Question

Fatimah was raised by parents who gave her unconditional positive regard. However, Grayson's parents' love was conditional on her living up to their expectations. According to Carl Rogers, which one of the following statements is most probably correct?Select one:a. Fatimah and Grayson have around the same level of self-esteem.b. Grayson has higher self-esteem than Fatimah.c. Fatimah has higher self-esteem than Grayson.d. Both women's self-esteem levels will fluctuate, but Grayson's will fluctuate more than Fatimah's.

Answer 1

Fatimah's self-esteem levels would be much higher than Grayson's based on the ideas of Carl Rogers.

Carl Rogers was a humanistic psychologist who's beliefs and studies centered around humans' need for empathy, acceptance, and genuineness. If Grayson's parents only loved her when she met their expectations, then her own self worth would be based solely on how she meets those expectations. Her environment did not support those three needs, meaning her self esteem levels would not be as high as Fatimah's. Unlike Fatimah, whose parents supported her human needs of empathy, acceptance, and genuineness, Grayson's parents did not support those needs. This would lead to Grayson's self esteem being much lower than Fatimah's.