PERSON CENTERED THEORY

Question 1

developed person-centered counseling and
psychotherapy in the United States roughly between 1940 and 1990. His ideas matured concurrently with the emergence of
behaviorism as a systematic approach to psychotherapy, with
which his ideas differed fundamentally.

Answer 1

Carl Rogers

Question 2

Rogers chose the term ___ rather than drive.

Answer 2

tendency

Question 3

involves a direction and a generally defined but less specified goal, it is more like a
disposition or inclination—less forceful and more vulnerable to alteration.

Answer 3

tendency

Question 4

is the tendency within all humans to move toward completion or fulfillment of potentials

Answer 4

Actualizing tendency

Question 5

Rogers believed that as a child’s ___ begins to form, the child develops a need for ____ _____ from
significant others.

Answer 5

self-concept
positive regard

Question 6

includes all aspects of one’s being and one’s
experiences that are perceived in awareness by the
individual.

Answer 6

Self-concept

Question 7

is when a person develops a need to be
loved, liked, or accepted by another.

Answer 7

Positive regard

Question 8

represents a misalignment between a client’s self-concept and their actual experiences, causing distress.

Answer 8

Incongruence

Question 9

The client must perceive and experience the counselor’s
communication of three core conditions:

Answer 9

genuineness
unconditional positive regard
empathy

Question 10

TWO TYPES OF RESISTANCE

Answer 10

• The client’s wish to avoid “the pain of revealing, to oneself and another, the feelings that have been denied to
awareness”.
• rendering judgment on the client of her disclosures.

Question 11

viewpoint built upon the assumption
that the individual has worth and dignity, and has the capacity to choose
to live a spontaneous, independent, and self-directed life.

Answer 11

Person-centered therapy