Lesson 7 Flashcards
A turning point in one’s life that may either strengthen or weaken personality placed more emphasis on both social and historical influence.
Identity Crisis
A positive force that creates a self-identity, a sense of “I”
Ego
Center of personality
Ego
During childhood, it is weak, pliable, and fragile; but by adolescence it should begin to take form and gain strength.
Ego
Unifies personality and guards against indivisibility
Ego
Partially unconscious organizing agency that synthesizes our present experience’s with past self-identities and also with anticipated images of self/
Ego
A way of seeing our physical self as different from other people.
Body Ego
The image we have of ourselves in the variety of social roles we play.
Ego Identity
Represents the image we have of ourselves in comparison with an established ideal
Ego Ideal
Ego emerges from and is largely shaped by society.
Social Influence
Ego develops throughout the various stage of life, with each stage developing at proper time.
Epigenetic Principle
One stage emerges from and is built upon a previous stage, but it does not replace that earlier stage.
Epigenetic Principle
Growth takes place according to the_______________
Epigenetic Principle
In every stage of life there is an interaction of opposites or conflict between a_________________________
Syntonic (harmonious) elements and a Dystonic (disruptive) elements
People must have both of this
Syntonic experiences and Dystonic experiences