psych 380 CH 7 vocab

Question 1

a favorable ratio

Answer 1

refers to the idea that the greater the magnitude of the pull to the positive pole relative to the pull of the negative pole the better.

Question 2

autonomy

Answer 2

is independence stemming from the reasonable self control that allows children to hold rather than restrain to let be rather than lose

Question 3

basic mistrust

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is the feeling of abandonment and helpless rage that accompanies uncertainty of satisfaction

Question 4

basic trust

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results from the infants sense that it can count on satisfaction of its needs the world takes on the aura of trustworthy realm

Question 5

care

Answer 5

the strength of maturity is the broadening concern for what has been generated by love necessity or accident concern that overcomes the narrowness of self concern

Question 6

competence

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is the free exercise unimpaired by an infantile sense of inferiority of dexterity and intelligence in the completion of serious tasks

Question 7

contentment

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is the perception that ones efforts result in the promotion of human well being and that one is revered in the local community because of good works

Question 8

despair

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is a feeling that time is too short of the achievement of integrity and the accompanying contribution to the connection between generations

Question 9

epigenesis

Answer 9

development involving gradual diversification and differentiation of an initially undifferentiated entity (as a zygote or spore)

Question 10

fidelity

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is the opportunity to fulfill personal potentialities to be true to oneself and true to significant others and to sustain loyalties in spite of inevitable contradictions of value systems

Question 11

futility

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is the perception that one is on the proverbial treadmill merely keeping body and soul together but doing nothing for the good of society or ones community

Question 12

generativity

Answer 12

is the concern with establishing and guiding the next generation

Question 13

guilt

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is the harness that restrains pursuit of desires urges and potentials the exercise of an overzealous conscience

Question 14

hope

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is the enduring belief in the attainability of basic satisfactions

Question 15

identity

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is accumulated confidence that the sameness and continuity one has previously cultivated are now appreciated by others allowing in turn the promise of careers and lifestyles to come

Question 16

identity confusion

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is the failure of previous identity developments to coalesce in such a way that it is clear what roles one is expected to play in the future

Question 17

industry

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is childrens absorption in the tool world of their culture the workaday world which prepares them for a hierarchy of learning experiences which they will undergo with the help of cooperative peers and instructive adults

Question 18

inferiority

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occurs if children perceive their skills or status among peers to be inadequate

Question 19

initiative

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is acting on ones desires urges and potentials

Question 20

institutional safeguard

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is a cultural unit that protects and promotes products of crisis resolution

Question 21

integrity

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an emotional integration faithful to the image bearers of the past and ready to take eventually renounce leadership in the present

Question 22

intimacy

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is really the ability to fuse your identity with somebody elses without fear that youre going to lose something yourself

Question 23

isolation

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is the failure to secure close and cooperative relationships with the same and especially the opposite gender such that partners identities are important to but distinct form ones one

Question 24

love

Answer 24

Wishful thinking.

Question 25

productivity

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is peoples perception that they are contributing to society through their careers and to their community through their personal involvement

Question 26

Psychosocial development

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refers to a union of physical yearnings and the cultural forces that act on the individual

Question 27

purpose

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is the courage to envisage and pursue valued and tangible goals guided by conscience but not paralyzed by guilt and by fear of punishment

Question 28

shame and doubt

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is the estrangement that results from the feeling of being controlled and of losing self control

Question 29

stagnation

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is the arrest of the ripening process that comes with inability to funnel previous development into the formation of the next generation

Question 30

strength

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is a virtue arising form dominant movement toward the positive pole

Question 31

will power

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is the unbroken determination to exercise free choice as well as self restraint in spite of the unavoidable experiences of shame doubt and a certain rage over being controlled by others

Question 32

wisdom

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is a detached and yet active concern with life in the face of death not magical access to higher knowledge

Question 33

crisis

Answer 33

are turning points not threats of catastrophe

Question 34

Continuity

Answer 34

ensures that one is all that one was but also something newe and something yet to be