PSYC 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Motivation, Intimate Partner Violence
13 Jan 2017
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It talks about what we call an acquisition phase, where we acquire information. The second stage, the achieving stage, is the processing of the information intake, to use. Third stage is the responsibility stage, it is at the middle-aged stage, taking responsibility; children, job etc. The re-integrative stage is when the focus comes back to the self: labouvie vief"s theory. According to erikson, early adulthood is the stage of intimacy vs isolation. It"s a period in which we either develop close intimate relationships, or are somehow alone, isolated. You get pleasure, not only focusing on your own gratification, but by the gratification of someone with which you are very intimate. You also become more devotional (devoted to someone else) because you are sharing your identity with that special person. According to erikson, those who fail to go through the period of sharing identity, or sharing with someone else, will experience isolation.
