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A 10 page research paper on Carl Rogers and his humanistic approach. The writer traces the development of Rogers' theories from the 1960's through the 80's when he finally began to construct more concrete theories about human nature and cultures. The writer stresses that one of the broad dimensions of Rogers' humanistic approach is his emphasis on becoming--on change rather than on a person's present identity. Ultimately, the humanistic aspect of Rogers' later work is regarded as one of his inherently most important contributions. Bibliography lists approximately 15 sources.
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subjects. And Carl Rogers was among the greatest of all adepts at gaining access to an insiders view. Not only was his own "insider" view of his own reality--developed over
a lifetime of practice--perceptive, subtle, and wise, but with others, either one-on-one or in the midst of groups of over a thousand, he could tune in and establish an empathetically
human link, enabling him to sense the others inner world with startling accuracy. By the mid-1960s, we see no more positivist research from Carl. In
"Carl Rogers on Encounter groups" (1970), "Becoming Partners" (1972), "Carl Rogers on Personal Power" (1977), and "A Way of Being" (1980), what we see are exquisite, detailed, and inspired narratives
of what he or his informants experienced, out of which Carl constructed theories about human nature and human cultures. I think that we must recognize that at this point the
nature of Carls work changed quite fundamentally. And I think we have to think about his ideas in a different way. He had crossed over an invisible, but important, line
between one kind of human inquiry and another. Whereas the insiders view had always been his acknowledged starting point in his attempts to understand complex human events, previously he had
followed this by subjecting any hypotheses generated to elaborate and vigorous tests for validity and error. But from the sixties onward, we see his writing based much more on his
faith in certain principles, detailed and more human personal accounts, acquired knowledge of "how to" do person-centered work. We see much more philosophical speculation and more promotion of the "person-centered"
point of view. In this sense, Carl Rogers was somewhat revolutionary in his humanistic approach. I do not mean to suggest by this that his later work is
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