Erikson

Question 1

a book that at first
glance appears to be a confused
mixture of unrelated chapters.

Answer 1

Child and society

Question 2

a way of seeing our
physical self as different from
other people

Answer 2

Body ego

Question 3

represents the image we have of ourselves in comparison with an established ideal; it is responsible for our being satisfied or dissatisfied
not only with our physical self but with our entire personal identity

Answer 3

Ego ideal

Question 4

– is the image we
have of ourselves in the variety
of social roles we play

Answer 4

Ego identity

Question 5

an illusion perpetrated and
perpetuated by a particular society that it is
somehow chosen to be the human species

Answer 5

Pseudospecies

Question 6

the ego quality that
emerges from the conflict between
antithetical elements in Erikson’s
stages of development

Answer 6

Basic strength

Question 6

a term
borrowed from embryology;
implies a step-by-step growth
of fetal organs

Answer 6

Epigenetic principle

Question 7

a psychosocial
disorder at any of the eight stages of
development that results from too
little basic strength

Answer 7

Core pathology

Question 8

Too much syntonic

Answer 8

Maladaptive tendency

Question 9

Too much dystonic

Answer 9

Malignant tendency

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Identity crisis

Question 11

qualities or strengths that
emerge from successful resolution
of the crisis

Answer 11

Virtues

Question 12

• jumping into anything without considering the
  pros and cons

Answer 12

Impulsiveness

Question 12

The Basic Strength of
Infancy

Answer 12

Hope

Question 13

asks help in everything they do to ensure the
action being done properly

Answer 13

Compulsion

Question 14

The Basic Strength
of the Play Age

Answer 14

Purpose

Question 15

The Basic Strength of the School Age

Answer 15

Competence

Question 15

will not try new
things

Answer 15

Inhibition

Question 16

becoming too intimate too easily and too frequently
without any deep intimacy/ commitment

Answer 16

Promiscuity

Question 17

• only developing one area, neglecting others

Answer 17

Narrow virtuosity

Question 18

• fearing failure, won’t change or explore new possibilities

Answer 18

Inertia

Question 19

tendency to isolate from relationships and developing
certain hatefulness to compensate for one’s loneliness

Answer 19

Exclusion

Question 20

the unwillingness to take care of certain persons or
groups; no longer contributing to society

Answer 20

Rejectivity

Question 21

too generative to the point that they have no time to
relax or to unwind

Answer 21

Overextension

Question 22

acceptance of their death (happy go lucky); contented with what they have

Answer 22

Integrity

Question 23

The Basic Strength of Adulthood

Answer 23

Care

Question 24

wants to achieve more but now can’t be due to their limitations (e.g age)

Answer 24

Despair

Question 25

think that they are worthless; hate their lives and all others’ lives

Answer 25

Disdain

Question 26

– is a controversial field that combines psychoanalytic concepts with historical methods

Answer 26

Psychohistory