AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -It is that as changes occur in the perception of self and in the perception of reality, changes occur in behavior. In therapy, these perceptual changes are more often concerned with the self than with the external world. Hence we find in therapy that as the perception of self alters, behavior alters.

Detailed explanation-2: -Carl Ransom Rogers (1902 –1987) was a psychologist who developed a theory called Unconditional Positive Regard. He believed that children learn through unconditional acceptance and understanding. Rogers’ theory is based on his own experience working with children.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Carl Rogers, our perceptions of other people’s view of us are called. external evaluations. According to Rogers, disorganization exists when. the incongruence between people’s perceived self and their organismic experience is either too obvious or occurs too suddenly to be denied or distorted.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rogers believed that people must be fully honest with themselves. Inaddition, he thought that a fundamental function of the counselor was tofacilitate the personal discovery of the client; hence resulting in Rogers’conception of the self (aka self-concept)-a triangle.