Question 1

Rogers's ideas about counseling developed at the same time as

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B

Question 2

According to Rogers, a congruent, fully functioning person

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According to Carl Rogers, a congruent, fully functioning person perceives and accurately symbolizes all experiences (B) and is in an ongoing creative process (C). These aspects are key to achieving self-actualization and personal growth, which are central to Rogers' humanistic psychology.

Question 3

Rogers's three core conditions of change are

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Carl Rogers, a humanistic psychologist, identified three core conditions necessary for therapeutic change: unconditional positive regard, genuineness (also known as congruence), and empathy. These conditions create a growth-promoting climate for clients.

Question 4

Which of the following client conditions may not be evidence of a client's motivation to change?

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Seeking counseling is an action that typically indicates a client's motivation to change, as it involves taking a proactive step towards addressing their issues. The other options (inner tension, subjective sense of confusion, perceived anxiety, and inner turmoil) are more indicative of a client's emotional or psychological state, which may or may not directly reflect their motivation to change.

Question 5

Person-centered counseling is

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Person-centered counseling is primarily directed by the client's actualizing tendency, which is the inherent drive to realize one's full potential and self-concept.

Question 6

Person-centered counselors do all of the following except

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Person-centered counselors aim to understand the client's world without losing themselves in it. They maintain their own sense of self while empathizing with the client, rather than losing their identity within the client's experiences.

Question 7

Rogers believed all of the following except

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Carl Rogers, a prominent figure in humanistic psychology, did not believe that counseling should focus solely on the problem. Instead, he emphasized the importance of the therapeutic relationship and the client's capacity for self-directed growth. Rogers advocated for a client-centered approach where the therapist provides a supportive environment that enables the client to explore and solve their problems. The focus is on the person as a whole, rather than just the problem they are facing.

Question 8

According to person-centered principles of change, a client is showing improvement in regards to which principle when they believe who they "should be" is approximating who they "actually are"?

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Increased congruence refers to the alignment between an individual's self-concept and their experiences. In person-centered therapy, improvement is seen when there is a decrease in the discrepancy between the "ideal self" (who one believes they should be) and the "actual self" (who one actually is), indicating increased congruence.

Question 9

An undergraduate knows that you are training to be a person-centered therapist and wants to know about different aspects of counseling you use. Which of the following would not be a strategy you would tell them you use?

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Person-centered therapy, developed by Carl Rogers, emphasizes a non-directive approach where the therapist offers unconditional positive regard, empathetic understanding, and genuineness rather than directing the session, offering advice, or assigning homework.

Question 10

According to Rogers, parents do best for a child by

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Rogers emphasized the importance of unconditional positive regard, which involves expressing understanding of all the child's feelings and motives, as a key component of facilitating a child's growth and psychological development.

Question 11

Rogers considered the need for positive regard from significant others to be

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Rogers believed that the need for positive regard from significant others is a universal aspect of human experience, essential for healthy development.

Question 12

Carl Rogers noted similarities between his work and the work(s) of

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The answer of Carl Rogers noted similarities between his work...

Question 13

Rogers saw the core of human motivation as

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Rogers believed in the inherent goodness of people and saw human motivation as essentially positive, emphasizing growth, fulfillment, and self-actualization.

Question 14

Rogers believed that all living organisms have the tendency

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Rogers believed in the organismic valuing process, where living organisms have an inherent tendency to heal and move towards growth and fulfillment.

Question 15

According to Rogers, the self-actualizing tendency can be destroyed by

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Rogers believed that the self-actualizing tendency is an inherent drive within all individuals and cannot be destroyed, although it can be hindered or distorted by external factors.

Question 16

Carl Rogers believed that infants are able to

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Carl Rogers believed that infants are capable of accurately perceiving sensory and visceral experiences, symbolizing these experiences accurately, and selectively perceiving them, which encompasses all the options provided.

Question 17

The term for the subtle awareness of real experiences that one's self-concept mostly succeeds in screening out of awareness is

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Subception is the correct term that refers to the subtle awareness of real experiences that one's self-concept mostly succeeds in screening out of awareness. It involves perceiving or being affected by stimuli that are below the threshold of conscious awareness, thus not fully recognized or acknowledged by the self.

Question 18

Via the organismic valuing process, a person can experience objects as

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The organismic valuing process, as conceptualized by Carl Rogers, involves evaluating experiences in terms of their relevance to fulfilling one's needs. Thus, a person can experience objects as able to fulfill a need, unrelated to a need, or thwarting the fulfillment of a need, making all of the above (D) correct.

Question 19

Incongruence between organismic experience and the self-concept occurs when

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Incongruence occurs when conditions of worth develop, leading to a discrepancy between one's true experiences and self-concept.

Question 20

Person-centered counseling theory has been criticized for

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Person-centered counseling theory, developed by Carl Rogers, has faced criticism for several reasons, including being incompatible with some cultures that value collective decision-making over individualism, being limited in technique because it relies heavily on the therapist's ability to be empathetic and non-directive, and being too unfocused in its goal of personal growth, which some critics argue lacks structure and clear objectives.

Quiz 6: Person-Centered Counseling