Known for his 8 stages of Psychosocial Development
Erik Erikson
refers to a turning point in one’s life that may either strengthen or weaken one’s personality
identity crisis
Mother plays important role as caregiver
Trust = safe and secure
Mistrust = worthless and insecure
infancy
Start making decisions for themselves
Begin controlling their own body
Most needed relationship is with parents
Autonomy (independence) = confident
Shame and Doubt = low self-esteem and inadequacy
early childhood
Develop imagination while playing
become curious about the world - “Why?”
Relationship with basic family is important
Initiative = sense of purpose
Guilt = embarrassment or failure
preschool
Learn new life skills and knowledge
Social involvement
School and neighborhood becomes key relationship
Industry = skill
Inferiority = low self-esteem
school age
Responsible for own actions
Try to find identity through socially and morally
Life gets more complicated
Friends are important
Identity = strong sense of self and control
Confusion = insecure and doubtful of their future
adolescence
Try to find relationships and start family
Experience intimacy on deep level
Most important relationship is with spouse or partner
Isolation = loneliness
Intimacy = companionship
young adulthood
Work is crucial
Find new meanings and purpose due to mid - life crisis
Important relationship with workplace, community and family
Generativity (ability to produce something) = stable and accomplished
Stagnation = unproductive and unimportant
middle adulthood
Realize life has meaning
Hope to have a positive contribution
Fear death but accept as completion of life
Integrity = fulfillment and satisfaction
Despair = regret and bitterness
maturity
She attributed social and cultural conditions, most especially early childhood experiences, to be largely responsible for the formation of one’s personality.
karen horney
coping with basic anxiety
Moving Towards People
Moving Against People
Moving Away from People
Person’s actual and current being
real self
Imagined fantasy
Impossible self
ideal self
Is the union of elements, namely; body, thoughts, feeling or emotions, and sensations that constitute the individuality and identity of a person. It includes a person’s life purpose, meaning and aspirations.
self
CONSTITUTES YOUR PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES, YOUR HEALTH, YOUR POSTURE AND POISE
body
The way you think and how you perceive things around you.
thought
Your experience that prompts you to act and behave the way you do
emotion and sensation
refers to the set of behaviors, feelings, thoughts and motives that identifies an individual. It is the essence of who we are and is the embodiment of one’s physical, psychological, cognitive, affective and spiritual self.
personality
heredity or genetic make-up
nature
environment
nurture
Refers to physical changes in the body as well as the senses and changes in skills related to movement
Physiological Development
are responses that generate biochemical reactions in our bodies, changing the physical state
emotions
reactions to emotion, and are said to be “subjective”
feelings
Social Development - Refers to our inborn capacity to relate to others, to connect, and to feel belongingness
Cognitive Development - Refers to a person’s intellectual abilities as shown in his/her thoughts, attitude, beliefs, and values
A relatively enduring organizations of beliefs, feelings, and behavioral tendencies towards socially significant objects, groups, events or symbols
attitude
The Triadic Reciprocal Causation
person, behavior, environment
one’s subjective evaluation of his/her own worth.
low self esteem sees oneself as unworthy, insignificant, or unimportant.
Adolescence who are creating their self-identity should be objective and balanced when viewing themselves
self esteem
Teenagers are more self-conscious of their bodies and physical appearance
physical appearance
Adolescents strongly feel the need to find a group to belong to and fit well in.
Peers are at the center of the teenager’s social relationship.
group belongingness
Relationship with one’s parents
Relating with peers and one’s barkada
Romantic Relationship
relationships
During adolescent years, one’s hormones become very active and awaken strong sexual passions.
Adolescence exploring their sexuality should be able to draw their limits in terms of sexual expressions and should be responsible to see the consequences of their behavior
sexuality and sexual relationship
Psychoanalytic Theory
proposed that the mind can be viewed as an energy system which is divided into 3 levels of awareness