3/22/13 Carl Rogers Carl Rogers Carl Ransom Rogers (January 8‚ 1902 – February 4‚ 1987) was an influential American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology. Rogers is widely considered to be 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 in 1956. The person-centered approach‚ his own unique approach to understanding
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Roger W. Sperry Introduction Born August 20‚ 1913‚ Roger W. Sperry‚ won the 1981 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine. He shared it with two other scientists‚ Wiesel and Hubel‚ for research on the nervous system and brain. They were praised for demonstrating the difference between the two hemispheres of the brain and special functions of the right brain. (Roger W. Sperry Biography (n.d.) A moderately controversial psycho biologist‚ Sperry changed the history of psychology. In 1935‚ Sperry
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Carl Rogers Carl Rogers is known today as one of the most popular and influential American psychologists and is among the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology. He was born on January 8‚ 1902 in Oak Park‚ Illinois‚ a suburb of Chicago. He was one of six children to Walter Rogers and Julia Cushing. His father was a very successful civil engineer and his mother was a housewife‚ as many women were during this time period. At the age of twelve‚ Carl Rogers and his family moved to a farm
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Roger Bacon was an English Philosopher who placed considerable emphasis on empiricism‚ and is believed to be one of the earliest advocates of the modern scientific method. Roger Bacon played a key role in the early stages of the movement which eventually led to the Scientific Revolution. Instead of relying on rational deductions from the statements of ancient authorities for truths about the natural world‚ he advocated that confirmation by observation or experiment using the methods of mathematics
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Roy Rogers Restaurants is a fast-food franchise business owned by the Marriott Corporation. In the case‚ Roy Rogers was pursuing a strategy of aggressive growth through the licensing of independent franchises to operate its restaurant outlets. The Roy Rogers Restaurant system had a strategic mission that emphasized hamburger and chicken products‚ a family orientation‚ and a high price/high value perception. Competitors in the hamburger segment of the fast-food industry employed a number of strategies
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Carl Rogers There are numerous personality theories one could choose from in pursuit of an explanation on human behavior. Some theories focus on stages of development‚ complete unconscious control‚ or the concept that personality is governed by a pre-disposition directly related to genetic tendencies. Carl Rogers‚ however‚ focused his theory‚ the Person-Centered Theory‚ on the basis that individuals are self-actualizing and learn and develop in response to current circumstances. According to
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Case 4: Distortions Caused By Inappropriate Allocation Base Chocolate Bars‚ Inc. Case Background. Chocolate Bars‚ inc. (CBI) manufactures chocolate candy bars with three variants – Almond Dream‚ Krispy Krackle‚ and Creamy Crunch. There are 2 distinct production processes for each product of CBI. Process 1 is labor intensive using a high proportion of direct materials and labor. Process 2 uses special packing equipment that wraps individual candy bars and packs it into a box of 24 bars. After which
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Kenny Rogers Roasters is a chicken restaurant that was founded by country musician Kenny Rogers and former Kentucky governor John Y. Brown‚ Jr.‚ who had also owned Kentucky Fried Chicken from 1964 to 1971. The menu was originally centered on wood-fired rotisserie chicken. After closing almost all of its U.S. operations‚ Kenny Rogers Roasters now operates primarily in Asia. ------------------------------------------------- [edit]History Kenny Rogers Roasters original logo. A similar logo is still
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Carl Rogers Carl Rogers (1902-1987) was a humanistic psychologist who agreed with the main assumptions of Abraham Maslow‚ but added that for a person to "grow"‚ they need an environment that provides them with genuineness (openness and self-disclosure)‚ acceptance (being seen with unconditional positive regard)‚ and empathy (being listened to and understood). Without these‚ relationships and healthy personalities will not develop as they should‚ much like a tree will not grow without sunlight
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Rogers rewrote his work to conform to recent Hebrew and Greek scholarship. Although much more accurate then his last version‚ the English Ambassador did not like the mood set by the text in the Great Bible. During the period of the inquisition the bound copies of The Bible were acquired and destroyed. Few printers were able to salvage documents and were forced to retreat to England. Another tragedy of this time period was the untimely devise of Priest Rogers; he was burned at the stake for his heresy
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