01:830:338 Lecture 22: Lecture+22+notes
28 May 2016
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Successful identity development involves resolving eight crises or dilemmas. You must go thru one stage before u go to the next. Accepts erikson"s stages as basic framework for development. Focuses on direction of growth or development: major form of adaptation is the defense mechanism, meant to deal with anxiety- a emotion coping. Focuses on progress adults make towards higher levels of maturity. 6 levels of maturity- used to be 4 stages. Certain defense are not important: pathological- using defenses that are not useful, 2. neurological, immature defenses, fantasy. Thinking that u will be the boss and fire them. Neurotic defenses- u realize it happened but u work out stress in some other way. Kinda doing the opposite of what u think. Intelliletualizion- avoid emotions by focusing on abstract issues. Idea from vaillant- u could use more or less maturity defenses. In really bad situations, u could fall back to lower levels.
