ROGERS

Question 1

According to Rogers, for a psychologically healthy person,
a. the organismic self learns to be consistent with the self-concept
b. there is a wide gap between the ideal self and the perceived self
c. the ideal self remains on a higher level than the organismic self
d. there is a close agreement between ideal self and perceived self.

Answer 1

there is a close agreement between ideal self and perceived self

Question 2

Which of these is NOT characteristics of Rogers’ “person of tomorrow”?
a. harmonious relations with others
b. constant state of change
c. trust in other individuals
d. openness to experience

Answer 2

constant state of change

Question 3

Rogers would say that unconditional positive regard is greatest variance with
a. prizing
b. nonpossessive warmth
c. external evaluation
d. love

Answer 3

external evaluation

Question 4

Rogers’ basic assumption in therapy was that
a. anxiety and threat must be extinguished within the therapeutic relationship before psychological growth can take place.
b. psychological growth is enhanced when clients receive empathy and unconditional positive regard from a congruent therapist
c. people will move toward self-actualization only when they completely understand through therapy, the reasons for their behavior.
d. people will become psychologically adjusted when they resolve their sexual conflicts.

Answer 4

b. psychological growth is enhanced when clients receive empathy and unconditional positive regard from a congruent therapist

Question 5

Disorganization exists, Rogers said when
a. negative regard from others becomes conscious in an individual
b. normal defenses do not reconcile experiences with view of self
c. an individual’s perception of some threat becomes conscious
d. an individuals perception of some threat becomes unconscious.

Answer 5

b. normal defenses do not reconcile experiences with view of self

Question 6

Rogers said that an established self-concept
a. facilities psychological growth
b. renders change and growth more difficult
c. is usually congruent with the organismic self
d. is ordinarily more inflated than the ideal self

Answer 6

b. renders change and growth more difficult

Question 7

For Rogers, all behavior is relative to the
a. genuine self
b. formative tendency
c. actualizing tendency
d. ideal self

Answer 7

c. actualizing tendency

Question 8

Rogers believed that healthy individuals evaluate their experience from the viewpoint of
a. their organismic self
b. their ideal self
c. their self-concept
d. their significant others

Answer 8

a. their organismic self

Question 9

Rogers believed that healthy individuals evaluate their experience from the viewpoint of
a. their organismic self
b. their ideal self
c. their self-concept
d. their significant others

Answer 9

a. their organismic self

Question 10

Rogers believed that people’s positive self-regard
A. blocks their growth toward self-actualization
b. can exist independently of other people’s attitudes toward them
c. depends on other people’s continual negative attitude toward them
d. depends on other people’s continual positive toward them

Answer 10

b. can exist independently of other people’s attitudes toward them