PSYC 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Narcissism, Identity Formation, Elf
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We will talk about a theory about how we are changing. Certain times in our lives have certain challenges. Reading guidelines: suggested order: winter on traits and motives, marcia on erikson stages, baumeister on self esteem, mcadams on life narrative, weinstein on integration. Simultaneously begin the narcissism book and read it over next 5 or 6 weeks. (you do not have to read the appendix) Goals: to understand erikson"s psychosocial stage theory, believes that we have 8 stages we need to go through, stage 5 is very important to figure out our identity. When richard was 18 years old, he knew he had to get away from home. He got accepted to a university 6 hours away from home but his mother asked him to stay close and go to columbia. He went there for 2 years and then transferred.
