PSYB30H3 Lecture : week 10 lectures 17 and 18
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Psyb30- week 10: the life story- lecture 17. Life-story formation: infancy- narrative tone childhood- imagery and theme adolescence- setting and character: dimensions of human existence: two aspects of the human condition (bakn) Agency- focus on the self and formations of separations, striving for self-expansion and self-elevation. Communion- focus on others and formations of connections, striving for contact and congregation with others: the tone of infancy: experiences of t rust vs. mistrust. Early infant-caregiver attachments serve to organize our: erik erikson"s hope: The enduring belief in the attainability of fervent wishes : optimistic stories (comedy & romance, pessimistic stories (tragedy & irony, early childhood images: The nursery school child is busy acquiring a stockpile of rich, emotionally laden images from family, school, the media, etc: culturally grounded or sanctioned images provide raw material for later life-story development. Later childhood themes: intentions into coherent stories with beginnings, middles, & endings.
