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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...