Worksheet # 4

Worksheet # 4 Personality Theory Spring 2001

Name ________________ Due : Monday, March 26th

Carl Rogers worksheet. The worksheet directs you to internet sites which discuss Carl Rogers and his client centered therapy.

First, lets learn a little more about Carl's life. Go to http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/rogers.html .

1. When was Carl born, and what were his parent's occupations ?

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2. What early grade did Carl skip, due to his reading progress ?

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3. Where did Carl move when he was twelve, and how did this move affect his development ?

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4. Where did Carl get his undergrad education ? _____________________

5. What traveling experience in college helped broaden his horizons?

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6. Where did Rogers receive his formal psychological training and when did he graduate ?

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7. 1n 1942, he wrote one of his most influential books, ____________________

8. By 1951, he had fully rounded out his client centered theory of personality treatment and published his lost important book, _______________________________.

9. From 1964, until his death in 1987, Rogers lived in _____________________.

Now that we have learned a little more about his person, lets visit another site which discusses his theory and therapy.

Go to http://www.wynja.com/personality/rogersf.html

10. On this home page, you see a quote by Carl Rogers concerning the importance of experience in creating the human condition. In your own words, summarize this statement.

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11. How do you believe that this quote relates to the scientific concept of hypothesis testing ?

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Click on the theory link so we can examine some aspects of Carl Rogers person centered therapy.

12. (para 1) Carl Rogers was first and foremost a _____________

13. Like Freud, Rogers developed his personality thoery through ________________________ .

14. Like Adler, Rogers felt it was of vital importance to treat each client coming into therapy as ___________________ . This helps demonstrate the humanistic side of his theory.

15. Carl Rogers basic view of humanity is that of an _______________ .

16. On of the greatest thing about all living creatures, from a weed pushing itself out through the cracks of a sidewalk up to human beings, is that we have this innate __________________ which helps drive us to fulfill our true potential.

17. Maddi, a Rogerian, has described this tendency as "___________________
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18. How does "the self" develop, according to Rogers ?

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19. What are some secondary needs which develop in childhood as a partial result of the self-actualizing tendency.

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Note that Roger's theory in this regard is also seen in Carlsmith's (1959) conceptions of Cognitive Dissonance and also the importance of Festinger's Social Comparison theory and modern self-esteem research as well.

20. Conditions of worth are ______________________________________________
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Conditions of worth develop when we are not shown ____________________________

as a child from the important people in our lives, typically our parents or guardians.

21. In organismic valuing, we also see the importance of treating everyone as an individual during treatment. This is because our organismic valuing system is

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22. In a fully functioning person, there is ____________ between the self and experience.

23. One aim of Rogerian therapy is to reduce ____________________________ .

24. In Rogerian therapy, is the self a static conception, or is it a constantly changing entity ?

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25. Maladjustment can occur when an individual feels a great discrepancy between the "true self" and the "________ self".

26. What are three differences which distinguish a fully functioning individual from a maladjusted individual, according to Rogers ?

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Finally, click Back button once to return to quote page, and click on Therapy link.

27. In marked contrast to Freudian therapy, Rogerian therapists concentrate on the clients _________ thoughts.

28. To help reduce or remove conditions of worth, the therapist must be able to show the client ____________ _____________ _______ .

29. One major condition for this is ____________, which helps produce a growth producing climate.

30. What is empathy, and why is it important in Rogerian therapy ?

31. (not on web site) These Rogerian therapeutic environment of unconditional positive regard and empathy are closely related to the Adlerian ideas of promoting ___________
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32. Did Roger's believe his theory to be infallible? List evidence supporting your position.

33. What do critics state are two main problems with Rogerian theories of personality ?

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34. What specific modern personality disorder can not be fully explained with Rogerian ideas ?_______________________________________________________________

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