Imagine That Carl Rogers Is on a Talk Show Handling

question 72

Multiple Choice

Imagine that Carl Rogers is on a talk show handling questions about child-rearing practices.A parent calls in and asks how he should handle his son,who deliberately pushed another child off a bicycle.What approach would Carl Rogers most likely suggest to the parent?

• A)give the child a time out from one of his favourite activities.
• B)tell the child,"Go to your room without supper."
• C)promote the benefits of humanistic counselling.
• D)tell the child,"Trying to hurt another child is a bad thing to do."

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Definitions:

Sympathetic Division

Subdivision of the autonomic division of the nervous system characterized by having the cell bodies of its preganglionic neurons located in the thoracic and upper lumbar regions of the spinal cord (thoracolumbar division); usually involved in preparing the body for physical activity; also called thoracolumbar division.

Parasympathetic Division

Subdivision of the autonomic nervous system; characterized by having the cell bodies of its preganglionic neurons located in the brainstem and the sacral region of the spinal cord (craniosacral division); usually involved in activating vegetative functions, such as digestion, defecation, and urination.

ANS

Short for autonomic nervous system, it controls involuntary bodily functions such as heart rate, digestion, and respiratory rate.

Parasympathetic Division

A division of the autonomic nervous system responsible for stimulating "rest-and-digest" or "feed and breed" activities when the body is at rest.