Ch.5- Phenomenological Theory: Carl Roger's Person Centered Theory of Personality

Question 1

what did Rogers believe in regards to most of psychology at the time?

Answer 1

it was sterile and generally felt alienated from the field

Question 2

What kind of therapy did Rogers develop? What are the principles?

Answer 2

person centered therapy
3 principles:
- empathy
- unconditional positive regard
- genuineness

Question 3

define phenomenal field

Answer 3

space of perceptions that makes up our experience- subjective construction

Question 4

What is the subjectivity of experience?

Answer 4

the reality we observe is a private world of experience- the phenomenal field

Question 5

define the phenomenal field

Answer 5

space of perceptions that make up our experience- a subjective construction

Question 6

define conditions of worth

Answer 6

standards of evaluation that are not based on own feelings, preferences, and inclinations but on others’ judgements about what is desirable actions

Question 7

define congruence

Answer 7

Roger’s concept expressing absence of conflict between perceived self and experience; one of 3 conditions suggested as essential for growth and therapeutic progress

Question 8

define denial

Answer 8

defense mech.
emphasized by Freud and Rogers; threatening feelings are not allowed into awareness

Question 9

define distortion

Answer 9

According to Rogers, defensive process where experience is changed so it’s brought to awareness in a form that’s consistent with the self

Question 10

define ideal self

Answer 10

self-concept the individual would most like to possess/who we see ourself becoming in the future; key concept in Roger’s theory

Question 11

define incongruence

Answer 11

Roger’s concept of the existence of a discrepancy or conflict between perceived self and experience

Question 12

What is the need for positive regard

Answer 12

Roger’s concept expressing need for warmth, liking, respect, and acceptance from others

Question 13

define phenomenology

Answer 13

study of human experience; approach to personality theory how a person experience the self and world

Question 14

what is the Q-sort technique?

Answer 14

assessment device where the subject sorts statements into categories following a normal distribution. Used by Rogers as a measure of statements regrading the self and ideal self

Question 15

Define self actualization. Who emphasized this concept?

Answer 15

fundamental tendency of organism to actualize, maintain, enhance itself and fulfill its potential.
concept emphasized by Rogers & members of human potential movement.

Question 16

define self concept (or the “self”)

Answer 16

perceptions and meaning associated with the self/me; key structural aspect of phenomenological experience

Question 17

define self- consistency

Answer 17

Roger’s concept expressing absence of conflict among perceptions of the self

Question 18

define self esteem

Answer 18

person’s overall evaluative regard for the self or personal judgment of worthiness

Question 19

define subception

Answer 19

process emphasized by Rogers in which a stimulus is experienced without being brought into awareness

Question 20

What did Rogers say about fundamental human motivation?

Answer 20

towards positive growth (mature, positive)- when functioning freely

Question 21

What makes up the individual’s phenomenal field?

Answer 21

total system of perceptions and meanings

Question 22

What is the actual self?

Answer 22

self that we believe we are now