PSYCHO SOCIAL THEORY EGO PSYCHOLOGY

EPIGENETIC CENTER – GROUND PLAN THAT GUIDE TO BROADER

SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPSCHILD AND SOCIETY

Erik Erikson

Stage Theory – continuous

Key psychosocial challenge/crisis at each stage – transitions/social relationships

SELF emerges through how we deal w/ each “Challenge/Crisis”

Each challenge/crisis = potential turning point w/ positive or negative outcome – balance is what’s important

Success at one stage –Success at next Failure at one stage ---Failure at next

Trust v Mistrust B-1

Key issue – develop trust for others; confidence in and trust for self

Key relationship – maternal – quality of the mother/child relationship = basic glue that holds the SELF together

Successful resolution = hope Unsuccessful = fear

Autonomy v Shame & Doubt1-3

Key Issue – can I care for myself – centered around toilet training

Key relationship – parent/child –When to assert? When to defer? Balance of reassurance-firmness/tolerance-justness

Successful resolution =will power & autonomy – “I can do it!”

Unsuccessful resolution = self doubt – lack of confidence in self

Initiative v Guilt 4-6

Key issue –Can I do things for others? Can I start things? A sense of the possible

Key relationship – the family – punishment, ridicule, failure to allow initiative/efforts unsuccessful---balance acceptance and teaching

Successful resolution = purposeUnsuccessful resolution = unworthiness

or guilt/shame – “I can’t contribute.”

Industry v Inferiority 6-11

Key Issue – How do I measure up? Can I compete?

Key Relationship – peers

Successful resolution = competenceUnsuccessful resolution =

incompetence and inferiority

Ego Identity v Role Confusion 12-20

Key Issue – personal identity and direction How do I fit in the world? What am I going to be – where am I going?

Key relationship - family, peers, world

Successful resolution = direction, confidence, foundation – identity

Unsuccessful resolution = uncertainty, lack of direction, lack of value

Possible Identities

Foreclosure – accept identity from others – limited search or struggle

Moratorium – delay w/ passion

Identity diffusion – no identity – apathy

Identity achievement – an authentic identity

Identity crisis

Intimacy v Isolation 20-24

Key issue – establishing relationship and commitment to another (partner and friends)

Key relationship – dyads, significant others

Successful resolution = fidelity, commitment, love

Unsuccessful resolution = promiscuity

Generativity v Stagnation 25-65

Key issue – contribution, creativity, giving in work and relationships

Key relationships – family of procreation, work and friendship groups

Successful resolution = care, creativity, interest

Unsuccessful resolution = selfishness, boredom, “stuckness” – “poor me”

Ego integrity v Ego Despair 65-d

Key issue = reflection, wholeness, integration of self

Key relationship – family, world, friends

Successful resolution = wisdom, contentment – “wow! What a good life”–acceptance of worth, no fear of death

Unsuccessful resolution = bitterness, anger, rejection and fear of death – “Is this all there is?” Feeling cheated