Carl Rogers
Psychologist, Academic
1902 – 1987
Who was Carl Rogers?
Carl Ransom Rogers was an influential American psychologist and among 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 in 1956.
The person-centered approach, his own unique approach to understanding personality and human relationships, found wide application in various domains such as psychotherapy and counseling, education, organizations, and other group settings. For his professional work he was bestowed the Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Psychology by the APA in 1972. In a study by Haggbloom et al. using six criteria such as citations and recognition, Rogers was found to be the sixth most eminent psychologist of the 20th century and second, among clinicians, only to Sigmund Freud.
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- Born
- Jan 8, 1902
Oak Park - Also known as
- Carl R. Rogers
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Teachers College, Columbia University
- Columbia University
- Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
- Employment
- University of Chicago
- Ohio State University
- Lived in
- Oak Park
- Died
- Feb 4, 1987
San Diego
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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