CAS PS 251 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Etiology, Psychopathy
30 Jan 2018
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Realization: 3 stages of personality development, 4. Moderately adaptive false self: 4 pivotal factors (result of trauma) The gap between who someone is and who they pretend to be is great. True self is completely covered and the false self takes over everything. Other people can only relate to the false self - you do not know who they truly are. There is no personality because the child is still growing. Primary state is unintegrated because the child is still coming together - child has biological needs. When a child is loved and cared for, they internalize these experiences and this marks the start of the child"s personality caretaker. The process through the communication in personal integration. The false self protects the true self from exploitation. They wait for the right conditions to emerge to live as the true self. As the infant develops a sense of self.
