CHAPTER 9 Erikson: Key Terms and Concepts Flashcards
Stages of Psychosocial Development
- Infancy
- Early Childhood
- Play Age
- School Age
- Adolescence
- Young Adulthood
- Adulthood
- Old Age
Erikson’s Methods of Investigation
Anthropological Studies and Psychohistory
Erikson’s stages of development rest on an ________ _________, meaning that each component proceeds in a step-by step fashion with later growth building on earlier development.
epigenetic principle
During every stage of development, people experience an interaction of opposing _______ and ________ attitudes, which leads to a ___________.
syntonic ; dystonic ; conflict, or psychosocial crisis
During every stage of development, people experience an interaction of opposing syntonic and dystonic attitudes, which leads to a conflict, or psychosocial crisis.
Resolution of the psychosocial crisis produces a _____ _______ and enables a person to move to the next stage.
basic strength
__________ components lay a ground plan for each individual.
Biological
A multiplicity of historical and cultural events also shapes ___ ______.
ego identity
Each basic strength has an underlying antipathy that becomes the ____ ________ of that stage.
core pathology
The stage characterized by:
Psychosexual mode: Oral-sensory
Psychosocial crisis: Basic trust versus mistrust
Basic strength: Hope
Core pathology: Withdrawal
infancy
The first stage of development
infancy
The stage characterized by:
Psychosexual mode: Anal, urethral, and muscular
Psychosocial conflict: Autonomy versus shame and doubt
Basic strength: Will
Core pathology: Compulsion
early childhood
The stage characterized by:
Psychosexual development: genital-locomotor
Psychosocial crisis: Initiative versus guilt
Basic strength: Purpose
Core pathology: Inhibition
play age
School-age children are in a period of?
sexual latency
School-age children face the psychosocial crisis of ________________, which produces either the basic strength of _________ or the core pathology of _______.
industry versus inferiority ; competence ; inertia
School-age children face the psychosocial crisis of industry versus inferiority, which produces either the basic strength of competence or the core pathology of inertia.
A crucial stage because a person’s sense of identity should emerge from this period.
Adolescence, or puberty
The stage characterized by:
Psychosocial crisis: Identity confusion (thereby postponing identity)
Basic strength: Fidelity
Core pathology: Role repudiation
Adolescence
may dominate the psychosocial crisis, thereby postponing identity. Fidelity is the basic strength of adolescence; role repudiation is its core pathology.
The time from about age 18 to 30.
Psychosexual mode: Genitality
Psychosocial crisis: Intimacy versus isolation
Basic strength: Love
Core pathology: Exclusivity
Young adulthood
The stage characterized by:
Psychosexual mode: Procreativity
Psychosocial crisis: Generativity versus stagnation
Basic strength: Care
Core pathology: Rejectivity
Adulthood
The stage characterized by:
Psychosexual mode: Generalized sensuality
Psychosocial crisis: Integrity versus despair
Basic strength: Wisdom
Core pathology: Disdain
Old age
Erikson used __________ to study the identity crises of Martin Luther, Mahatma Gandhi, and others.
psychohistory (a combination of psychoanalysis and history)
