Carl Rogers

Carl Rogers Theory of Personality

Biography:

* Carl grew up on a farm in Illinois, developing an interest in biology & agriculture.

* Expressing emotions was not allowed in the Rogers household & it took its toll on Carl who developed an ulcer at 15.

* Rogers went to the University of Wisconsin to study agriculture in 1919.

* Traveled to China and exposed to Eastern religion----this is a turning point in his religious up-bringing.

* He finished his degree and left for Union Theological Seminary in NY to become a minister.

* 1926 left seminary to study psychology.

* He gained recognition when he won the APA award for distinguished scientific contribution in 1956.

* In 1963, he moved to La Jolla, California. Developed the Center for Studies of the Person.

* He continued his scientific efforts, writing, holding workshops, etc. until he died in 1987.

A Phenomenological Theory

Carl Rogers’s Person-Centered Theory of Personality:

* Carl R. Rogers (1902-1987): A view of the theorist

* Rogers’s view of the person

* Rogers’s view of science, theory, and research

* The personality theory of Carl Rogers

* Structure

* Process

* Growth and development

Conclusion

Rogers’s view of the Person : Self-actualization

Roger’s View of Science, Theory, and Research:

* Phenomenological approach: Focus on how the person perceives and experience the self and the world

* Most important determinants of behavior are the ones that are conscious or capable of becoming conscious

*The Personality Theory of

Carl Rogers: Emphasizes conscious perceptions, feelings regarding social interaction, self-actualization motives, and processes of change.

1.) Structure

* The self (Self-concept): An organized and consistent pattern of perceptions associated with the self, me or “I”

* Self as a set of perception

* Available to awareness

* Ideal self: The self-concept...