PSY 1012 Lecture 50: psychology ch50
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>> developing a sense of who one is and where he/she is going in life. >> unsuccessful resolution leads to identity confusion or a negative identity intimacy vs isolation. >> capacity to hold commitments with others leads to intimacy generativity vs stagnation. >> caring for others in family, friends, & work leads to sense of contribution to later generations. >> stagnation comes from a sense of boredom and meaninglessness integrity vs dispair. >> successful resolutions of all previous crises leads to integrity and the ability to see broad truths and advise those in earlier stages. >> despair arises from feelings of helplessness and the bitter sense that life has been incomplete stage 1: birth to 1. >> autonomy vs shame & doubt stage 3: 3-5. >> identity vs confusion stage 6: young adulthood. >> intimacy vs isolation stage 7: middle adulthood.
