Rogers's technique of psychotherapy is called:
a. person-centered therapy.
c. regard analysis.
b. actualization therapy.
d. conditional worth analysis.
Question 2In Rogers's person-centered therapy, the responsibility for changing behavior and reevaluating relationships falls on the _____.
a. client
b. therapist
c. circumstances
d. society
Question 3Which of the following is a true statement about Rogers's view of human nature?
a. We seek challenge instead of the security of the familiar.
b. We are doomed to conflict with our selves and with society.
c. We are controlled by the events of the first 5 years of life.
d. We experience our world defensively.
Question 4Rogers believed that childhood experiences:
a. are unimportant in determining personality.
b. determine the personality by age five.
c. are more important in personality development than are experiences later in life.
d. have less impact on personality development than do experiences later in life.
Question 5In Rogers's view of human nature, _____.
a. childhood experiences are more important than experiences later in life
b. biological forces are more important than social forces
c. the ultimate goal is the reduction of tension
d. no aspect of personality is predetermined
Question 6According to Rogers, although the actualization tendency of human beings is innate, the actualizing process itself is influenced more by _____ forces than by _____ forces.
a. environmental; physiological
c. biological; social
b. physiological; environmental
d. social; biological
Question 7To characterize a person who is fully functioning, Rogers used the term _____, not _____, which implies that self-development is always in progress.
a. mechanical; spontaneous
c. incongruent; congruent
b. enlightened; enlightening
d. actualizing; actualized
Question 8According to Carl Rogers, which of the following characteristics are present in a fully functioning person?
a. Awareness of all experiences
c. Creativity and spontaneity
b. Freedom of choice, without inhibitions
d. All of these are correct.