WGU - Theories of Personality
- D564 - Humanistic
Perspective in Personality
Psychology EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
Creativity in a fully functioning person - CORRECT ANSWER-As the ability to adapt and find new
ways of living at each moment.
Client-centered therapy - CORRECT ANSWER-A therapeutic approach developed by Rogers
focusing on the client's capacity for self-direction and understanding.
Conditions for therapeutic progress - CORRECT ANSWER-Unconditional positive regard,
congruence (genuineness), and empathic understanding.
Empathic understanding - CORRECT ANSWER-The therapist's ability to deeply understand the
client's feelings and perspective.
Congruence in therapeutic relationship - CORRECT ANSWER-The therapist's authenticity and
genuineness, where their external behavior matches their internal feelings.
, Criticism of Rogers's view of human nature - CORRECT ANSWER-Critics argue that Rogers was
naive and didn't adequately acknowledge the existence of evil in human nature.
Rogers's response to criticisms - CORRECT ANSWER-He clarified that while people have the
innate capacity to be good, this potential develops under supportive conditions.
Actualization vs. self-actualization - CORRECT ANSWER-'Actualization' is the general healthy
growth tendency; 'self-actualization' can be unhealthy if it's based on the ideal self rather than
the real self.
Impact of conditional positive regard on self-concept - CORRECT ANSWER-It leads to
incongruence and inhibits healthy growth by making self-worth dependent on meeting certain
conditions.
Applications of Rogers's theory beyond therapy - CORRECT ANSWER-Business organizations,
education, parenting, and political conflict resolution.
Significance of organismic valuing process - CORRECT ANSWER-It allows individuals to evaluate
experiences based on their inherent growth value, guiding them toward self-actualization.
Main goal of Rogers's humanistic theory - CORRECT ANSWER-To emphasize personal experience
and innate goodness, focusing on the individual's capacity for self-directed growth and
fulfillment.
Abraham Maslow - CORRECT ANSWER-A pioneering humanistic psychologist known for creating
Maslow's hierarchy of needs and studying self-actualization.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs - CORRECT ANSWER-A theory proposing that humans have certain
needs that must be met in a specific order, from basic physiological needs to self-actualization.
- D564 - Humanistic
Perspective in Personality
Psychology EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
Creativity in a fully functioning person - CORRECT ANSWER-As the ability to adapt and find new
ways of living at each moment.
Client-centered therapy - CORRECT ANSWER-A therapeutic approach developed by Rogers
focusing on the client's capacity for self-direction and understanding.
Conditions for therapeutic progress - CORRECT ANSWER-Unconditional positive regard,
congruence (genuineness), and empathic understanding.
Empathic understanding - CORRECT ANSWER-The therapist's ability to deeply understand the
client's feelings and perspective.
Congruence in therapeutic relationship - CORRECT ANSWER-The therapist's authenticity and
genuineness, where their external behavior matches their internal feelings.
, Criticism of Rogers's view of human nature - CORRECT ANSWER-Critics argue that Rogers was
naive and didn't adequately acknowledge the existence of evil in human nature.
Rogers's response to criticisms - CORRECT ANSWER-He clarified that while people have the
innate capacity to be good, this potential develops under supportive conditions.
Actualization vs. self-actualization - CORRECT ANSWER-'Actualization' is the general healthy
growth tendency; 'self-actualization' can be unhealthy if it's based on the ideal self rather than
the real self.
Impact of conditional positive regard on self-concept - CORRECT ANSWER-It leads to
incongruence and inhibits healthy growth by making self-worth dependent on meeting certain
conditions.
Applications of Rogers's theory beyond therapy - CORRECT ANSWER-Business organizations,
education, parenting, and political conflict resolution.
Significance of organismic valuing process - CORRECT ANSWER-It allows individuals to evaluate
experiences based on their inherent growth value, guiding them toward self-actualization.
Main goal of Rogers's humanistic theory - CORRECT ANSWER-To emphasize personal experience
and innate goodness, focusing on the individual's capacity for self-directed growth and
fulfillment.
Abraham Maslow - CORRECT ANSWER-A pioneering humanistic psychologist known for creating
Maslow's hierarchy of needs and studying self-actualization.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs - CORRECT ANSWER-A theory proposing that humans have certain
needs that must be met in a specific order, from basic physiological needs to self-actualization.
