POST FREUDIAN THEORY

Erik Erikson

• coined the term identity crisis.

psychosocial struggle

• contributes to the formation of personality.

theory of erik erikson

extension of psychoanalysis

• SOCIAL and HISTORICAL influences.

for erik erikson personality is emphazied more on

BODY EGO

EGO IDEAL

EGO IDENTITY-

 3 interrelated aspects of the ego:

• society. 

• The ego emerges from and is largely shaped by the

• CULTURAL

• the ego exists as a potential at birth, but it must emerge from within a _______ environment.

• Epigenetic development

begins with a single fertilized cell that initiates a process of division and differentiation.

PATTERN and SEQUENCE.

The sequence of development follows a clear

• SEQUENCE.

• Erikson stresses that each stage is systematically related to all the others and must develop in a given

BASIC STRENGTH.

The conflict produces an ego quality or ego strength-

in CORE PATHOLOGY

Too little basic strength at any one stage results

• Ego identity

• is shaped by a multiplicity of conflicts and events - past, present, and anticipated.

 IDENTITY CRISIS

" a turning point, a crucial period of increased vulnerability and heightened potential."

0-1 ORAL-SENSORY MODE

Infancy

• BASIC TRUST VS MISTRUST

age of 0-1

Hope and Withdrawal

what stage, basic strength, and core pathology of 0-1

Autonomy vs shame and doubt (Will, Compulsion)

what stage, basic strength, and core pathology of 1-3

initiative vs guilt (purpose and inhibition)

what stage, basic strength, and core pathology of 3-6

industry vs inferiority (competency and inertia)

what stage, basic strength, and core pathology of 6-12

identity vs role confusion (fidelity and role repudiation)

what stage, basic strength, and core pathology of 12-18

intimacy vs isolation (love and exclusivity)

what stage, basic strength, and core pathology of 18-45

generativity vs stagnation(care and rejectivity)

what stage, basic strength, and core pathology of 45-65

ego integrity vs despair (wisdom and disdain)

what stage, basic strength, and core pathology of 65+- death

1-3ANAL-URETHRAL-MUSCULAR MODE

early childhood

3-5

play age

5-12 LATENCY MODE

school age

12-18 PUBERTY MODE

adolescence

18-45 GENITALITY MODE

young adulthood

45-65 PROCREATIVITY MODE

adulthood

65-death GENERALIZED SENSUALITY MODE

old age

Erikson’s Method of Investigation

• Anthropological Study

• Psychohistory

• Middle stance in determinism vs free choice

• Somewhat optimistic

• High on causality

• Mixed position on conscious vs unconscious

• More social than biological

• Emphasis on individual differences

Concept of Humanity

trust vs mistrust

Autonomy vs shame and doubt

initiative vs guilt

industry vs inferiority

ego identity vs role confusion

intimacy vs isolation

generativity vs stagnation

ego integrity vs despair

PSYCHOLOGICAL CRISIS

hope

will

purpose

competency

fidelity

love

care

wisdom

BASIC STREGNTH VIRTUE

withdrawal

compulsion

inhibition

intertia

role repudiation

exclusivity

rejectivity

disdain

CORE PATHOLOGY