The ultimate goal of humanistic psychotherapy is for people to:
A) change their maladaptive behaviors and reactions to challenging situations.
B) change their maladaptive thoughts about themselves and their life circumstances.
C) gain insight and move forward in their seeking of their ultimate potential.
D) uncover the hidden motivations that impact their conscious thoughts and behaviors.
Answer: C
Rationale: Person/client-centered therapy—a type of humanistic psychology—focuses on individuals' abilities to solve their own problems and reach their full potential with the encouragement of the therapist. This is characteristic of the humanistic approach in general.
You might also like to view...
When a psychologist draws and utilizes aspects from many different psychological theories and approaches, we say that the psychologist is
a. psychoanalytic-behavioral. b. a functionalist. c. a structuralist. d. eclectic.
The Flynn effect refers to
A. the long-term increase in IQ scores since the early 1900s. B. the high correlation between multiple intelligences. C. the effects of cultural expectations on intelligence scores. D. the role of genetic inheritance in the development of intelligence.