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Counseling Theories Person-Centered Exam 2 Test

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  1. 1) Sun- congruent and genuine (no facades)
    2) Rain- unconditional positive regard and acceptance
    3) Fertilizer- accurate empathetic understanding
  2. - 3rd force in psychotherapy after psychoanalytic and behaviorist
    - subjective nature of personal experience
    -client's capacity to make positive and conscious choices
    -freedom, choice, values, personal responsibility, autonomy, purpose and meaning
    - believe we can self-actualize
    -we are more than animal or machine
    -human behavior is purposeful
    -humans are not preoccupied with drives and needs, but are drawn by goals to the heights of gods
    -humans cannot be divided, must be viewed as a whole
    -humans should never be counted, measured, or manipulated
  3. -Humanity is motivated by our tendency to self-actualize
    -inherent tendency to develop our capacities to the fullest in a way that will maintain or enhance our well-being.
  4. -move away from facades: oughts, meeting others expectations, and pleasing others, and trusting of self
    -move toward flexibility, openness to experience, acceptance, of others, and trusting of self
  5. Phenomenological world= experiences
    -consciousness (awareness)= symbolized experiences
    -unconsciousness= unsymbolized
    -conditions of worth (Christian parents are the worst)
    -Incongruence (I don't want to hit Sally, but I do) -enough will cause a bad Oak Tree
    -please parents

5 True/False Questions

  1. Self-Actualization-is "more than" a psychology
    -is a growth oriented approach
    -humans are unique
    -humans are the controllers and directors of their lives
    -humans must also remember that others are not extensions of themselves and also control their own destiny

          

  2. Carl Rogers and Gloria-father built highways, 4 of 6 children, spent summer in Canada with his father
    -conservative Presbyterians, moved to farm in Wheaton, IL
    -tennis courts, beautiful farm
    -did everything to make money
    -beat sheep to death with a baseball bat
    -agriculture major
    -convicted to do the Lord's work
    -became a history major
    -represented America in YMCA for China
    -evangelistic, saw human labor in China
    -bought things in China and sold them
    -went to seminary-> "Why am I entering the ministry?"
    -went to Columbia, Ph.D in psychology
    - paid to read (liked reading)
    -became researcher, moved to California
    -bring world peace, died in 1987

          

  3. Client becomes Actualized-evidenced by: -an openness to experience
    -a trust in themselves
    -an internal source of evaluation
    -a willingness to continue growing

          

  4. Two Special Needs1) Need for positive regard (built on parents)
    2) Need for self-regard
    -unconditional positive regard
    Incongruence = Neurosis -> Threatening Situations-> Anxiety-> Defenses-> Increased Incongruence

          

  5. Two Pathways1) Need for positive regard (built on parents)
    2) Need for self-regard
    -unconditional positive regard
    Incongruence = Neurosis -> Threatening Situations-> Anxiety-> Defenses-> Increased Incongruence