Rogers

Question 1

tendency for all matter, both organic and inorganic, to evolve from simpler to more complex forms

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Formative tendency

Question 2

The tendency within all humans (and other animals and plants) to move toward completion of fulfillment of potentials

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Actualizing tendency

Question 3

embraces the tendency to resist change and to seek the status quo

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Maintenance

Question 4

The need to become more, to develop, and achieve
growth

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Enhancement

Question 5

the tendency
to actualize the self as perceived in awareness

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Self-actualization

Question 6

Carl Rogers believed that for a person to achieve —, they must be in a state of congruence

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self-actualization

Question 7

When a person’s ideal self is not consistent with what happens in their life

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Incongruence

Question 8

refers to the symbolic representation (not necessarily in verbal
symbols) of some portion of our experience

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Awareness

Question 9

People are — when they are unaware of the discrepancy between their organismic self and their significant experience

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vulnerable

Question 10

a state of uneasiness or tension whose cause is unknown

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Anxiety

Question 11

Mostly received instead of unconditional positive
regard

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Conditions of worth

Question 12

Perceptions of how other people view us

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External evaluation

Question 13

The source of psychological disorders when the self-
concept and its organismic experiences is inconsistent

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Incongruence

Question 14

— are experienced as we gain awareness of such an incongruence

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Anxiety and threat

Question 15

The protection of the self-concept against anxiety and threat by denial or distortion of experiences inconsistent with it

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Defensiveness

Question 16

People misinterpret an experience to fit into some
aspect of their self-concept

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Distortion

Question 17

People perceive experiences in awareness, but fail to
understand its true meaning

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Distortion

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The refusal to perceive an experience in awareness, or at least people keep some aspect of it from reaching symbolization

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Denial

Question 19

Occurs when the incongruence between the
perceived self and the organismic self is too obvious
or too sudden to be denied or distorted

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Disorganization

Question 20

Rogers contended that whenever —- are present in a relationship, psychological growth will invariably occur.

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congruence, unconditional positive regard, and empathy

Question 21

Positive regard is the need to be liked, prized, or accepted by another person. When this need exists without any conditions or qualifications, — occurs

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unconditional positive regard

Question 22

Accept and prize clients without any restrictions or reservations and without regard to the clients’ behavior

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Unconditional positive regard

Question 23

exists when a person’s organismic experiences are matched by an ability and willingness to openly express these feelings

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Counselor congruence

Question 24

This exists when therapists accurately sense the feelings of their clients and are able to communicate these perceptions so that clients know that another person has entered their world of feelings without prejudice, projection, or evaluation.

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Empathy