HDFS 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Erik Erikson, Sigmund Freud, Psychodynamics
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Emphasis the unconscious motive sand impulses express themselves in people"s motives and behaviors. Major tasks of personality development are completed by the time a child turns 5. Therapy is of little value to individuals over the age of 50 because personalities are rigidly set. Id = response for instincts and pleasure seeking. Super ego = attempts to obey the rules of society. Ego = mediates between the id and super ego. Believed the ego was more than a mediator between the superego and the id. Ego= the positive driving force in human development and personality - to establish and maintain a sense of identity. Epigenetic principle= we develop through the unfolding of our personality in predetermined stages- our environment and surrounding culture influence how we progress through the stages. Earlier issues may return later and issues later may appear earlier. Each point in ego"s development is a push and pull that leads an individual toward favorable outcomes or unfavorable outcomes.