Question 1

The _____ was Rogers' expression for an individual who displayed congruence and a high degree of personality adjustment.

Accepted Answer

Carl Rogers used the term "fully functioning person" to describe an individual who exhibits congruence and a high degree of personality adjustment.

Question 2

Richard is very jealous of his cousin's new house and great job. Instead of letting such feelings make him depressed, Richard accepts these jealous feelings as natural and uses them to motivate himself to perform better at work. Richard is demonstrating what Rogers refers to as being:

Accepted Answer

Richard is demonstrating being open to experiences by accepting his feelings of jealousy and using them as motivation, which aligns with Rogers' concept of being open to one's experiences and emotions.

Question 3

A characteristic feature of the fully functioning person is:

Accepted Answer

A fully functioning person, according to Carl Rogers, experiences congruence between self and experiences and trusts their own judgment.

Question 4

A characteristic of living what Rogers calls "the good life" is:

Accepted Answer

Trust by others and increased creativity are both characteristics of Rogers' "good life."

Question 5

Rogers referred to the form of psychotherapy he developed as:

Accepted Answer

Rogers developed person-centered therapy, which emphasizes the client's capacity for self-direction and understanding of their own development.

Question 6

Within his form of therapy, Rogers attempted to:

Accepted Answer

Rogers' therapy, known as client-centered therapy, aims to integrate the self-concept and increase the individual's ability to experience freely the phenomenal field, promoting self-awareness and personal growth.

Question 7

Dee tells her therapist that although she says she loves her boyfriend, she is experiencing anxiety because of the feelings of sexual attraction she has for a coworker. According to Rogers, Dee is:

Accepted Answer

According to Carl Rogers, incongruence occurs when there is a mismatch between a person's self-concept and their experiences. Dee's anxiety about her feelings for a coworker, despite loving her boyfriend, suggests a conflict between her self-concept and her actual feelings, indicating incongruence.

Question 8

As she tells her therapist about all of her affairs to deal with the abuse in her marriage, Gail's therapist tells her that she realizes people must do what they feel is necessary to gain control of their lives and understands Gail's feelings of guilt over what she has done. However, she tells Gail that sleeping with others will not get at the real sense of helplessness she feels about being trapped in this abusive relationship. Gail's therapist is demonstrating:

Accepted Answer

The therapist is showing empathic understanding by acknowledging Gail's feelings and situation, and unconditional positive regard by accepting Gail without judgment.

Question 9

Elliot goes online to a web site titled "Like-Minded Minds" that claims it will match the client's ethnicity with that of a therapist to "ensure maximum treatment outcome." Elliot's efforts and the claims of the web illustrate the ___________ hypothesis.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Elliot goes online to a web site...

Question 10

While assessing the effects of person-centered therapy, it was noted that clients tend to:

Accepted Answer

Person-centered therapy aims to increase clients' self-awareness and congruence, encourage expression of feelings, and provide unconditional positive regard from the therapist.

Question 11

In assessing the effectiveness of person-centered therapy, it was reported that therapists who contributed to treatment effectiveness were:

Accepted Answer

Therapists who are accurately empathic and non-possessively warm in attitude are key contributors to the effectiveness of person-centered therapy, aligning with the core principles of empathy and unconditional positive regard.

Question 12

In a study investigating the effectiveness of treating snake phobia, the results indicated that the individuals were:

Accepted Answer

Individuals were more willing to touch a snake with a "warm" therapist and showed no increased likelihood with a "cold" therapist compared to no therapist.

Question 13

David is talking about his depression with other individuals who also experience symptoms of depression. However, instead of talking to them in a room at the local mental health center, he is chatting with them while he is online. Such a form of E-therapy is an example of:

Accepted Answer

David is participating in a virtual support group, where individuals with similar experiences of depression communicate and support each other online.

Question 14

A principal advantage presented by E-therapy is:

Accepted Answer

E-therapy offers the advantage of making therapeutic services accessible at any time, providing flexibility and convenience for clients.

Question 15

The method of personality assessment most associated with Rogers' phenomenological viewpoint is:

Accepted Answer

The Q-sort technique is associated with Carl Rogers' phenomenological approach as it allows individuals to sort statements to reflect their self-perception and ideal self, aligning with Rogers' focus on self-concept.

Question 16

As part of his training to become a person-centered therapist, George is given 100 self-descriptive statements (e.g., I am sincere in my dealings with people.) and then asked to place them in one of nine categories, ranging from "least like me" to "most like me,"Based on how he perceives himself as being.
George is engaging in a(n):

Accepted Answer

George is engaging in a self-sort, which involves categorizing statements based on his own perceptions of himself.

Question 17

As part of his training to become a person-centered therapist, George is given 100 self-descriptive statements (e.g., I am sincere in my dealings with people.) and then asked to place them in one of nine categories, ranging from "least like me" to "most like me,"Based on how he would like to be.
George is engaging in a(n):

Accepted Answer

George is engaging in an "ideal sort," where he categorizes statements based on how he would like to be, reflecting his ideal self.

Question 18

The Q-Sort technique has been used to:

Accepted Answer

The Q-Sort technique is a versatile tool used in psychology to assess self-concept discrepancies, evaluate psychotherapy effectiveness, and measure personality adjustment.

Question 19

In a study using the Q-sort technique to assess the effectiveness of psychotherapy, it was reported that the correlations for the self-ideal sorts:

Accepted Answer

The study found that self-ideal correlations increased for those receiving client-centered therapy and remained low for those needing therapy but not yet receiving it.

Question 20

A characteristic feature of the Q-sort technique is that it has been:

Accepted Answer

The Q-sort technique has been widely used in various applications and research areas (A) and there have been questions about the reliability and validity of self-reported information (B).

Quiz 6: The Viewpoints of Rogers and Maslow: The Humanists