PSYCO333 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: No Age, Social Relation, Shyness

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO333
• Professor: Jamin Blatter

Document Summary

Each focuss on some aspect of transaction with social reality. Each has conflict or crisis: each fonclit pits 2 possibiles against each other, as a pair of opposed psychological qualityes. Positiv eorientation = ego quality, ego strength, virtue: once established, remains part of your personality. Securely attached tried to increase effort. People construct their identities as narratives or life story. Highly generative adults to early advantages: aware of the suffering of others, established personal belief system that involved prosocial values, committed themselves to benefitting society, = commitment stories. Commitment stories: may contain redemption themes ; which a bad situation somehow is transformed into something good. Adults low in generativity = have stories involving contamination themes, in which a good situation somehow turns bad. Uses coding system to assess maturity of people"s perceptions of social relation. Asks you how to describe your mom, father. Low level of maturity = focus on how your parents acted to satisfy your needs.