Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development Flashcards
Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.
Erik Erikson
- As Boeree explains, “This principle says that we develop through a predetermined unfolding of our personalities in eight stages.
- He believed that the earlier stages served as a
foundation for the later stages
Epigenetic Principle
Stage One: Infancy (1to1½year)
Psychosocial Crisis: Trust vs. Mistrust
Maladaptation: Sensory Maladjustment
Malignancy: Withdrawal
Virtue: Hope
contrary dispositions:
- negative disposition (e.g. Mistrust)
dystonic
contrary dispositions:
- positive disposition (e.g. Trust)
syntonic
Erickson’s Theory is inspired from?
- his work focuses on psychosocial
Freud
Stage Two: Early Childhood (18 months to 4years old)
Psychosocial Crisis: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Maladaptation: Impulsiveness
Malignancy: Compulsiveness
Virtue: Will Power or Determination
Stage Five: Adolescence (puberty to 18 or 20 years old)
Psychosocial Crisis: Identity vs. Identity Diffusion
Maladaptation: Fanaticism
Malignancy: Lack of Identity
Virtue: Fidelity
Stage Three: Early Childhood (3 or 4 to 5 or 6 years old)
Psychosocial Crisis: Initiative vs. Guilt
Maladaptation: Ruthlessness (sociopathy)
Malignancy: Inhibition
Virtue: Courage
Stage Four: School-age (6 to 12 years old)
Psychosocial Crisis: Industry vs. Inferiority
Maladaptation: Narrow Virtuosity
Malignancy: Inertia
Virtue: Competency
Stage Seven: Middle Adulthood (middle 20s to late 50s)
Psychosocial Crisis: Generativity vs. Stagnation
Maladaptation: Overextension
Malignancy: Rejectivity
Virtue: Capacity for Caring
Stage Eight: Late Adulthood or Maturity (60s above)
Psychosocial Crisis: Ego Integrity vs Despair
Maladaptation: Presumption
Malignancy: Disdain
Virtue: Wisdom
Stage Six: Young Adulthood (18 to 30 years old)
Psychosocial Crisis: Intimacy vs. Isolation
Maladaptation: Promiscuity
Malignancy: Exclusion
Virtue: Love
reflects the significant relationship between adults and the best interests of children one’s own children, and in a way everyone else’s children– the next generation, and all following generations.
Generativity
reflects the effect of generations on each other, especially among families, and particularly between parents and children and grandchildren. Everyone affects everyone else’s experiences as they pass through the different crisis stages.
Mutuality
