Trevor 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 Trevor's guilt?
A) It results from Trevor's inferiority complex, which has been enlarged by Trevor's adoption of his parents' value judgments.
B) It results from the conflict between Trevor's need to seek pleasure and his desire to do well in school.
C) It results from a psychological conflict between Trevor'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 Trevor's id for gratifying his desires.

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Carl Rogers believed in the concept of "conditional positive regard," meaning that a person's sense of self (or "self-concept") is shaped by the validation and acceptance they receive from others. In Trevor's case, his guilt likely results from the conflict between his personal desire to stay up late and his adoption of his parents' value judgment that it is wrong to do so. This creates a psychological conflict that leads to feelings of guilt when Trevor disregards his parents' wishes.

Trevor Has to Get Up Early to Go to School