Carl Rogers was an American psychologist who founded the humanistic approach in psychology. He believed that people have an innate tendency to self-actualize and fulfill their potential. According to Rogers, self-actualization occurs when people are in a state of congruence, where their self-concept matches their experiences. Like Maslow, Rogers thought self-actualization involved becoming the best version of oneself. He also believed people will thrive if they are in an environment that allows them to reach their full potential, similar to how flowers will grow in optimal conditions.

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2. Who was Carl Roger?
Carl Ransom Rogers was an American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic
approach in psychology. Born in 1902, United States and 1987, United States.

3. Carl Roger and Maslow’s Theory
Carl Rogers (1959) believed that humans have one basic motive, that is the tendency to self-actualize - i.e., to
fulfill one's potential and achieve the highest level of 'human-beingness' we can. ... Carl Rogers believed that
for a person to achieve self-actualization they must be in a state of congruence.
“Motivation increases as needs are met”
To Maslow, self-actualization is the ability to become
the best version of oneself.
Maslow stated,“This tendency might be phrased as the
desire to become more and more what one is,
to become everything that one is capable of becoming.”

4. Roger further said
Carl Rogers (1959) believed that humans have one basic motive, that is the
tendency to self-actualize - i.e., to fulfill one's potential and achieve the highest
level of 'human-beingness' we can.
Like a flower that will grow to its full potential if the conditions are right, but
which is constrained by its environment, so people will flourish and reach their
potential if their environment is good enough.