Chapter 10 FIB Flashcards
Rogers wanted to be a ______________________ after he graduated from the University of Wisconsin, but he switched to psychology when he went to Columbia University.
minister
Rogers’s system of therapy is called ______________________, and his theory of personality can be called person-centered.
client-centered
The ______________________ tendency suggests that all matter tends to evolve from simpler to more complex forms.
formative
The ______________________ tendency suggests that people tend to move toward completion or fulfillment of potentials.
actualization
A state of ________________________ exists when the organismic self, the perceived self, and the ideal self are in harmony.
congruence
To Rogers, the real self and the __________________ self are the same concept.
organismic
Rogers believed that each of us has an _____________________ self, that is, a picture of our self as we would wish to be.
ideal
Discrepancies between the _________________________ and the organismic self results in incongruence.
self-concept
A discrepancy between self-concept and organismic experiences is called ____________________.
incongruence
People often deny or ____________________ both positive and negative experiences because these experiences threaten an established self-concept.
distort
All of us, Rogers said, have a need for ______________________, that is, a feeling of self-confidence and self-worth.
self-regard
We experience ______________________ of worth whenever a significant other accepts only our positive behaviors and traits.
conditions
The need for _______________________ would include the need for food, sleep, and the tendency to resist change.
maintenance
The need for ________________________ includes the need to grow, to develop, and to become a more fully-functioning person.
enhancement
The first condition for therapeutic growth is that a _____________________ client comes into contact with a congruent therapist.
vulnerable
A _____________________ person is one whose organismic experiences are matched by an awareness of them and a willingness to communicate them honestly.
congruent
Unconditional ____________________________ exists when the therapist prizes the client regardless of the client’s behavior.
positive regard
A state of ______________________ exists when therapists accurately sense the feelings of their clients and are able to communicate these perceptions so that the clients know that another person is on their wavelength.
empathy
According to Rogers, _____________________ living is the tendency to live in the moment.
existential
The issues of freedom and control of human behavior were at the heart of a series of debates between Rogers and ________________________.
control (freedom)
