Carl Rogers a humanistic psychologist was born on January 8, 1902. Rogers was the founder of the person-centered psychotherapy. Grew up in a strict religious household in Chicago, Illinois. Rogers first attended the, “University of Wisconsin-Madison to study agriculture with an undergraduate in religion.” In 1924 he obtained his bachelor 's degree then spent two years in seminary. After that he transferred to the Columbia University Teachers College for his masters. “Rogers received his master’s in 1928 and a PhD in clinical psychology in 1931.” This is when Carl Rogers started his career in the world of Psychology. Rogers started in children psychology at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in 1930. Then in 1939 he published
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To help make a person 's personality develop they need an environment that provides, “Genuineness, Acceptance, and Empathy.” To be Genuine that means to be open and authentic. Also, Rogers stated the need to be able to accept yourself the way you are. Finally, empathy means to have someone to listen and to understand you. Without these three factors the ability to grow a healthy personality will be very difficult. Rogers stated that anyone could obtain their lifelong goals if they achieved Self-Actualization. According to Carl …show more content…
According to Rogers, “Children has two basic needs. Positive regard from other people and self-worth.” Self- worth is crucial for a child to have. It will support them while achieving goals and also great for psychological health. Rogers also found out that children with low self-worth are more likely not to attend challenges and will have a lot of walls up to protect them from other people. On the contrary, children with high self-worth are very confident and also very accepting of failure. Rogers believed there was two types of positive regard. First, unconditional positive regard which is done by the people who loves and cares about the person. They accept the person for who they are. Especially when the person has a mistake, positive regard is not taken away. This will let the child feel free to do other things and will accept failure. One the other hand, conditional positive regard is different because love ones gives positive regard when something good happens or when the person succeeds. People who always seeking for approval most likely had parents who used conditional positive regard.
To help make a person 's personality develop they need an environment that provides, “Genuineness, Acceptance, and Empathy.” To be Genuine that means to be open and authentic. Also, Rogers stated the need to be able to accept yourself the way you are. Finally, empathy means to have someone to listen and to understand you. Without these three factors the ability to grow a healthy personality will be very difficult. Rogers stated that anyone could obtain their lifelong goals if they achieved Self-Actualization. According to Carl …show more content…
According to Rogers, “Children has two basic needs. Positive regard from other people and self-worth.” Self- worth is crucial for a child to have. It will support them while achieving goals and also great for psychological health. Rogers also found out that children with low self-worth are more likely not to attend challenges and will have a lot of walls up to protect them from other people. On the contrary, children with high self-worth are very confident and also very accepting of failure. Rogers believed there was two types of positive regard. First, unconditional positive regard which is done by the people who loves and cares about the person. They accept the person for who they are. Especially when the person has a mistake, positive regard is not taken away. This will let the child feel free to do other things and will accept failure. One the other hand, conditional positive regard is different because love ones gives positive regard when something good happens or when the person succeeds. People who always seeking for approval most likely had parents who used conditional positive regard.