ERIKSON

Question 1

Who coined the term identity crisis?

Answer 1

Erik Erikson

Question 2

Erikson’s personality theory vs Freud

Answer 2

Extends freud’s theory in terms of infantile developmental

He added

School Age
Youth
Adulthood
Old age

To which each stage, has a specific psychosocial struggle that contributed to the formatiob of personality

Question 3

Struggle that adolescence onward experience

Answer 3

identity crisis

Question 4

A turning point in one’s life that may either strengthen or weaken personality

not a catastrophic event but oppurtunity for adaptive or maladaptive adjustments

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Identity crisis

Question 5

Erikson’s emphasis on his theory

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Social and historical

Question 6

What is ego accdg so erikson

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a positive force that creates a self-identity and a sense of “I”

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

Unifies our personality and guards against indivisibility

It is partially unconscious organizing energy that synthesizes our present experience with past self indentities and anticipated images of self

Emerges from and is largely shaped by the society

Exists potentialy at birth but emerges fron within a cultural environment

Question 7

During CHILDHOOD the ego is

Answer 7

weak, pliable and fragile

Question 8

During ADOLESCENCE the ego is

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Beginning to take form and gain strength

Question 9

3 interrelated aspects of the ego

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Body ego
Ego ideal
Ego identity

Question 10

It refers to experiences with our body; a way of seeing our physical self as different from other people.

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Body ego

Question 11

Represents our image we have for ourselves in comparison with an established ideal. It is responsible for our being satisfied and dissatisfied not only within our physical self but with entire personal identity

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Ego ideal

Question 12

The image we have of ourselves in the variety of social roles we play.

Shaped by multiplicity of conflicts and events - past present or future

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Ego identity

Question 13

Ordinarily the tine when the three interrelated aspects of ego are CHANGING MOST RAPIDLY

However changes can also take place at any stage of life

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Adolescence

Question 14

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

Also aided the survival of the tribe

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Pseudospecies

Question 15

what is epigenetic principle

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ego develops throughout the various stages of life

Question 16

Basic points of psychosocial development

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1. Growth takes from epigenetic principle
2. Interaction between opposites or the conflict between syntonic and dystonic.
3. Conflict between syntonic and dystonic produces an ego quality/ego strength. Referred to as BASIC STRENGTH that allows us to move into next stage
4. Too little basic strength at any one stage results in CORE PATHOLOGY
5. He never lost sight of the biological aspects pf devt
6. Events in early stage does not cause personality devt
7. During each stage especially from adolescence forward personality devt is characterized by identity crisis

Question 17

Name erikson’s stage pf psychosocial devt and its components

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See book

Question 18

2 modes of incorporating of oral sensory mode

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Receiving and accepting

Question 19

Identity emerges from 2 sources

name ot

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1 adolescents’ affirmation or repudiation of childhood identification

2 historical and social context which encourage conformity to certain standards

Question 20

Syndrome of problem that includes a divided self image, inability to establish intimacy, a sense of time urgency, a lack of concentration on required task, and a rejection of family to community standards

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Indentity confusion

Question 21

Proper ratio of identity to identity confusion will result in

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Faith in some sort of ideological principle

Ability to freely decide how we should behave

Trust in our peers and family who give us advice regarding goals and aspirations

Confidence in our choice of an eventual occupation

Question 22

Blocks one’s ability to synthesize various self images and values into a workable identity

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Role repudiation

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Role repudiation can take in the form of

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Diffidence - extreme lack of self trust

Defiance - stubbornly hold to sociall unacepptable beliefs and practices

Question 24

What is Psychology of the Individual of Allport

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morphogenic approach

Question 25

6 criteria of mature personality accdg to Allport

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1 extension of the sense of self
2 warm relating of self to others
3 emotional security or self acceptance
4 realistic perception of the environment
5 insight and humor
6 unifying philosophy of life

Question 26

Level of personal disposition

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Cardinal disposition
Central disposition
Secondary disposition

Question 27

an eminent characteristic or ruling passion so outstanding that it dominates the person’s lives

most people do not have these

Historic or fictional characters

Prominent to a person

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Cardinal disposition

Question 28

describes as those that would be listed in an accurate letter of recommendation written by someone who knew the person quite well.

5-10

Friends and close friends know about you

Mark the person as unique

Person’s adaptive and stylistic behavior

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Central disposition

Question 29

Not central to the personality yet occur with some regularity and are responsible for much of one’s specific behaviro

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Secondary disposition

Question 30

strongly felt dispositions. Receive their motivation from basic needs and drives

initiates action

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Motivational disposition

Question 31

Less intensely experienced

Guides action

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Stylistic disposition

Question 32

Those behavipr and characteristics that people regard as warm central and impt into their lives

Self indentity/self enhancement

Person’s values as well as that part of the conscience that is personal and consistent with one’s adult beliefs

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Proprium

Question 33

These are not proprium behaviors

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1 basic drives and needs
2 custom traditions
3 Habitual behavior

Question 34

Must be considered in theory of motivation

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Peripheral motives

Propriate motives

Question 35

Motives that reduces a need

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Peripheral motive

Question 36

Motives that seek to maintain tension and disequilibrium

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Propriate striving

Question 37

allport’s explanation for the myriad human motives that seemingly are not accounted for by hedonistic or drive reduction principles.

Represents a theory of changing rather than unchanging motives. Capstone of allport’s idea on motivation

Notion that human behavior is based on present interest.

Attempt to explain conscious self sustaining comtemporary motivations

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Functional autonomy

Question 38

Levels of functional autonomy

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Perseverative functional autonomy

Propriate functional autonomy

Question 39

Tendency of an impression to leave an influence on subsequent experience

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Perseverative functional autonomy

Question 40

Master system of motivation that confers unity on personality

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Propriate functional autonomy

Question 41

Processes that are not functionally autonomous

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Biological drives
Motives directly linked to the reduction of basic drives
Reflex actions
Physique intelligence temperament
Habits
Patterns of behavior that require primary reinforcement
Sublimations tied to childhood sexual desires
Neurotic/pathological symptoms