IDEAL SELF VS REAL SELF

Question 1

The Fully Functioning Person According to

Answer 1

CARL ROGERS

Question 2

Five characteristics of a fully functioning person:

Answer 2

• OPEN TO EXPERIENCE
• EXISTENCIAL LIVING
• TRUST FEELINGS
• CREATIVITY
• FULFILLED LIFE

Question 3

SELF-CONCEPT INCLUDES 3 COMPONENTS

Answer 3

SELF WORTH OR SELF ESTEEM
SELF-IMAGE
IDEAL SELF

Question 4

both positive and negative emotions accepted. Negative feelings are not denied, but worked through (rather than resorting to ego defense mechanism).

Answer 4

OPEN TO EXPERIENCE

Question 5

in touch with different experiences as they occur in life, avoiding prejudging and preconceptions.

Answer 5

EXISTENTIAL LIVING

Question 6

Being able to live and fully appreciate the present, not always looking back to the past or forward to the future (i.e. living for the moment).

Answer 6

EXISTENTIAL LIVING

Question 7

feeling, instincts and gut-reactions are paid attention to and trusted. People’s own decisions are the right ones and we should trust ourselves to make the right choices.

Answer 7

TRUST FEELINGS

Question 8

thinking and risking taking are features of a person’s life. A person does not play safe all the time. This involves the ability to adjust and change and seek new experiences.

Answer 8

CREATIVITY

Question 9

person is happy and satisfied with life, and always looking for new challenges and experiences.

Answer 9

FULFILLED LIFE

Question 10

what we think about ourselves; Rogers believed feelings of self-worth developed in early childhood and were formed from the interaction of the child with the mother and father.

Answer 10

SELF WORTH || SELF-ESTEEM

Question 11

How we see ourselves, which is important to good psychological health. _________ includes the influence of our body image on inner personality. At a simple level, we might perceive ourselves as a good or bad person, beautiful or ugly.

Answer 11

SELF -IMAGE

Question 12

has an effect on how a person thinks, feels and behaves in the world. Self-worth may be seen as a continuum from very high to very low.

Answer 12

SELF-IMAGE

Question 13

For Carl Rogers a person who has high self-worth, that is, has confidence and positive feelings about him or herself, faces challenges in life, accepts failure and unhappiness at times, and is open with people.

Answer 13

SELF-IMAGE

Question 14

The person who we would like to be. It consists of our goals and ambitions in life, and is dynamic: forever changing. The _______ in childhood is not the ______ in our teens or late 20’s.

Answer 14

IDEAL SELF

Question 15

Rogers further divided the self into two categories:

Answer 15

IDEAL SELF
REAL SELF

Question 16

The _______ is the person that you would like to be

Answer 16

IDEAL SELF

Question 17

the ________ is the person you actually are.

Answer 17

REAL SELF