Roger’s sees the need for positive regard such as approval and love is universal, ideally one (both adult and child) should receive positive regard on a frequent basis. As infants grow they need positive regard: acceptance, love and approval from others. If a child doesn’t receive positive regard they may fail to develop self-actualization as the feeling of belongingness is in the third step towards it. There are two types of positive regard:o Unconditional Positive Regard – acceptance and caring given to a person as a human being, without imposing conditions on how the person behaves.
This is required in order to accept all aspects of ones own personality and it provides us with the guarantee that we are loved for being our real self and thus the
o Conditional Positive Regard – acceptance and caring given to a person only for meeting certain standards of behavior.
Rogers argues that most people grow up in atmospheres where we are provided with love, care and support in return for behaving the expected way. For example, when a child doesn’t do what her parents wanted her to do, the parents will probably withhold their love from her. As a result the child will abandon their true desires for those of their parents, in order to be accepted. This makes the child become alienated from her true self and tries to become her ideal self by doing what her parents expect of her.
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http://courses.wcupa.edu/ttreadwe/courses/02courses/theorist/rogers.ppt
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