01:830:220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tabula Rasa, Age 13, Identity Formation
Document Summary
Erikson talked about every stage as a journey. Four boys want to find the dead body to be seen as heroes. Embark on the journey because they want notoriety. Fitting in is super important to middle schoolers. Each stage requires a journey to be concluded. Why same-sex friend group is so important. May become less self-critical in high school. Emotional support from family and peers is important. By late adolescence, peer support is more important. More aware about what is going on around them. More happiness and more naive before innocence and childhood are lost. Loss of innocence makes it sound like they had something stolen from them, when in fact they eagerly sought after this loss of innocence . Children want to lose innocence and become more independent. Want to separate and mature, but don"t realize what they are losing.
