PSYC14H3 Lecture 2: LEC 02
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5 ego identity vs. role confusion adolescence fidelity. Basic needs: if the parent meets basic needs then they can trust them. Autonomy vs. shame/doubt: exercise will and want to do things for themselves. Initiative vs. guilt: success completing an initiative for a purpose, failure self-initiative efforts may be embarrassment. European/american children tended to pretend play more often than collectivist cultures (more social play) Ego identity vs. role confusion: work at defining a sense of self to find out who one is. Being certain about who you are is biased to the upper western class of society. The solidification of your identity is something other cultures don"t really worry about: collectivist cultures don"t really have just 1 identity. An infant progresses from reflexive, instinctual action at birth to the beginning of symbolic thought. The infant constructs an understanding of the world by coordinating sensory experiences with physical action.
