Chapter Six Flashcards
Epigenetic principle of maturation
The idea that human development is governed by a sequence of stages that depend on genetic or hereditary factors
Psychosocial stages of development
To erikson, eight successive stages encompassing the lifespan.
At each stage, we must cope with a crisis in either an adaptive or maladaptive way.
Crisis
To erikson, the turning point faced at each developmental stag
Involves a shift in perspective, requiring us to refocus our instinctual energy in accordance with the needs of each stage of the life cycle
Respond to crisis in either maladaptive (negative) or adaptive (positive) ways
If conflict at any stage remains unresolved, we are less likely to be able to adapt to later problems
Believed that the ego must incorporate maladaptive and adaptive ways of coping
Basic strengths
To erikson, motivating characteristics and beliefs that derive from the satisfactory resolution of the crisis at each developmental stage
Emerge when a crisis has been resolved satisfactorily
Believed/suggested that basic strengths are independent
Any one strength cannot develop until the strength associated with the previous stage has been confirmed
Ego identity
The self-image formed during adolescence that integrates our ideas of what we are and what we want to be
Identity crisis
The failure to achieve ego identity during adolescence
-adolescents who experience an identity crisis do not seem to know where they belong or what they want to become
Basic weakness
Motivating characteristics that derive from the unsatisfactory resolution of developmental crises
Maldevelopment
A condition that occurs when the ego consists solely of a single way of coping with conflict
Psychohistorical analysis
The application of erikson’s lifespan theory, along with psychoanalytic principles, to the study of historical figures
Play constructions
A personality assessment technique for children in which structures assembled from dolls, blocks, and other toys are analyzed
