Ryan tends to spend much more of his time focusing on what he wishes he was good at than he spends thinking about his actual abilities
For example, Ryan is very good at math, but he spends much more time thinking about how he wishes he could write like his favorite author. Carl Rogers would have likely described Ryan as having:
A) an inferiority complex
B) a negative self-concept.
C) a superiority complex.
D) a positive self-concept
Answer: B
Rationale: During his career Rogers became increasingly focused on a particular aspect of personality, the self-concept. Those individuals with a negative self-concept focus on what they want to be (their "ideal self"), rather than on what they actually are. The inferiority complex was a concept developed by Alfred Adler, not Rogers.
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