To characterize a person who is fully functioning, Rogers used the term _____, not _____, which implies that self-development is always in progress

a. mechanical; spontaneous
c. incongruent; congruent
b. enlightened; enlightening
d. actualizing; actualized


ANS: D
FEEDBACK: Rogers used the word "actualizing," not "actualized," to characterize the fully functioning person. The latter term implies a finished or static personality, which was not Rogers's intent. Self-development is always in progress. Rogers wrote that being fully functioning is "a direction, not a destination."

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