Erikson

Question 0

Assumptions

Answer 0

• epigenetic principle
• ego identity
• competence and personal adequacy
• crises/conflict
• lifespan
• first five stages mimic psychosexual stages

Question 1

Socio historical local

Answer 1

1902-1994 (Frankfurt Germany)
Studied art in Europe
Psychoanalytic training with mini Freud

Question 2

Epigenetic principle assumption

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The sequence of the 8 stages is genetically pre-determined (unalterable) - critical period (ascendency) for growth

Question 3

Ego identity assumption

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Consciously experiences sense of self through mediation

Question 4

Competence and personal adequacy assumption

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Mediation between physical stages and social institutions

Question 5

Crisis/conflict assumption

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Turning point when the potential for growth is high - tasks should be completed

• virtues or deficits
• ego strength
• new psychosocial abilities within ego
• integration of the indi structures and values of society

Question 6

Lifespan and mimics assumptions

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• spans over entire lifespan

- first five stages mimic the developmental stages from Freud’s psychosexual stages

Question 7

Explanatory account

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• development occurs within a CULTURAL SETTING
• CULTURE provides effective ways of satisfying biological/psychological needs
• description of how EGO gains/loses STRENGTH as a function of developmental experiences
• RESOLUTION OF CRISES - physiological maturity & social demands
• we are SIMULTANEOUSLY biological, psychological and social beings

Question 8

Cultural setting explanatory account?

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Development occurs within a cultural setting - therefore the emphasis is on COMPATIBILITY between individual and culture

Question 9

Culture explanatory account

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Provides effective ways of satisfying biological and psychological needs

Question 10

Ego strength explanatory account

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Description of how the ego gains or loses strength as a function of development experiences

Question 11

Resolution of crises explanatory account

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Physiological maturity and social demands

Question 12

Simultaneous nature explanatory account

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We are simultaneously biological, psychological and social beings

Question 13

Stage theory

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1. Trust v mistrust
2. Initiative v guilt
3. Autonomy v shame/doubt
4. Industry v inferiority
5. Identity v role confusion
6. Intimacy v isolation
7. Generativity v stagnation
8. Integrity v despair

Question 14

Crit lack explanation yet too descriptive

Answer 14

Describes psychosocial processes (how), not explanation of why changes occur (why) - cannot explain specific PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES

Question 15

Criticisms

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Lack explanation /too descriptive- can't explain personal difference 
Idealism
Allegations of sexism
Cultural bias 
Overly prescriptive values

Question 16

Crit idealism

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Too optimistic about development

Question 17

Allegations of sexism

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Uses male development as the standard of human development

Question 18

Cultural bias crit

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Displays late 20th cent capitalistic American values. LACKS CROSS-CULTURAL APPLICABILITY
eg independence, industry: individual qualities desirable within a competitive and capitalistic society

Question 19

Overly peers riptide values crit

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Determines what it right and wrong, appropriate and inappropriate
Tendency to “pathologise” differences across demographic categories