hdfs 239
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- Identity
- Erikson:
- biography
- Key aspects of theory:
- psychosexual v. psychosocial development
- stage theory
- epigenetic principle
- "anything that grows has a ground plan, and out of that ground plan the parts arise, each having its own special time of ascendency, until all parts form a functional whole"
- stages defined by conflicts:
- normative
- never completely resolved
- dependent on one another
- Eriksonian stages:
- Trust v. Mistrust (0-18 months): I am what I am given
- Autonomy v. Shame/Doubt (18 months-3): I am what I will be (i.e. willfulness)
- Initiative v. Guilt (3 1/2 - 6): I am what I can imagine I will be
- Industry v. Inferiority (School aged kids): I am what I will learn
- Identity v. Identity Diffusion
- TASK: Need to establish a meaningful self-concept in which the past, present, and future and brought together to form a meaningful whole
- Marcia: Identity statuses determined by crisis and commitment
- prevalence of stages changes with age