Erik Erikson Flashcards
Define ego development
sequence of psychosocial stages in response to ego identity crisises initiated by biological and social circumstances of life
If I have a sense of sameness and continuity over time, I am experiencing my…
Ego identity
Define an ego identity crisis
both continuity and sameness are lost
In the favourable resolution of an ego crisis, what do we carry away?
A certain virtue
Define ritualization
A creative formalization of society’s customs and rituals
Define ritualism
A stereotyped and mechanical version of rituals and customs
Ego crisis of the first stage
Trust vs. mistrust
Emerging virtue of he first stage
Hope
Complementing ritualization of the first stage
Numinous: mom is awesome
Compensating ritualism
Idolism: mom is perfect
what is the ego crisis of the second stage
Autonomy vs. shame + doubt
What is the emerging virtue of the second stage
Will
What is the complementing ritualization of the second stage
judiciousness: the egos capacity to discriminate good from bad
What is the compensating ritualism of the second stage
Legalism
Ego crisis of the third stage
Initiative vs. Guilt: the balance between expectancy and ability