AP PSYCHOLOGY

PERSONALITY

HUMANISTIC THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What happens when a person and self coincide?
A
Hangry
B
Mad
C
Jealous
D
Fully Functioning
E
Barely Functioning
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -a person with a healthy personality, who experiences freedom of choice and action, is creative, and exhibits the qualities of existential living. [ as defined in the client-centered therapy of Carl Rogers ]

Detailed explanation-2: -Carl Rogers believed that for a person to achieve self-actualization they must be in a state of congruence. This means that self-actualization occurs when a person’s “ideal self” (i.e., who they would like to be) is congruent with their actual behavior (self-image).

Detailed explanation-3: -A rich full life. Rogers suggests the “fully-functioning” individual experiences joy and pain, love and heartbreak, fear and courage more intensely.

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