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Erikson
Theories of Personality
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Psychology
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10/13/2012

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Ego psychology
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ego is not always controlled by biolgoical impulses, but often functions independently of these urges therby providing the individual with an opportunity for creative action and postive growth
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Epigenetic principle
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develop in stages; each stage is marked by a psychological crisis
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Crsis
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a crucial period in which a decisive turn one way or another is avoidable or unavoidable
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Virtues
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qualities or strengths that emerge from successful resolution of the crisis
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Psychohistorical analysis
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looking back at historical figure and looking at their personalities, taking them through the ages
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8 stages of ego development (age, crisis, virtue)
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average, "normal" person
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oral-sensory
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infancy, crisis= basic trust vs. mistrust, virtue=hope
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muscular-anal
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early childhood, crisis=autonomy vs shame and doubt, virtue=will
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loco-motor genital
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childhood, crisis=initative vs. guilt, virtue=purpose or sense of direction
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latency
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childhood (6-12), crisis=industry vs. inferiority, virtue=competence
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adolescence
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13-19, crisis=identity vs. Role confusion, virtue= fidelity
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young adulthood
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20-24, crisis=intimacy vs. isolation, virtue=love
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middle adulthood
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25-64, crisis=generativity vs. stagnation, 4 types, virtue=care
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late adulthood
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65-death, crisis=ego integrity vs despair, virtue=wisdom
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4 Types of generativity
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in middle adulthood stage
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biological
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having a kid
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parental
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raising a child
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technical
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teaching younger generations
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cultural
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creatiang, changing societies way of doing something
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View of therapeutic relationship
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more egalitarian and personal stance towards his patients than Freud
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Assessment techniques
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free association, dream analysis, transference, play-therapy
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Cause of neurosis
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confused identities and lack of a sense of mastery over one or more crisis in their life cycle, their egos are weak & fragmented, they cannot relate well to others, theses difficulties are an outgrowth of their failure to resolve crises
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Goals of therapy
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Marcia’s Identity Statuses (list, explain each status)
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adolescent identity status
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identity diffusion
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individuals who are not actively in crisis about their life goals and have not made a commitment about them
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forclosure
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individual who have never experienced a crisis concerning their goals have nevertheless made frim commitments concerning them
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moratorium
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individuals are actively considering alternatives to resolve crisis issues, you know that you don’t know who you are, viewed as being mature
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identity achievement
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individuals have undergone a period of crisis and consequently have developed firm commitments concerning life goals
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Compare/contrast Erikson vs. Freud, Jung, Adler, Horney
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Discuss a case according to Erikson (assign to stages/statuses etc.)
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