Horney & Rogers

Question 1

Describe Karen Horney’s departure from Freudian
psychoanalysis

Answer 1

Emphasized the role of social and cultural factors in shaping personality development

Question 2

What are the basic concepts of the phenomenological viewpoint

Answer 2

The reality of subjective experience is important, and knowing how someone perceives something is important

Actualizing tendency, or that individuals are motivated by maximizing their unique potential for personal growth

Self-concept is the creation of one’s identity through meaningful interpretations of experiences

Need for positive regard

Question 3

Describe the application of Rogerian views in therapy

Answer 3

Focus on promoting congruence

Unconditional positive regard for the client

Empathetic understanding

Client must percieve that the therapist is somewhat congruent

Question 4

What did Carl Roger add to the discipline that was missing
in Fruedian Psychodynamic approach and Skinner’s
Behaviouralism

Answer 4

Introduced a more humanistic, approach that emphasized individuals’ subjective experiences, awareness, and personal growth potential, filling gaps left by the deterministic and mechanistic views of others

Question 5

Peer pressure can be explained by which Rogerian
principle

Answer 5

Conditional positive regard

Question 6

How does one achieve congruence according to Carl Roger

Answer 6

Congruence is achieved when there is harmony between an individual’s self-concept and their actual experiences, feelings, and behaviors