Carl Rogers developed a humanistic therapy he termed
a. self-actualizing psychology.
b. Gestalt psychotherapy.
c. client-centered psychotherapy.
d. the actualizing tendency.
Question 2Belinda is an 8-year old girl who is struggling in school. She is regularly absent from
school as her mother works as a barmaid in the evening and is often too tired to get up
to send her daughter to school in the morning.
Her second grade teacher advised
Belinda's mother to have her repeat second grade because Belinda is struggling to
master basic math and language skills. Belinda's mother refused, explaining that
Belinda was just a late bloomer and that she would catch up to her peers. Belinda's
teacher also suggested that Belinda receive special educational testing to rule out the
presence of a learning disability, but Belinda's mother did not think it was necessary
and refused the testing. Belinda may be experiencing:
a. Emotional abuse
b. Physical abuse
c. Educational neglect
d. Physical neglect
e. Emotional neglect
Question 3If childhood-onset schizophrenia was still defined along the lines of Bleuler's influential
theory, which other DSM-IV-TR disorder would also be referred to as a form of
schizophrenia?
a. Bipolar disorder
b. Autism
c. Specific phobias
d. Oppositional defiant disorder
e. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Question 4The philosophical position which states that behavior is determined by the perception of experience rather than the experience directly is
a. humanistic psychology.
b. phenomenology.
c. self-actualization.
d. Gestalt psychology.
Question 5Which of the following is NOT a primary goal of community psychology?
a. help individuals adapt to and cope with their environment
b. to understand the broader causes of behavior problems
c. carry out primary prevention at the community level
d. all of the above are goals of community psychology
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