Which of the following theories of Rogers was proven to be incorrect by his pupil William Kell?
a. External factors correlate most strongly with delinquent behavior.
b. A person's level of social interactions is the single most important predictor of later behavior.
c. The right way to treat delinquent children and adolescents is to remove them from a threatening home situation and place them in foster care.
d. The factor of self-insight correlates most strongly with delinquent behavior.
ANS: A
FEEDBACK: William Kell, one of Rogers's students, attempted to predict the behavior of delinquent children. Rogers predicted that the factors of family environment and social interactions (external factors) would correlate most strongly with delinquent behavior, but he was wrong. The factor that most accurately predicted later behavior was self-insight.
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