EDF1303 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Attention Span, Toilet Training, Erik Erikson
9 Aug 2018
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His work helps understand the role of others and of experiences in relation to our identity and personality (the enduring behavioural characteristics of an individual that together contribute to their uniqueness. These include patterns of beliefs, feeling, and action) His psychosocial (describing the relationship of the individual"s emotional needs to the social environment) theory emphasises the emergence of the self, the search for identity, relationships with others, the role of cultural throughout life. Development stages are interdependent: accomplishments at later stages depend on how conflicts are resolved in the earlier years. At each stage, the individual faces a developmental crisis (a specific conflict whose resolution prepares the way for the next stage) The way each crisis is resolved can have a lasting effect on that person"s self-image and view of society. Feeding (sense of concern for future generations) vs. stagnation: ego integrity (sense of self- acceptance and fulfilment) vs. despair.
