Carl Rogers Asserts That an Effective Psychotherapist Will

question 165

Multiple Choice

Carl Rogers asserts that an effective psychotherapist will:

• A) actively confront and challenge his or her client's erroneous beliefs.
• B) interpret important transference and resistance behaviors for his or her client.
• C) provide unconditional positive regard toward his or her client.
• D) seek to identify how negative reinforcement is promoting maladaptive behaviors, feelings, and/or thoughts for an individual.

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Definitions:

Selective Attention

The process of focusing on a particular object in the environment for a certain period of time, while ignoring irrelevant information.

Noisy Restaurant

A dining establishment with high levels of background noise, often impacting the dining experience and conversation.

Conversations

The informal exchange of ideas by spoken words between two or more people.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, which acts as a buffer for stimuli received through the senses, lasting up to several seconds.