Lesson 2 :

Psychology and Humanistic Theory of Rogers

 What is Psychology?

- Study of human behavior and mental processes.

- It serves as a foundation for personal

development.
CARL RANSOM ROGERS
THEORY
American psychologist
One of the founders of the humanistic approach
to psychology.
Rogers is widely considered to be one of the
founding fathers of psychotherapy research and
was honored for his pioneering research with the
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions by
the American Psychological Association (APA) in
1956.
“The individual has within himself the capacity
and the tendency, latent if not evident, to move
forward toward maturity.”

Known for his PERSON-CENTERED THEORY

(Rogerian Therapy).
 PERSON-
CENTERED
THERAPY
- Stated that for a person to “grow”
they need an environment that
provides them with:
 01
Genuineness
Openness and self-
disclosure
 02
Acceptance
he act of accepting something or
someone : the fact of being
accepted : approval acceptance of
responsibility.
 03
Empathy
Being listen and understand others.
Believed that humans have one basic
motive, that is tendency to self-
actualize. (highest level)
5 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FULLY
FUNCTIONING PERSON

01
OPEN TO
02
EXISTENTIAL
EXPERIENCE LIVING
Positive and negative Different experiences
emotions accepted. as they occur in life.
5 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FULLY
FUNCTIONING PERSON

03 04
TRUST FEELING CREATIVITY

Feeling, instincts and Creative thinking and

gut-reactions are paid risk taking are
attention too and features of a person’s
trusted. life.
5 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FULLY
FUNCTIONING PERSON

05
FULFILLED LIFE

Person is happy and satisfied

with life, and always looking for
new challenges and
experiences.
The humanistic approach states that
the self is composed of concepts
unique to us.
SELF-CONCEPT 3 COMPONENTS

01
SELF-WORTH (self-esteem)

What we think about ourselves?

Rogers believed feelings of self-worth developed
in early childhood and formed from interactions
of the child with mother and father.
SELF-CONCEPT 3 COMPONENTS

02
SELF-IMAGE

How we see ourselves?

- Important to good psychological health.
- Body image on inner personality.
- See ourselves as bad or good person.
SELF-CONCEPT 3 COMPONENTS

03
IDEAL SELF

Who we would like to be?

- Consist of our goals and ambitions in life.
- The ideal self in childhood is not the ideal
self in our teens or late twenties.