You are invited to show your understanding of the key concepts of Rogers' Personality Theory and demonstrate your understanding of the philosophical and psychological assumptions underlying the theory, outlining the key concepts and providing comment on strengths and limitations. Your exploration should include commentary on:
- the actualising tendency,
- self-actualisation,
- the self-concept,
- the need for positive regard and positive self-regard,
- conditions of worth,
- denial and distortion and
- the locus of evaluation.
The concept of the fully functioning person also merits some discussion.
Note: You do not have to comment on each separate proposition, although you can, if that works for you; the propositions can be grouped together, as presented in Kirschenbaum, H. Henderson. V.L. (1990) The Carl Rogers Reader: A Theory of Personality (pages 244-249)