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THEORIES OF PERSONALITY > ERIK ERIKSON: POST-FREUDIAN THEORY > Flashcards

ERIK ERIKSON: POST-FREUDIAN THEORY Flashcards

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Erikson placed more emphasis on both ______ and ______

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Social and Historical influences

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positive force that creates a self-identity, a sense of I

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Ego

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center of our personality

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Ego

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helps us adapt to the various conflicts and crises of life and keeps us from losing our individuality to the leveling forces of society

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Ego

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it unifies personality

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Ego

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synthesizes our present experiences with past self-identities and also with anticipated images of self

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Ego

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3 interrelated aspects of ego

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The Body Ego
The Ego Ideal
Ego Identity

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a way of seeing our physical self as different for other people

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Body Ego

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image we have of ourselves in comparison with an established ideal

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Ego Ideal

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10
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image we have of ourselves in the variety of social roles we play

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Ego Identity

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it is an illusion perpetrated and perpetuated by a particular society that it is somehow chosen to be the human species

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Pseudospecies

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each stage developing at its proper time

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Epigenetic Development

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each confrontation with our environment

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Crisis

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infant

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Trust vs. Mistrust

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toddler

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Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

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preschool

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Initiative vs. Guilt

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early school age

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Industry (being good at things due to learning) vs. Inferiority

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adolescent

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Identity vs. Role Confusion

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young adult

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Intimacy vs. Isolation

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middle-aged adult

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Generativity vs. Stagnation

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old adult

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Integrity vs. Despair

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in every stage of life there is an ________ - a conflict between _______ and a ________ element

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interaction of opposites
syntonic (harmonious)
dystonic (disruptive)

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turning point, crucial period of increased vulnerability and heightened potential

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Identity Crisis

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at every stage of development the ego will consist primarily of the _______ but will be balanced by some portion of the ________ attitude

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positive

negative

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aka virtues

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Basic Strengths

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emerge once the crisis has been resolved satisfactorily

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Basic Strengths

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the basic strengths are interdependent, true or false?

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True. One strength cannot develop until the strength associated with the previous stage has been confirmed.

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Trust vs. Mistrust

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Hope

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Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

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Will

30
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Initiative vs. Guilt

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Purpose

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Industry vs. Inferiority

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Competence

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Identity vs. Role Confusion

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Fidelity

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Intimacy vs. Isolation

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Love

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Generativity vs. Stagnation

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Care

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Integrity vs. Despair

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Wisdom

36
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although the ego should primarily consist of the adaptive attitude, it will also contain a share of the negative attitude

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Basic Weaknesses

37
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the ego consists solely of one attitude

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Maldevelopment

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when only the positive, adaptive tendency is present in the ego, it is called

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Maladaptive

39
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when only the negative tendency is present in the ego,

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Malignant

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maladaptation can lead to

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Neurosis

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malignancies can lead to

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Psychosis

42
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Assessment in Erikson’s Theory

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Play Therapy
Anthropological Studies
Psychohistory

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he provided a variety of toys and observed how children interacted with them. the form and intensity of play revealed aspects of personality that might not be manifested verbally because of a child’s limited powers of verbal expression

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Play Therapy

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combines psychoanalytic concepts with historical methods

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Psychohistory

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