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ERIK ERIKSON Flashcards

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PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY

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ERIK ERIKSON

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German born American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. He may be most famous for coining the phrase “identity crisis”

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ERIK ERIKSON

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• Born on June 15, 1902 in Frankfurt, Germany and died on May 12, 1994 in Harwich, Massachusetts

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ERIK ERIKSON

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• He had his education in University of Vienna

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ERIK ERIKSON

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• Influenced by Sigmund Freud and Anna Freud

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ERIK ERIKSON

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• Published several books:

  • Childhood and Society
  • Young man Luther
  • Youth: Change and Challenge
  • Insight and Responsibility
  • Identity: Youth and Crisis
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ERIK ERIKSON

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• Became Boston’s first child analyst and obtained a position at the Harvard Medical School

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ERIK ERIKSON

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• He also held positions at institutions including Yale, Berkeley and the Menninger Foundation

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ERIK ERIKSON

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• Erikson then returned to California to the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Palo Alto and later the Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco, where he was a clinician and psychiatric consultant

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ERIK ERIKSON

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• He stresses the importance of culture and society in personality development

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ERIK ERIKSON

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• Described child development in terms of developmental tasks that must be achieved

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ERIK ERIKSON

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  1. Trust versus Mistrust
  2. Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt
  3. Initiative versus Guilt
  4. Industry versus Inferiority
  5. Identity versus Role Confusion
  6. Intimacy versus Isolation
  7. Generativity versus Stagnation
  8. Integrity versus Despair
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8 STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

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  • Infancy
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  1. Trust versus Mistrust
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  • Learns to love and be loved
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  1. Trust versus Mistrust
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  • Provide security such as soft sounds and touch
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  1. Trust versus Mistrust
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  • Positive: children develop a sense of trust when caregiver provide reliability, care and affection
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  1. Trust versus Mistrust
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  • Negative: withdrawal, apprehensive suspicious around people
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  1. Trust versus Mistrust
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  • Toddlerhood
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  1. Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt
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  • Provide opportunities for decision making
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  1. Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt
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  • Praise for abilities to make decision
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  1. Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt
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  • Self confidence
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  1. Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt
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  • Positive: self-control without loss of self-esteem
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  1. Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt
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  • Ability to cooperate and express oneself
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  1. Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt
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  • Negative: willfulness, defiance
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  1. Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt
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  • Pre-school (3-5 years old)
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  1. Initiative versus Guilt
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  • Opportunities for exploring new places or activities
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  1. Initiative versus Guilt
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  • Beginning ability to evaluate one’s own behavior
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  1. Initiative versus Guilt
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  • Success leads to sense of purpose
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  1. Initiative versus Guilt
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  • Negative: lack of confidence, fear or wrongdoing
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  1. Initiative versus Guilt
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  • School age (6-12 years)
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  1. Industry versus Inferiority
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  • Beginning to create, develop and manipulate
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  1. Industry versus Inferiority
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  • Outcome: children need to cope with new social and academic demands
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  1. Industry versus Inferiority
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  • Success leads to a sense of competence, while failure results in feelings of inferiority, loss of hope, withdrawal from school
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  1. Industry versus Inferiority
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  • Adolescence (12-20 years old)
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  1. Identity versus Role Confusion
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  • Coherent sense of self
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  1. Identity versus Role Confusion
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  • Outcome: success leads to ability to stay true to yourself, while failure leads to role confusion and weak sense of self, possible anti-social behavior
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  1. Identity versus Role Confusion
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  • Young adulthood (21-25 years old)
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  1. Intimacy versus Isolation
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  • Commitment to work and relationship
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  1. Intimacy versus Isolation
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  • Outcome: young adults need to form intimate relationships with other people
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  1. Intimacy versus Isolation
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  • Success leads to strong relationships while failure results in loneliness and isolation
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  1. Intimacy versus Isolation
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  • Adulthood (26-65 years old)
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  1. Generativity versus Stagnation
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  • Creativity, productivity, concern for others
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  1. Generativity versus Stagnation
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  • Creativity, productivity, concern for others
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  1. Generativity versus Stagnation
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  • Maturity (65 years old to death)
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  1. Integrity versus Despair
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  • Reflection on life
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  1. Integrity versus Despair
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  • Acceptance of worth and uniqueness of one’s own life
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  1. Integrity versus Despair
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  • Acceptance of death
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  1. Integrity versus Despair
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  • Success at this stage leads to feelings of wisdom while failure results in regret, bitterness and despair
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  1. Integrity versus Despair

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