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One recent theory which seeks to deal with factors related to occupational choice is that of Roe (1956;1957). Roe's theory evolved from the concept of the close relationship between an individual's interests and needs and his occupation, and the 1 relationship between early life experiences and the development of these interests and needs. According to the theory the parents create a particular psychological climate by the manner in which they satisfy or frustrate the early needs of the child. As a result, a basic direction of attention is developed either toward persons or toward ; non-persons. This, in turn, results in pre-.; dictable patterns of specific interests in the adult in terms of the field to which ' •J he will apply himself. His vocation is one of these. Roe's hypothesis was not supported in an investigation by Grigg (1959). The present study seeks to further the investigation of predictions based upon her theory.The specific hypothesis derived from Roe and tested in the present investigation is that ministerial students will perceive their parents as having been more overdemanding and less rejecting than will a group of chemistry majors. Roe does not devote much attention to the possible influence on occupational choice of differences between the attitudes of fathers and mothers. In this study, analysis is made || J Now at the University of Richmond.

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Ever since the publication of Carl Rogers' first book in 1942 on client‐centered therapy, Counseling and Psychotherapy, there has been continual and marked disputation between proponents of the Rogerian position and counselors of other persuasions. These disputes have been concerned with the role of the counselor, including the specifics of the counselor's behavior in the counseling situation, and, probably more importantly, the place of values in counseling and psychotherapy. One of the more articulate adherents of the client‐centered school has been C. H. Patterson, who has written extensively on the issues involved, including articles in the Journal of Counseling Psychology, the American Psychologist, Educational and Psychological Measurements, and in this Journal. His article in the October, 1958, issue of this Journal has impelled two of our readers to submit the following paper in reply to some of Dr. Patterson's arguments. We have asked Dr. Patterson for his comments, which also follow. There is irritability by all parties concerned, by no means excluding the editor, who is impelled to note that ALL counseling is client‐centered by definition and without Rogerian capitals or quotation marks! —J. S.