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Humanistic/Existential Theories
Rogers: Person Centered Theory
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True or False



1

Rogers's theory of personality grew out of his experiences as an experimental psychologist.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2

Rogers developed his therapeutic style after he had established his humanistic theory of personality
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3

Rogers's approach to psychotherapy is most accurately called nondirective.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4

As a schoolboy, Rogers became interested in scientific farming, which contributed to his later research abilities.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5

After receiving his Ph.D., Rogers spent more than 10 years in clinical practice, mostly isolated from the academic community, and this isolation helped him develop an approach to therapy that was unique.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6

According to Rogers, all living organisms possess the actualizing tendency.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7

Once the self-concept is formed, change becomes difficult.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8

Self-actualization is a subsystem of the actualizing tendency.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
9

In Rogerian theory, the actualizing tendency refers to the person's organismic experiences.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
10

Rogers believed that healthy people adjust their organismic self in order to make it congruent with their ideal self.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
11

Compliments are sometimes threatening to a person's self-concept.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
12

Maintenance needs include the need to resist change.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
13

After people have established unconditional positive self-regard, they no longer depend on others for unconditional positive regard.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
14

Rogers held that healthy people evaluate their experience from the viewpoint of significant others.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
15

According to Rogers, people with low self-worth and who receive positive external evaluations will assimilate these evaluations into their self-concept and will thus grow toward psychological health.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
16

According to Rogers, a vulnerable person is unaware of the discrepancy between self and experience.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
17

When defenses fail to operate properly, a person becomes congruent.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
18

The three necessary conditions for therapeutic growth, Rogers believed, are counselor congruence, unconditional positive regard, and empathic listening.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
19

Rogers believed that when client-centered therapy is successful, clients become their own therapists.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
20

Duncan Cramer has found that Rogers's facilitative conditions are generally negatively related to self-esteem.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE