Deck 6: Person-Centered Counseling

Question 1

Carl Rogers was

A) the child of strictly religious parents.
B) the eldest of six children.
C) a child with many friends.
D) B and C only
E) none of the above

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Carl Rogers studied

A) ministry.
B) agriculture.
C) history.
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Carl Rogers believed people are most fundamentally

A) forward-moving.
B) constructive.
C) realistic.
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Answer 3

D

Question 4

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

A) society.
B) caregivers.
C) severe trauma.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 5

According to Rogers, humans experience the actualizing tendency as needs for phenomena that

A) maintain the organism.
B) elevate the organism.
C) enhance the organism.
D) all of the above
E) A and C only

Question 6

According to Rogers, the newborn infant

A) accurately symbolizes all experiences.
B) accurately symbolizes most experiences.
C) denies accurate representation to some experiences.
D) denies accurate representation to all experiences.
E) none of the above

Question 7

When organismic functioning becomes an object of perception,

A) the formation of self-concept has begun.
B) self-actualization has begun.
C) the formation of the psyche has begun.
D) none of the above
E) A and B only

Question 8

Most basically, the source of a child's conditions of worth are

A) others' conditional positive regard.
B) others' unconditional positive regard.
C) one's own need for positive self-regard.
D) one's own need for positive self-concept.
E) one's own conditional positive regard.

Question 9

According to Rogers, when there is incongruence between organismic experience and the self-concept,

A) behavior will usually reflect the self-concept.
B) behavior will occasionally reflect the organismic experience.
C) anxiety occurs.
D) all of the above
E) B and C only

Question 10

Which of the following statement(s) is true concerning organismic experience?

A) The more congruent one is, the more one trusts one's organismic experience.
B) The more congruent one is, the more one denies one's organismic experience.
C) Compared to an infant's organismic experience, an adult's organismic experience is better able to differentiate the uniqueness of each situation that occurs.
D) Compared to an adult's organismic experience, an infant's organismic experience is better able to differentiate the uniqueness of each situation that occurs.
E) None of the above statements is true.

Question 11

In person-centered counseling, the locus of decision-making and the responsibility for the consequences of decisions are centered unequivocally on the

A) counselor.
B) client.
C) relationship.
D) A or B (depending on client's age)
E) A or B (depending on C)

Question 12

Rogers viewed psychological assessments as

A) unnecessary.
B) impediments to the therapeutic process.
C) always wrong.
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Question 13

Concerning reflection of feeling, Rogers believed

A) it was the most important technique counselor educators could teach counselors.
B) it was a skill he practiced in order to perfect his ability to use it.
C) it was a byproduct of checking for understanding of the client.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 14

All of the following statements about Carl Rogers are true except:

A) He was the first person to record and transcribe counseling sessions for teaching and supervision.
B) He was the first person in history to record and publish completed cases of psychotherapy.
C) He brought attention to the therapeutic relationship more than any mental health theorist before him.
D) He honored both the subjective and objective aspects of human functioning.
E) He introduced the term "client" to the mental health field.

Question 15

You are in your first practicum and have been assigned your first client. You are nervous that you might not be able to remember everything the client is saying. You remember reading what Carl Rogers said about missing an aspect of the experience important to the client:

A) Don't feel pressure, because the client has plenty of other things to work on.
B) Don't feel pressure, because the client will very likely express it again.
C) Do feel the pressure, and use the pressure as motivation to listen more intently.
D) Do feel the pressure, and then let it go.
E) C and D only

Question 16

A person-centered therapist is asked to listen to reports by several caseworkers on the cause of the destructive tendencies of juvenile delinquents. With which of the following statements would they agree?

A) At their core, teenagers are constructive and trustworthy.
B) Genetics play an influential role in some forms of juvenile delinquency.
C) Juvenile delinquents are discouraged and need guidance to sort out their values.
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Question 17

A person-centered therapist is asked to listen to reports by several caseworkers on the reason they should continue to cultivate in themselves unconditional positive regard for their juvenile delinquent clients with mental illness. With which of the following statements would the person-centered therapist agree?

A) Mental disturbances are an outgrowth of conditions of worth; therefore, unconditional positive regard helps lay a foundation for potential reduction of client disturbance.
B) Mental disturbances are an outgrowth of behaviorally conditioned responses to negative external cues and will respond to conditioning through unconditional positive regard.
C) Mental disturbances are part of the human condition and should be embraced and incorporated into a person's self-actualization through unconditional positive regard.
D) all of the above
E) B and C only

Question 18

Which of the following clients would be the one least likely to benefit from person-centered counseling?

A) an involuntary client who feels distressed about her life yet resistant
B) a client diagnosed with schizophrenia
C) a voluntary client who perceives no inner anxiety or vulnerability
D) a long-term drug addict
E) a passive-aggressive client

Question 19

A client says, "I'm thinking about being a diesel mechanic, but at every school I apply to I get teased so badly about being a woman that I end up quitting. Should I change my goal?" Which of the following responses would a person-centered counselor most likely say?

A) "What does your husband think?"
B) "What do your aptitude scores tell you about your ability to be a mechanic?"
C) "There are times you would really rather be a man."
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 20

A client says, "My sister smokes pot. She is only sixteen, and my dad doesn't care. I am afraid to leave home and go to college because then there will be no one to look after her." Which of the following responses would a person-centered counselor most likely say?

A) "You feel angry that your dad is too lenient with your sister."
B) "You feel worried that, without you to care for her, your sister will make even more self-defeating choices."
C) "Could it be you're using your sister as a way to avoid your own fear of leaving home?"
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 21

Rogers referred to a person with a high degree of congruence as

A) having high self-regard.
B) mature.
C) fully functioning.
D) all of the above
E) A and B only