chapter 13 clinical psy

_____ is a pioneer of the humanistic approach to psychotherapy.

D. carl rogers

Freud is to _____ as Maslow is to _____.

C. psychodynamic, humanistic

Abraham Maslow is most closely associated with the _____ approach to psychotherapy.

A. humanistic

Humanistic psychotherapists believe that individuals are born with a tendency toward healthy growth. The term that best describes this tendency is _____.

C. self-actualization

Ronald's parents inform him that they will only pay his college tuition and support his professional ambitions if he enters the profession of medicine, law, or engineering. What would a humanistic psychotherapist say Ronald's parents are doing in this scenario?

C. Placing conditions of worth on Ronald

The primary goal of humanistic psychotherapy is

A. to foster self-actualization.

_____, according to humanists, is essentially the warmth, love, and acceptance of those around us.

C. Positive regard

. According to Rogers, the term _____ is synonymous with positive regard.

B. prizing

Jill is a 13-year-old girl whose mother loves her "no matter what." According to humanistic psychotherapists, Jill's mother

D. is providing unconditional positive regard.

According to the humanistic approach, _____ is the root of psychopathology.

B. incongruence

An individual's _____ is how the person actually is at present; the _____ is what a person could be if he or she fulfilled his or her potential.

C. real self, ideal self

According to the humanistic approach, psychological health is enhanced by

A. a match between the real self and the ideal self.

According to the humanistic approach, conditional positive regard from others brings forth _____.

B. conditional positive self-regard

Which of the following approaches to psychotherapy places the strongest emphasis on empathy provided by the therapist?

C. Humanistic

According to the humanistic approach, there are three essential therapeutic conditions that characterize successful therapist-client relationships. _____ is among these three essential therapeutic conditions.

A. Empathy

According to the humanistic approach, it is important for the therapist to communicate _____ to the client, which is described as the ability to sense the client's emotions compassionately and without judgment.

C. empathy

The quality of _____ describes a match between a therapist's real and ideal selves.

A. genuineness

Recalling the plant metaphor from the textbook, a sun shining sunlight on all angles of a plant is analogous to

D. unconditional positive regard.

Which of the following best describes genuineness as it is understood and applied by humanistic psychotherapists?

B. A therapist's true feelings of empathy and prizing toward a client

According to Carl Rogers, the three essential therapeutic conditions were _____ for psychotherapy to be successful with any client.

A. necessary and sufficient

Empathy, unconditional positive regard, and genuineness

D. foster a client's self-healing.

According to Carl Rogers, the therapist's _____ determine(s) the success of therapy.

D. attitude toward the client

In humanistic psychotherapy, _____ takes place when a therapist responds to a client by rephrasing or restating the client's statements in a way that highlights the client's feelings or emotions.

B. reflection

Rollo May, Victor Frankl, and Irvin Yalom are most closely associated with _____ psychotherapy.

B. existential

_____ was founded by Fritz Perls and it emphasizes a holistic approach to enhancing the client's experience.

A. Gestalt therapy

_____, developed by William Miller, is a contemporary application of the principles of humanism.

C. Motivational interviewing

Which of the following therapies has accumulated the most empirical evidence for its efficacy in recent decades based on humanistic principles?

B. Motivational interviewing

Rollo's therapist is applying a technique in which he emphasizes how Rollo's behavior is inconsistent with his goals and values. Which of the following techniques Rollo's therapist is likely using?

C. Motivational interviewing

Which of the following statements about positive psychology is NOT true?

D. It considers a client's strengths, but not his weaknesses

Sometimes, clients will argue in favor of continuing with the problem behavior rather than stopping or replacing it. According to the motivational interview approach to therapy, this client behavior is labeled _____.

C. sustaining talk

_____ is a short-term humanistic therapy that emphasizes the expression, acknowledgement, and healing power of emotions in the present moment.

B. Emotionally focused therapy

Empirical examinations of humanistic therapy

B. discovered that its main elements—empathy, positive regard, and genuineness—play an important role in therapy success.