Compare And Contrast Maslow And Rogers

In general, both Maslow and Rogers have strongly contributed to what we know today as the world of psychology. Their theories, although with little differences have provided us with necessary knowledge and different of understanding human beings and their potentials. In addition, their contribution in the field of psychology has allowed us in one way or the other to successfully assess our clients in therapy. In terms of the critiques given to each theories based on their ability to generate research and organize knowledge, parsimony, falsifiability, internal consistency and applicability, the theorists rated as follows. According to Feist et al. (2013) Maslow’s theory as rated very high on organizing knowledge, high on guiding action, and moderate on generating research, internal consistency and parsimony. Maslow only got rated low on falsifiability. On the other hand Rogers did not rated low on any category on the evaluation of his theory. He rated very high on practicality and internal consistency. He also rated high on internal consistency and organizing knowledge. Similar to Maslow, Rogers’ theory rated moderate on its ability to generate research. (Feist et al., 2013).

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However, the difference between the two theorists is their approach to self-actualization.
Maslow fully acknowledges the individual for the success of self-actualization. Conversely, Rogers does not only emphasizes the individual for self-actualization but he also adds that the environment is essential for growth especially through genuineness, empathy and unconditional positive regard of others towards the individual. Despite their similarities and differences is important to understand that both of these intellectual men developed great ideas and concepts that are of much importance in the world of psychology