Humanistic Approach Quiz

According to the humanistic approach, what is stressed as important in our lives?

• Fate

• Free will

• Destiny

• Luck

Who was interested in what could go right rather than what could go wrong?

• Carl Rogers

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov

• Abraham Maslow

What is the term used to describe the 'fully functioning person' who experiences self-actualization?

• Peak person

• Fully person

• Ideal person

• Perfect person

According to the humanistic approach, where do feelings of self-worth develop?

• Adulthood

• Old age

• Teenage years

• Childhood

When does a state of congruence exist according to the humanistic approach?

• When there is a difference between ideal self and perceived self

• When there is no perceived self

• When there is similarity between ideal self and perceived self

• When there is no ideal self

What arises when people experience conditional rather than unconditional positive regard?

• Conditions of love

• Conditions of happiness

• Conditions of worth

• Conditions of success

According to the humanistic approach, what are problems a product of?

• Person's environment

• Person's genetics

• Person's conditions of worth

• Person's upbringing

What does the therapist provide to help a person self-actualize according to the humanistic approach?

• Conditional negative regard

• Unconditional positive regard

• Conditional positive regard

• Unconditional negative regard

What is the research method used by the humanistic approach that produces mostly correlational data?

• Correlational research

• Observational research

• Case study research

• Experimental research

What does the humanistic approach represent according to the evaluation/discussion?

• Realistic view of human nature

• Pessimistic view of human nature

• Optimistic view of human nature

• Unrealistic view of human nature