strong external motives will increase the likelihood that you will achieve your goals.

The main focus of Rogers' theory is on process and change.

Rogers developed a scale to measure how individuals repress feelings.

According to Rogers, the basic estrangement in humans is between self and experience.

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

Research indicates that clients

Within the Rogerian framework, the neurotic person is a person

For Rogers, the healthy person can assimilate experiences into the self structure.

Rogers's theory is said to share themes developed by existentialists. Which of the following is an example of such a theme?

Rogers' theory of therapeutic change is an if-then theory.

Rogers' term for the understanding of the experiences of another is unconditional positive regard.

Limitations of Rogers' theory includes

Which of the following is not a strength of Rogers' theory?

An important finding from Rogers' work is that