Rogers' Humanist Theory: Nomar J. Mercines

Rogers’
Humanist
Theory
Nomar J. Mercines
Carl Ransom Rogers
 He was born in 1902 in
Oak Park, Illinois.
 He enrolled at University
of Wisconsin in 1919 as
an agriculture major.
 He later changed his
major to History.
Carl Ransom Rogers
 He graduated from the
University of Wisconsin
in 1924 with a bachelor's
degree in History.
 He enrolled at the Union
Theological Seminary.
Carl Ransom Rogers
 After two years he left
the seminary and took
M.A. (1928) and Ph.D.
(1931) degrees from
Columbia University’s
Teachers College.
What is
Humanistic
Psychology?
Humanistic Psychology is based on two
assumptions:
1. Studying people must be
done from a holistic
perspective.
2. Human choices,
creativity, and self-
actualization are
important areas of study
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
are two famous humanist
psychologists. While they both
viewed the study of humans from a
holistic perspective, and defined
self-actualization differently.
SELF-
ACTUALIZATIO
N
Abraham Maslow Carl Rogers
Environme
nt
Self
Personality Development and the Self-Concept
Ideal Self vs. Real Self
Unconditional &
Conditional Positive
Regard
People raised in an environment of
unconditional positive regard, in
which no preconceived conditions of
worth are present, have the
opportunity to fully actualize.
Unconditional &
Conditional Positive
Regard
When people are raised in an
environment of conditional
positive regard, in which worth
and love are only given under
certain conditions, they must
match or achieve those conditions
in order to receive the love or
positive regard they yearn for.
The Fully-Functioning Person
Rogers identified five characteristics of the fully
functioning person:
1. Open to experience
2. Existential living
3. Trust feelings
4. Creativity
5. Fulfilled life
What is
Humanism?
 A belief in the value, freedom, and independence of
human beings.
 Humanism emphasizes reason and science over
scripture (religious texts) and tradition; and believes that
human beings are flawed but capable of improvement.
 Humanism is usually very individualistic, seeing each
person as important in his or her own right, regardless of
the needs of the community.
Basic principles of humanistic
education:
Students' learning
should be self-
directed.
Teachers can help students set learning goals at
the beginning of the year, and then help design
pathways for students to reach their goals.
Students are in-charge of their learning, and
teachers can help steer them in the right
direction.
education:
Schools should
produce students
who want and know
how to learn.
Fostering engagement to inspire students to
become self-motivated to learn.
education:
The only form of
meaningful
evaluation is self-
evaluation.
Teachers can utilize journaling to help students
focus on self-evaluation and their feelings as
part of learning. Using prompt questions can
help students better understand their feelings
and progress in learning
education:
Feelings, as well as
knowledge, are
important in the
learning process.
Teachers can create exciting and engaging
learning opportunities. For example, teachers
trying to help students understand government
can allow students to create their own
government in the classroom. Students will be
excited about learning, as well as be in-charge
of how everything runs.
education:
Students learn best
in a nonthreatening
environment.
Teachers can create a safe learning
environment for students by having snacks,
encouraging students to use the bathroom and
get water, and creating good relationships with
students so they will trust speaking to their
teacher if there is an issue.
Facilitative
Learning
“We know … that the initiation of such learning rests not upon
the teaching skills of the leader, not upon his scholarly
knowledge of the field, not upon his curricular planning, not
upon his use of audio-visual aids, not upon the programmed
learning he utilizes, not upon his lectures and presentations, not
upon an abundance of books, although each of these might at
one time or another be utilized as an important resource. No,
the facilitation of significant learning rests upon certain
attitudinal qualities which exist in the personal relationship
between the facilitator and the learner.”
- Carl Rogers
Client- Centered Therapy
Client- Centered Therapy
Person-centered
Therapy
A non-directive form of talk

therapy
Clients often do look to their
therapists for some type of
guidance or direction.
Rogers was deliberate in his use of the

term client rather than patient.
Facilitative Learning
In his works, Rogers addresses two kinds of learning
introduced by earlier theorists:
1. Rote learning
2. Experiential
learning
Three attitudinal qualities necessary
for facilitative practice (teacher)
1. Realness - It means that he [the teacher] is being

himself, not denying himself.
2. Acceptance - This refers to teacher's caring

about the student and his acceptance of student's
feelings.
3. Empathy – It means being able to walk in

others’ shoes.
”Learning becomes life, and
a very vital life at that. The
student is on his way,
sometimes excitedly,
sometimes reluctantly, to
becoming a learning,
changing being.“
-Carl Rogers
Thanks!
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Rogers’

A non-directive form of talk

Rogers was deliberate in his use of the

1. Realness - It means that he [the teacher] is being

2. Acceptance - This refers to teacher's caring

3. Empathy – It means being able to walk in

Facilitation Theory. (n.d). In https://www.learning-theories.org/. Retrieved November 2, 2020, from

Humanism. (n.d). In https://philosophyterms.com/humanism/. Retrieved November 2, 2020, from

Revisiting Carl Rogers Theory of Personality. (n.d). In http://journalpsyche.org/. Retrieved November 7,

Humanistic Perspectives on Personality. (n.d). In https://courses.lumenlearning.com/. Retrieved

Rogers' Humanistic Theory of Personality. (n.d). In http://kolibri.teacherinabox.org.au/. Retrieved

Learning Theories. (n.d). In https://www.eventus.co.uk/. Retrieved November 7, 2020, from

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