Psychosocial theories of Mental Illness

Question 1

Infant - 18 months

Answer 1

Trust vs Mistrust

Question 2

18 months - 3 years

Answer 2

Autonomy vs Shame/Doubt

Question 3

3 - 5 years

Answer 3

Initiative vs Guilt

Question 4

5 - 13 years

Answer 4

Industry vs Inferiority

Question 5

13 - 21 years

Answer 5

Identity vs Confusion

Question 6

21 - 39 years

Answer 6

Intimacy vs Isolation

Question 7

40 - 65 years

Answer 7

Generativity vs Stagnation

Question 8

63 and older

Answer 8

Integrity vs Despair

Question 9

Human intelligence progresses through a series of stages based on age where on completion of each stage, the child demonstrates a higher level of functioning.

Answer 9

Jean Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development

Question 10

Taking in, processing, organizing, and using new information to adjust to changes in our environment.

Answer 10

Adaptation

Question 11

Taking in new information and fitting it into and making it part of a pre-existing mental idea about objects or experiences.

Answer 11

Assimilation

Question 12

Changing a pre-existing mental idea to fit new information.

Answer 12

Accommodation

Question 13

Personality manifests in interpersonal situations through interaction and experiences.

Answer 13

Harry Sullivan’s theory of interpersonal relationships”

Question 14

Self-system

Answer 14

the patterns of behavior that define us and protect us from anxiety.

Question 15

Good me

Answer 15

experiences that are rewarded, which a child would sense a noticeable decrease of anxiety.

Question 16

Bad me

Answer 16

Aspects that people dislike about themselves

Question 17

Not me

Answer 17

Unconscious aspects containing feelings of horror and dread.