Question: AN ANALYSIS OF CARL ROGERS' THEORY OF PERSONALITY
Answer: Since the study of personality began, personality theories have offered
a wide variety of explanations for behaviour and what constitutes the
person. This essay offers a closer look at the humanistic personality
theory of Carl Rogers. Rogers' theory of personality evolved out of his
work as a clinical psychologist and developed as an offshoot of his
theory of client-centred (later called person-centred) therapy (Rogers,
1959). He was first and foremost a therapist, with an abiding respect
for the dignity of persons and an interest in persons as subjects rather
than objects. Rogers approach to the study of persons is
phenomenological and idiographic. His view of human behaviour is that it
is "exquisitely rational" (Rogers, 1961, p.194)....(short extract)
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- Subject: Counselling Studies
- Course: Counselling Studies
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 70%
- Words: 2395
- Date submitted: May 06, 2009
- Date written: Not available
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 1530
