ROGERS
STUDY GUIDE

1. Who are considered to be founders of humanistic psychology?

2. What did Rogers believe was the major influence on personality?

3. Which of Rogers' childhood experiences are reflected in his theories?

4. What kinds of populations did Rogers work with at different times in his professional career?

5. What is meant by the formative tendency?

6. What is involved in actualization?

7. Define and describe maturation.

8. What is meant by the philosophical idea called phenomenology?

9. What determines our reality?

10. What is meant by Rogers' concept of the organismic valuing process?

11. What is the purpose of what Rogers called the organismic valuing process?

12. How did Rogers define the self?

13. What is Rogers' term for the acceptance we need from others?

14. According to Rogers, what is unconditional positive regard?

15. What do we know about positive self-regard?

16. The old warning, "Of course Mommy loves you... when you're good!" is an example of:

17. An idea in Rogers's theory that is like Freud's superego is .

18. What causes an individual to develop conditions of worth?

19. What happens to infants who develop conditions of worth?

20. What is Rogers' concept of human nature?

21. What is Rogers' definition of the self concept?

22. What is Rogers' concept of the ideal self?

23. How does Rogers define awareness?

24. What are the three types of awareness?

25. What are the two groups of needs posited by Rogers?

26. What did Rogers mean by "psychological stagnation?"

27. What can psychological stagnation lead to?

28. What are the conditions necessary for therapy to take place?

29. What are the characteristics of a good therapist?

30. What are the 2 stages of personality change that are considered pre-therapy?

31. What are the 4 stages of personality change that are considered therapy?

32. What stage of personality change take place often after therapy?

33. What are the outcomes of successful therapy?

34. What are the characteristics of the fully functioning person?

35. What is the result of research on Rogers' person-centered therapy and on his main concepts?

36. What did Rogers say about education?

37. What were Rogers' views about marriage?

38. What were Rogers' views about business relationships?

39. What were Rogers' views about applying his theories to political conflict?

40. What is an encounter group?
 
 

 

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