Question

Jeff has to get up early to go to school, but he wants to stay up late and watch television. His parents disapprove of him staying up late, but when they go out for the evening he disregards their wishes and stays up late anyway. The next day he feels extremely guilty. How would Carl Rogers explain Jeff’s guilt?
a. It results from Jeff’s inferiority complex, which has been enlarged by Jeff’s adoption of his parents’ value judgments.
b. It results from the conflict between Jeff’s need to seek pleasure and his desire to do well in school.
c. It results from a psychological conflict between Jeff’s personal desire to stay up late and the opinion adopted from his parents that it is wrong to stay up late.
d. It results from an overactive superego, which is punishing Jeff’s id for gratifying his desires.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. It results from a psychological conflict between Jeff’s personal desire to stay up late and the opinion adopted from his parents that it is wrong to stay up late.  

Explanation:

Psychological conflict: In psychology, the term "psychological conflict" refers to a specific situation whereby a person is being motivated to involve in two or more than two mutually incompatible or exclusive activities. However, psychological conflict is being experienced by an individual when the symbolic, overt, emotional, or verbal responses is acquired to fulfill or complete one motive that is considered as incompatible with the other that is required to complete another.