The Chickering’s theory explains the psychosocial development reflecting upon self growth and development (Blimling, p.137-138). It consists of seven vectors that share different areas of development you find yourself in at various points in your life, and at multiple times (Class #1 Powerpoint). The seven vectors are: developing competence, managing emotion, autonomy to interdependence, developing mature interpersonal relationships, establishing identity, developing integrity, and developing purpose. These vectors are all major “highways” in order to individualize yourself all throughout your life. Thus, no one can “master” a specific vector as they are a guidance towards personal growth and self development (Class #1 Powerpoint). Since new …show more content…
It explains the increasing awareness of feelings and learning how to understand and trust these feelings (Blimling, p.140). There are two processes involved. The first process is moving from controlling one’s own behavior because external influence to a process of controlling behavior through internal processes. The second process is the differentiation and integration, which is the awareness of one’s emotions, acting on emotions, receiving feedback on actions, and exercising internal control of actions and integrating emotions. (Blimling, p.140) Throughout my high school years, I’ve always acted my emotions based on the external social standards. Back then, I believed that acting on emotions was the most “real” thing to do but failed to express those emotions. As a result, I would never receive accurate feedback from my emotions because they were not expressed internally but rather externally. During my past year in college, I’ve experienced through the process of reasoning, feedback, and having to confront the consequences of my action various times. Through these experiences, I received constructive feedback which not only helped me set expectations for how I will control my own emotions but also how to give constructive feedback to others. I learned to better control the internal emotions when encountered with an aggressive situation by correctly utilizing the feedbacks I received. By integrating the …show more content…
This vector is a process that begins in your childhood. The first four vectors: competence, managing emotions, moving through autonomy toward interdependence, and developing mature interpersonal relationships create the framework for one’s self identification. (Blimling, p.142) Throughout the time period of my life that I participated in pageants, I focused on how “perfect” my physical appearance was compared to many others around me. I did not recognize my body’s needs or limits when it came to diet and exercise. The meal plan would only be centered around how many calories it was versus what my body actually needed to properly function. My exercise routines consisted of workouts that counted how many calories I would be able to burn instead of what my body could actually handle. This version of my interpretation of body image soon faded after one semester of my college career. Because of being able to control my internal emotions and being more independent both emotionally and instrumentally, I was able to discover and recognize what my needs and limitations are. Through the process of establishing identity, it also helped me discover the definition of my personality. I had personality traits that allowed me to be a leader enabling others to act (Class #12 Handout). At this point, I am able to differentiate myself
A Comparison of Psychodynamic and Social Learning in Regards to the Development of Personality "No Works Cited"
To begin, one of the major reasons that make people who they are is self-image.
An example when an adult was scaffolding an infant during the time I was observing Lab 1 would be when George of 1 year and 3 months was wobbly walking and exploring his surroundings and worryingly one of the instructors said “no, no” and instead he walked towards another designated play era and uncertain he looked back and made eye contact with the same instructor. She reassured him that he could go play into the area by gesturing and saying “that’s okay ” so he proceeded to play in that area.
Psychodynamic theory advantage is that it explains how the mind is developed through adolescence which gives a better perspective on what influences our behaviors and personalities. Also on how our unconscious processes can establish our personalities in our adulthood. Although Sigmund Freud's theory of Psychodynamic lacks scientific evidence. On the contrary the humanistic theory positive impact that it uses self awareness on how one perceives themselves. If one accepts all their qualities. They’ll be able to thrive if they chose a career that encourage their qualities. Another way one can find the source where their personality came from is through the study of the whole person’s life. This way it can help the psychologist with previous experiences.
In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck experiences many situations which require him to use his moral judgment. During the entire adventure, Huck is essentially in charge of the fate of Jim. Huck’s taught beliefs lead him down the wrong path in the beginning, but eventually –until Tom arrives- his newly developed morals guide him. Society believes that slaves should be treated as property, but Huck’s new beliefs tell him that Jim is a person; not property. Though Huck does not realize that his actions are more moral than those of his environment, he chooses to follow his instincts rather than to follow the rules. As shown in The Adventures of Huck Finn, as well as events of my own daily life, I believe that while external environment has a small impact on our beliefs and identities, every individual fully develops their own morals without regard to what their environment taught them.
Erik Erikson was an ego psychologists. He established one of the most widespread and dominant theories of human development. His theory was influenced by Sigmund Freud theory. Erikson 's theory centered on psychosocial development and Freud’s theory centered on psychosexual development. Erik Erikson 's theory of human psychosocial development is the best-known theory of personality. Like Sigmund Freud, Erikson thought that human personality matures in stages. Erikson 's theory outlines the effect of social experience across a person’s whole life.
