PSYB30H3 : PSYB30_Lec 17-21.docx
Document Summary
Life of pi: important role narrative plays in weaving a purposeful life as people we are storytellers and story simultaneous. Formation of the life story from infancy to adolescence looking at the role of the therapist in creating an environment for the patient to revive or revisit their story: agency vs communion. Mcadams approach to understanding the life story is in line with a broad theoretic framework by david bakn. Agency: those things that concern the self, striving the self to be increasingly expansive and elevated ( e. g. dominance, social rank, Communion: focus on others as opposed to the self, formation of connections, and striving for congregation on contact with others. Mcadam"s the life story becomes a problem in adolescence. However in the beginning of ones life, the tone of one"s life story is set. Role of caregiver provide an attachment for trust vs. mistrust => produces hope in attaining once"s wishes the infant develops an orientation towards the world.
