PSYB30H3 Chapter 9: Chapter 9 Notes
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First person to translate the bible into german. The fit in the choir symbolizes the low point of luther"s identity struggle. He was obsessed with the church and bible; constantly praying. For luther, religious insights consolidated his new identity. Erikson"s concept of identity is a characteristic of developmental adaptation. By adopting his own last name, he symbolized the maturation of his own identity. Erikson"s first five stages roughly parallel freud"s psychosexual stages. For erikson, each stage is defined by a polarity in which a positive feature of the stage is pitted against a negative feature; polarity sets up a psychosocial conflict. At the end of the stages, changes within the individual and within the individual"s social world combine to create a central conflict that defines the stage. The conflict must be addressed, but not necessarily resolved, within that stage before the individual can move on to the next stage. Stages vs freud"s stages are listed on page 351.
