PSYB30H3 Lecture 16: Lecture 16 Notes
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Freud: you have to solve one stage to move on to the next. Erikson: you will move on regardless of whether you have succeeded or failed. We move on from one stage to the next because society expects us to. 4 possible statuses that emerge with the challenge of identity. Identity achievement: higher grades in college, score higher in tat measures of achievement motivation. Non-conforming to peer pressure and social norms. Anxious & frienly, likeable, sensitive and insightful. Constant reference to family and parents" values. Evidence of commitment but nothing about exploratory behaviour. Identity is followed by the issue of intimacy. Virtue: love : capacity to put aside differences. Excess: promiscuoity intimate too quickly, superficially. Intimacy: for erikson, it meant opening up to anything outside of ourselves. It included romantic partner, but also self-disclosure we engage in, in friendships. Intimacy in psychotherapy one"s relationship to oneself, self-discovery, connecting with your own self, etc.
