PRESENTATION

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2. TOPIC OF
PRESENTATION
CARL ROGER
1902-1989
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3. Carl Roger was
born january8,
1902 in a small
suburb of oak park
Illinois, outside
Chicago. He was
forth of six
children's.
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4. When Roger was Teenager his family
moved to a form in Glen Ellen, Illinois.
This is where he interested in science of
agriculture.
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5. Graduated from “
Wisconsin of
Madison University”.
After Graduation he
got married his long
time girlfriend Helen
& they had a son and
a daughter.
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6. Later on he
developed his
interest in taking
classes in field of
psychology in
collage of
Columbia
university.
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8.  Humanistic psychology
 Theory of personality
a. Concept of Real & Ideal self
b. Assumption of fully
functional individual
c. Incongruence leads to
neurosis
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9. THE PAST
HAS ITS
CHARMS!
BUT NOTHING
NEW EVER
HAPPENS
THERE…
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10. NOTHING IN THE
WORLD IS
BIGGER THAN
PEOPLE
Except a Person
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11.  “An individual’s unique and relatively consistent patterns of
thinking, feeling, and behaving”
 The psychoanalytic perspective – emphasizes the importance of
unconscious processes and early childhood experiences
ψThe humanistic perspective – represents an optimistic look at
human nature, emphasizing the self and the fulfillment of a
person’s unique potential
 The social cognitive perspective – emphasizing learning and
conscious cognitive processes
 The trait perspective – emphasizes the description and
measurement of specific personality differences among individuals
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12. 1956 Maslow initiated
gathering to discuss
papers - that later on,
shaped into Association of
Humanistic psychology
Humans are capable of their
innate drives This view of
personality emphasizes human
potential and such uniquely
human characteristics as self-
awareness and free will
(Rogers, 2004 ).
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13.  Humanistic psychologists contended that
the most important factor in personality is
the individual’s
conscious, subjective perception
of his or her self
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14.  According to Rogers,
The most basic human motive is the actualizing tendency
“The innate drive to maintain and enhance the human organism.”
(Rogers, 1961)
The cornerstone of Roger’s personality theory is the idea of the
self-concept
“The set of perceptions and beliefs that you hold about yourself”
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15.  Self-concept: How I see
myself
 As infants grow, they develop
the need for positive regard
 Positive regard: Acceptance,
love and approval from
others
 Child does not receive
positive regard: fails to
develop actualizing tendency
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16.  Ideal Self – what the person is striving
to become.
 Real Self – what the person is.
The further the ideal self is from the
real self, the more alienated and
maladjusted persons become.
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17. As children develop a greater sense of self-awareness, there is
an increasing need for positive regard
“The sense of being valued and loved by other people”
 Rogers argued that most parents provide their children with
Conditional Positive Regard
“The sense that the child is valued and loved only when the
child behaves in a way that is acceptable to others”
INCONGRUENCE – a state in which a child’s self-concept conflicts with his or
her actual experience
 Unconditional positive regard – the child’s sense of
being unconditionally loved and valued,
“Even if she doesn’t conform to the standards and expectations
of others”
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19.  Self-Concept
 “How I see me”
Lonely
Angry
Fearful
Smart
Manipulative
Compulsive
Ideal self
“How I should be”
Joyful
Insecure
Lonely
Honest
Distrusting
Smart
Incongruence
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21.  Carl Rogers (1959) believed that humans have one basic
motive, that is the tendency to self-actualize - i.e. to fulfill
one's potential and achieve the highest level of 'human-
beingness' we can. Like a flower that will grow to its full potential if the
conditions are right, but which is constrained by its environment, so people
will flourish and reach their potential if their environment is good enough.
 This means that self-actualization occurs when a person’s
(Real self) (i.e. who they would like to be) is congruent
with their actual behavior (ideal self). Rogers describes an
individual who is actualizing as a fully functioning person.
The main determinant of whether we will become self-
actualized is childhood experience.
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22. PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
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