Lesson 6. ERIK HOMBURGER ERIKSON’S(1902-1994) EGO PSYCHOLOGY

Question 1

Birthdate of Erikson

Answer 1

June 15, 1902

Question 2

Erikson died on

Answer 2

May 12, 1994

Question 3

viewed man as optimistic and idealistic. On the dimension of pessimism versus optimism, he tends to be optimistic.

Answer 3

Erik Erikson

Question 4

is concerned with the integration of biological and

psychosocial forces in the determination of personality functioning

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Ego psychology

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individual who resolves the crises inherent in the developmental process.

Answer 5

Ego identity (structure)

Question 6

a person’s ability to unify experiences and actions in an adaptive manner.

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Ego (Erikson’s)

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it refers to experiences with one body. A way of viewing one physical self as different from other people.

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Body ego

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it represents the image one may have of oneself in comparison with an established ideal

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Ego ideal

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in has the image one may possess in different social roles he performs.

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Ego identity

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Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of development

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1. Early Stages
2. Elementary School year
3. Adolescent
4. Adulthood and old age

Question 11

Infants should develop a sense of basic trust.

birth to 2 years old, oral stage

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Trust vs. Mistrust (Early Stages)

Question 12

(2 to 3 years old, self-direction and independence stage)

Children begin to gain control over their bodies. And the usual age at which toilet training began.

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Autonomy vs. Shame and doubt

Early Stages

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(3 to 6 years old, oedipal/Electra complex stage)
Begins when children on the ability to control themselves, children now learn to have some influence over others in the family to successfully manipulate their surroundings.

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Initiative vs. Guilt (Elementary School year)

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(6 to 12 years old, learning skills mastery within the self stage) Now the task is to go beyond imitating ideal models and to learn the basic technology of the culture. Children expand their horizons beyond family and begin to explore the neighborhood.

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INDUSTRY/mastery vs. INFERIORITY

Elementary School year

Question 15

(13 to 18 years old, youth age fear of being rejected stage)
The main task of the adolescent is to achieve a state of identity.

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Identity and repudiation vs. Identity confusion

Adolescent

Question 16

(18 to 35 years old, intimacy in a relationship
stage) Intimacy with others should develop. The essential ability to relate one’s deepest hopes and fears to another person, and to accept in turn another person’s need for intimacy.

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Intimacy and solidarity vs. Isolation (Adolescent)

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(36 to 65 years old, passing experience to the next
generation-loss self-concern stage)
The ability to be useful to society. The goal here is to be productive and creative, leading to a sense of personal fulfillment.

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Generativity vs. Stagnation (Adulthood and old age)

Question 18

(66 years old and above, characteristic of wisdom stage) When people look back over their lives and feel they have made wrong decisions or more commonly that they too frequently failed to make the decision at all they see life as lacking integration.

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Integrity vs. Despair (Adulthood and old age)

Question 19

Structure of the ego (Erikson)

Answer 19

Ego psychology
Ego identity
Ego