Think about the people who are important to you. Do they provide you with unconditional positive regard, openness and empathy? Have you ever wished that you received more of any of these elements from...

Think about the people who are important to you. Do they provide you with unconditional positive regard, openness and empathy? Have you ever wished that you received more of any of these elements from some of these people? Does what you receive from others influence your choice of friends? Sometimes we are attracted to people because of their status or other factors, rather than what they provide to us; how could you explain this in terms of Rogers’s theory?