PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Erik Erikson, Anna Freud, Psychoanalysis
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Erik homburger & erik erikson: theory of psychosocial development. The outsider: neither a jew or non jew. The wandering artist: travelled europe until 25 when he lands in vienna as a teacher next to freud"s clinic, where he looks after the children of the patients. The psychoanalyst: becomes psychoanalyzed by anna freud. The american: became a citizen and names himself after himself self created . The epigenetic principle: personality unfolds over time and across a predetermined sequence of stages. Each stage presents us with an issue task or crisis and it"s our challenge to face the crisis but not solve it. Don"t get to slow down the process (if you get stuck you move on) Favorable balance: each challenge is about 2 contrasting outcomes, both negative and the challenge for the individual is to strike a balance. Development can"t be stalled and we must work when something is presented. Virtue: refer to a psychosocial strength and is developed when resolved.
