me independent of their roots. His theory states that a proprium, or the self, develops by bodily sense, self identity, self image, self esteem, self extension and rational thought., and that everyone has a unique, integrated pattern of adaptation which marks the person as a whole. Allport's theory gives central importance to the phenomenological or perceived self.
             Two other phenomenological theorists, Carl Rogers and George Kelly believed that private experiences, subjective perceptions and the self all have an important part in this approach to the study of the personality. Rogers believed that the way an individual sees and interprets the events in their life determines how they respond to them, and consequen
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