Carl Rogers Research Paper

Carl Rogers was a humanistic psychologist who believed that in order for a human to develop, they must be in an environment that provides them with positive regard and acceptance, and that if these are not present, a person is not able to grow as much as they should. He agreed on the theories of Abraham Maslow, believing that people are motivated to achieve certain needs. This basic principle led him to his making his own theories and expanding on Maslow’s theories to find out more about the human personality. Rogers believed that every human was capable of reaching their goals and desires through self-actualization. Self-actualization was one of Roger’s most important contributions to psychology.

Rogers believed that personality is developed

My ideal-self and how I see myself are completely different. How I would like to see myself would be as a loving, open-minded, and responsible person. My actual self is rather judgmental, stubborn and irresponsible. Although I do not express my judgement, the thoughts that linger on in my head after I meet someone or come across someone that I unconsciously judge do not fall in line with how I would want to think. Whenever I would have a conversation about something that I am passionate about, and person I am talking to, has an opposite opinion, I would get rather frustrated and stubborn. My self-image and ideal-self are incongruent and that sometimes would cause me to make excuses or be in denial with my actions. Rogers believed that we want to feel and behave in ways that are in line with our ideal-selves and when we do, we have a higher sense of self-worth. I agree with this theory because any time I would catch myself not prematurely judging someone or being open-minded in a conversation I would view myself in a higher light than when I would be stubborn or

He believed that we needed to feel accepted and loved as human being by others in order to feel a high sense of self-worth. This is true to some extent, as many people do what seems right in others eyes, even if it might not be right in their own eyes. There are many people that only do what others want to see in order that they may feel accepted or so that they feel like they belong in a certain group. However I do not entirely agree with this, as there are many people that find their self-worth and identity in other things, such as religion or who they see themselves as. Someone can put themselves on a pedestal and think that no one’s opinion of them matters, because they feel that others opinions are not relevant to his or her self-worth. There are also others that would only need to feel accepted by one higher being such as whichever god they may believe