Rogerian Arguments

Introduction

A brief description of how to apply psychologist Carl Rogers' theories is a Persuasive essay writing. Designed for English composition courses at the University of South Florida, but applicable to writing classes anywhere. Designed for composition Polski courses at the University of South Florida, but the writing classes Applicable anywhere.

Carl Roger

Ranson Carl Rogers was born in 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois within a deeply religious family with strong Protestant convictions. It was the fourth of six children. Rogers has spent his childhood in an atmosphere of religious ethics and strict and uncompromising, as well as solitary. He enrolled at the University of Wisconsin to study agriculture, but impressed by a religious conference was attracted to this lifestyle, so they entered the Union Theological Seminary (Rogers, pp.136).

During the third year of high school was selected as one of twelve American students who would attend as delegates of their country by the Congress of the World Christian Federation in China. At this conference is a tour throughout western China where delivered talks on religious subjects. This experience, which lasted six months, it makes them realize that there are important differences between their religion and others. As a result he broke with the doctrine of their parents (Rogers, pp120).

Carl Roger's Concept (Rogerian)

Certainly Rogers' ideas have been influential since the fifties and even today in various fields. His concepts and methods have been widespread in areas such as psychology, medicine, industry and indeed, education. Concepts such as "live authentically," "fully functioning person," "respect for the person," "Not directly," "grow," "self," and so on. Are already part of a common language in schools and businesses?

Specifically in the areas of psychology and education these ideas have given rise to programs under what is called "human development", which as its name suggests, aim to overcome the person. These programs work on aspects such as self-concept, self-realization, value formation, etc.. No doubt this issue seems to be important for the educational field, but the fundamentals of this theory (also called "learner-centered education" or "non-directive education") and ends that advocates are far from a conception of formal education, consistent the idiosyncrasy and culture of Mexico. The reality is that after these attractions listed a number of opinions, concepts and ideas, it is worth examining closely, they represent serious threats to social institutions (primarily the family and school), culture in general and the person same (Rogers, pp.136).

"The best vantage point for understanding behavior is from their own frame of reference of the individual" (Rogers, Carl R. 1977: 419).

Rogers theory of Clinics

Rogers's theory of the clinics, based on years of experience with patients. Rogers shares this with Freud, for example, besides being a particularly rich and mature theory (well designed) and logically constructed, with a broad application.

However, it has nothing to do with Freud in the fact that Rogers sees people as basically good or healthy, or at least not poor or sick. In other words, consider mental health as the normal progression of life, and understand mental ...