erik erikson

• erik erikson's post freudian theory give emphasis on social and historical influences
• postulates a life cycle approach to personality
• Ego


  a positive force that creates a sense of identity
• Ego


  unites experiences and actions in an adaptive manner
• Ego


  This gains strength in adolescence
• Body ego


  experiences with our body; a way of seeing or physical self as different from other people, only one body of us.
• Ego ideal


  image we have of ourselves in comparison with an established ideal
• Ego identity


  Image of ourselves based on the social roles that we play
• society


  the ego is largely shaped by this
• Ego exists as a potential at birth, but it must emerge from within a cultural environment
• Epigenetic development


  begins with a single fertilized cell that initiates a process of division and differentiation
• Sequence of development


  Follows a clear pattern and sequence
• Each stage is related to all the other and must develop in a given

  sequence
• syntonic and dystonic element


  every stage has an interaction opposites must have conflict between both of this element
• basic strength


  conflict/stage produces an ego quality or strength
• core pathology


  too little basic strength at any one stage
• although he referred to it as psychosocial, he never lost sight of the biological aspect of human development
• Ego identity


  Shaped by multiple conflicts: past, present, anticipated
• adolescence


  the ego should begin to take form and gain strength
• ego


  person's ability to unify experiences and actions in an adaptive manner
• Events in earlier stages do not cause later personality development
• identity crisis


  a turning point, a crucial period of increased vulnerability and heightened potential