Development throughout the lifespan goes through many stages. According to Erikson, who is a renowned developmental theorist, development throughout the lifespan is psychosocial. Erikson’s theory is still prominent in today’s models of personalities and developmental psychology. Erikson believed that you had to move through each stage to be successful in subsequent stages. The stages of psychosocial development start at birth.
People tend to analyze the personality of someone while meeting new people. This way, they are often unconsciously evaluating how that person reacts of behaves. Out of all the personality theories I chose Freud’s theory, because it was the theory that I could identify myself the most. Sigmund Freud developed the psychoanalytical theory of personality development. He described that personality is the outcome of the interaction between three mental structure levels: ego, superego and id.
At the beginning of this paper I mentioned that there are eight stages in the psychosocial development theory starting with trust vs. mistrust. This stage begins at birth to one year of age. This is when I should have formed a trust with my primary caregiver or caregivers. My dad was absent most of this stage, so my mother was my primary caregiver. Since she never taught me good behavior, right from wrong, and was uncaring when I was born, I did not feel safe or secure around her. I was told through family members that she was unable to hold me without me screaming all the time, and that the doctor said I suffered from anxiety at infancy because I could feel the tension of my mother’s stress, anger, and anxiety towards me. The beginning of me learning to mistrust, and feeling
Eric Erikson was one of the most famous theorists of the twentieth century; he created many theories. One of the most talked about theories is his theory of psychosocial development. This is a theory that describes stages in which an individual should pass as they are going through life. His theory includes nine stages all together. The original theory only included eight stages but Erikson‘s wife found a ninth stage and published it after his death. The nine stages include: trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. identity confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, integrity vs. despair, and hope and faith vs. despair (Crandell and Crandell, p.35-36)).
From society to family to media, external influences never seem to disappear from everyday life. These outward forces tend to leave a lasting impression on us for as long as we live. Because they are so prevalent in our daily lives, exterior factors will have a significant influence on us, specifically our sense of self and happiness. When defining our sense of self, it eventually comes down to how we interpret our individual self-image. In most cases, we do not truly know who we are from our own mindset. Therefore, we take into account the reactions that those around us have an influence on our actions and decisions. From these external effects, we create the persona of who we are. In his article, Immune to Reality, Daniel Gilbert explains
I believe Erickson’s phenomenological theory concerning the eight stages of psychosocial development was inherently designed to be very simplistic, yet impetus. Not only does Erickson’s work expand from Freud’s psychosexual stages of development but it has improved and broadened the concept and understanding (my opinion) of childhood development from a conscious perspective, thereby betiding core conflicts as a framework to support therapists for making appropriate interventions. Erickson’s stages seem to have built upon a systematic biological foundation of development. It makes sense. In life we all go through stages of life from conception to birth to adulthood and thus eldership. His theory demonstrates basic chronological characteristics.
I have always viewed my life in simple stages. For example, I knew I wanted to graduate high school, go to college, have a career, be in a relationship, and eventually start a family. However, I never thought of my life in the stages that Erik Erikson describes in his psychosocial theory of development. In his theory, Erikson describes eight stages of development starting in the first year of life and ending in late adulthood. These different stages attempt to explain the psychosocial obstacles we encounter at each developmental milestone, who we are most influenced by, and what internal questions we might need to answer. How people chose to confront these different obstacles can effect how healthy or unhealthy development might be.
A person’s identity is shaped by many different aspects. Family, culture, friends, personal interests and surrounding environments are all factors that tend to help shape a person’s identity. Some factors may have more of an influence than others and some may not have any influence at all. As a person grows up in a family, they are influenced by many aspects of their life. Family and culture may influence a person’s sense of responsibilities, ethics and morals, tastes in music, humor and sports, and many other aspects of life. Friends and surrounding environments may influence a person’s taste in clothing, music, speech, and social activities. Personal interests are what truly set individuals apart. An individual is not a puppet on the string of their puppet-master, nor a chess piece on their master’s game board, individuals choose their own paths in life. They accomplish, or strive to accomplish, goals that they have set for themselves throughout their lifetime. Individuals are different from any other individual in the world because they live their own life rather than following a crowd of puppets. A person’s identity is defined by what shaped it in the first place, why they chose to be who they are, and what makes them different from everybody else in the world. I feel that I have developed most of my identity from my own dreams, fantasies, friends, and idols.
In the article Erikson’s psychosocial theory of development it talks about how Erikson focuses and breaks down each developing stage off personality in a persons life. His ideas and thoughts about this were highly influenced by the great Sigmund Freud, however Freud was an id psychologist where as Erikson was an ego psychologist. This meant Erikson glorified the role of culture and society and problems that can take place within the ego, unlike Freud who focused on the conflict between the id and the superego of a person. Erikson came up with a lifespan model of development of taking five stages up to the age of 18 and the three more stages into adulthood. These stages are somewhat guidelines on how to successfully establish