Chapter 10 MC

Question 1

At the height of his career, Rogers engaged in a series of debates with

a. George Kelly.
b. Carl Jung.
c. B.F. Skinner.
d. Albert Bandura.

Answer 1

c

Question 2

As a young boy, Rogers
a was shy and frequently teased by his older brothers and sisters.
b. spent 2 years in a detention home for wayward boys.
c. wanted to be a physician.
d. held deep-seated animosity toward his mother.

Answer 2

a

Question 3

Rogers described the formative tendency as the tendency for

a. humans to form intimate interpersonal relationships.
b. matter to evolve from simpler to more complex form.
 	c. people to strive toward self-actualization.
d. people to return to an inorganic state.

Answer 3

b

Question 4

Rogers believed that all behavior relates to one’s

a. enhancement needs.
b. ideal self.
c. safety needs.
d. actualizing tendency.

Answer 4

d

Question 5

Healthy people evaluate their experiences as good or bad according to this criterion.

a. the self-concept
b. perceived self
c. reflected appraisal of others
d. the actualizing tendency

Answer 5

d

Question 6

In Rogerian theory, the actualization tendency

a. is synonymous with the formative tendency.
b. has the same or nearly the same meaning as self-actualization.
c. refers to the person's organismic experiences.
d. refers to the tendency to actualize the perceived self.

Answer 6

c

Question 7

Inner tension arises, Rogers said, when a conflict exists between the

a. self-actualization tendency and the organismic self.
b. emotion and cognition.
c. the values of others and one's own values.
d. the formative tendency and the actualization tendency.

Answer 7

a

Question 8

A discrepancy between the self-concept and the ideal self results in

a. ego defense mechanisms.
b. safe-guarding tendencies.
c. the person of tomorrow.
d. incongruence.

Answer 8

d

Question 9

Taylor’s parents praise her whenever her behavior meets with their standards. However, they punish Taylor when her behavior fails to meet with their approval. From this information it appears that Taylor is experiencing

a. low self-esteem.
b. conditions of worth.
c. disorganization.
d. high self-esteem.

Answer 9

b

Question 10

??? Tyler has a negative view of himself. To increase his self-concept, his parents and teachers continually praise and compliment him. Rogers believed that such praise and compliments are most likely to

a. enhance Tyler's self-esteem.
b. reinforce Tyler's negative behavior.
c. be easily accepted into Tyler's self-concept.
d. be distorted by Tyler.

Answer 10

d

Question 11

According to Rogers, the two basic human needs are

a. sex and safety.
b. self-actualization and self-enhancement.
c. power and submission.
d. maintenance and enhancement.

Answer 11

d

Question 12

Rogers believed that, for psychologically healthy individuals,

a. the self and experience are congruent.
b. denial of organismic functioning is essential.
c. the ideal self replaces the real self.
d. an incongruence exists between their organismic self and their ideal self.

Answer 12

a

Question 13

Which statement is consistent with Rogers’ theory?

a. Self-regard is originally dependent on self-concept.
b. Once achieved, self-regard can exist independently of others' opinions and attitudes.
c. Self-regard is symptomatic of malignant egoism.
d. Self-regard stems from the negative appraisals received from others.

Answer 13

b

Question 14

?? An unawareness of a discrepancy between self and experience leads to (wrong I think)

a. psychological health.
b. anxiety.
c. threat.
d. vulnerability.
e. guilt.

Answer 14

d

Question 15

According to Rogers, the two primary defensive strategies are ______.

a. repression and denial
b. repression and reaction formation
c. denial and distortion
d. repression and regression

Answer 15

c

Question 16

??? Rogers believed that a person with a disorganized personality may at times behave consistently with organismic experience and at other times consistently with

a. the ideal self.
b. others' expectations.
c. the shattered self-concept.
d. the actualizing tendency.

Answer 16

c

Question 17

Rogers hypothesized that empathy, unconditional positive regard, and congruence are

a. necessary and sufficient conditions for therapy.
b. necessary but not sufficient conditions for therapy.
 	c. sufficient but not necessary conditions for therapy.
d. neither necessary nor sufficient for therapy.

Answer 17

a

Question 18

In the Chicago studies,

a. clients who received no therapy experienced the  same level of growth as did the clients in the therapy group.
b. clients who received no therapy received no psychological growth.
c. Carl Rogers was the sole therapist.
d. all the therapist were graduate students.

Answer 18

b

Question 19

Clients are better able to listen to themselves when the therapist possesses

a. sympathy for them.
b. empathy for them.
   	c. conditions of worth toward them.
d. a professional attitude toward them.

Answer 19

b

Question 20

Rogers hypothesized that persons of tomorrow would

a. mistrust others.
b. be free of psychological conflict.
   	c. be open to their experience.
d. reach a high-level stage where continued change was unnecessary.

Answer 20

c

Question 21

In the Chicago studies, Rogers and his associates found that

a. clients who received client-centered therapy became fully functioning.
b. empathy, unconditional positive regard, and congruence were neither necessary nor sufficient.
c. clients who received client-centered therapy improved, but they did not reach an "average" level of psychological functioning.
d. clients who received cognitive behavior therapy showed no gain.

Answer 21

c

Question 22

. Which statement is most consistent with Rogers’ concept of humanity?

a. People have a natural tendency to move toward actualization.
b. People move inevitably toward actualization.
c. People move inevitably toward self-actualization.
d. People are free to become what they will.

Answer 22

a