According to Rogers, all of the following are characteristics of fully functioning persons except:

a. awareness of all experiences.
c. unconditional positive regard.
b. trust in their own organism.
d. a sense of freedom.


ANS: C
FEEDBACK: To Rogers, a fully functioning person is the most desirable end result of psychological development and social evolution. According to him, fully functioning persons are aware of all experiences, live fully and richly in every moment, trust in their own organism, feel free to make choices without constraints or inhibitions, are creative and live constructively and adaptively, and are in a state of actualizing.

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