Ego-Integrity Vs. Despair  

Stage 8(Final) Age: After 60

Theresa Banfield, Jonathan De Jesus, Tatyana Vega

Ego Integrity

• Coming to Terms with Life• Accept Decisions Made and Courses Taken• Does Not Fear Death• Accept the Courses taken in Life    There is such thing as too much of a good thing....

Maladaption  

Too Much Of A Good Thing

Mal adaptation: too much positve and not enough negative aspects: Possibly, because of overexposure to the positive. In Stage 8 the elderly can go through a maladaptive stage, from which they suffer from an effect on their personality; Presumption.   Presumption: •  Believe that their life is great•  Never Face difficulties of old age

Despair  

• Biological Uselessness• Women: Dramatic Menopause• Men: cannot "rise to the occasion"• Sickness: Flue, Fever, Falling Down• Concerns with death; loss of those around

them   Too Much of a Bad Thing isn't Good Either....  

Malignancy  The Bad and The Ugly

  Malignancy: Too little positvie aspects, negative aspects effect actions in life  In Stage 8 the elderly can gain a sense of Disdain if they have a malignancy. Disdain: Lose interest in life, become depressed, spiteful, and paranoid.

VirtueWhen Everything Goes Just Right

 

Wisdom (Virtue)

• Approach Death Without Fear• Gifted Enough Not to Fear Death• See's every situation logically and finds a right

solution• Gentle Approach to life and death

    Wisdom: common sense; good judgment

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