PSYCHOLOGIST

Carl Rogers

1902 - 1987

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Carl Ransom Rogers (January 8, 1902 – February 4, 1987) was an American psychologist who was one of the founders of humanistic psychology and was known especially for his person-centered psychotherapy. Rogers is widely considered 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 (APA) in 1956. The person-centered approach, Rogers's approach to understanding personality and human relationships, found wide application in various domains, such as psychotherapy and counseling (client-centered therapy), education (student-centered learning), organizations, and other group settings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Rogers has received more than 2,928,366 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Carl Rogers is the 14th most popular psychologist, the 147th most popular biography from United States (down from 117th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Psychologist.

Carl Rogers is most famous for his theory of humanistic psychology. This theory emphasizes the importance of the individual and their self-actualization. Rogers believed that people are inherently good and have the ability to change themselves and their environment.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Carl Rogers ranks 14 out of 235. Before him are Wilhelm Wundt, Jacques Lacan, John Dewey, Viktor Frankl, William James, and Erik Erikson. After him are Gustave Le Bon, Albert Bandura, John B. Watson, Kurt Lewin, Daniel Kahneman, and Irvin D. Yalom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Carl Rogers ranks 8. Before him are Karl Popper, Charles Lindbergh, Georgy Malenkov, Paul Dirac, Leni Riefenstahl, and Erik Erikson. After him are John Steinbeck, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Halldór Laxness, Talcott Parsons, Eugene Wigner, and Fernand Braudel. Among people deceased in 1987, Carl Rogers ranks 4. Before him are Andy Warhol, Rudolf Hess, and Dalida. After him are Primo Levi, John Howard Northrop, Louis de Broglie, Gunnar Myrdal, Rita Hayworth, Marguerite Yourcenar, Fred Astaire, and Thomas Sankara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Rogers ranks 147 out of 20,380. Before him are Brad Pitt (1963), Kirk Douglas (1916), Alan Alda (1936), Henry Fonda (1905), Johnny Depp (1963), and Harvey Weinstein (1952). After him are Stan Lee (1922), Ray Charles (1930), David Letterman (1947), Steven Seagal (1952), John Adams (1735), and Tom Selleck (1945).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Carl Rogers ranks 4. Before him are Abraham Maslow (1908), John Dewey (1859), and William James (1842). After him are John B. Watson (1878), Irvin D. Yalom (1931), Edward Thorndike (1874), B. F. Skinner (1904), Howard Gardner (1943), Gordon Allport (1897), Paul Ekman (1934), and Jerome Bruner (1915).

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