In assessing a client's personal growth, Carl Rogers measured the correspondence between:

Correct answer: A. ideal self and actual self

  • A. ideal self and actual self
  • B. the pleasure principle and the reality principle
  • C. introversion and extroversion
  • D. the client's values and the therapist's values

Explanation

Rogers assessed congruence by comparing the real or actual self with the ideal self; a small gap indicates greater congruence and psychological adjustment. The pleasure and reality principles are Freudian concepts, not Rogers’s measure of personal growth.

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