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'Basic virtues' (basic strengths) - the potential positive outcomes
arising from each of the crisis stages.
'Maladapations' and 'Malignancies' - potential negative outcomes
(one or the other) arising from each crisis stage.
Erikson terminology - variations and refinements to names and
headings, etc.
N.B. This summary occasionally uses the terms 'positive' and 'negative'
to identify the first or second factors in each crisis (e.g., Trust =
positive; Mistrust = negative) however no crisis factor (disposition or
emotional force - whatever you choose to call them - descriptions are
quite tricky as even Erikson found) is actually wholly positive or wholly
negative. Healthy personality development is based on a sensible
balance between 'positive' and 'negative' dispositions at each crisis
stage. Erikson didn't use the words positive and negative in this sense.
He tended to use 'syntonic' and 'dystonic' to differentiate between the
two sides of each crisis, which is why I occasionally use the more
recognisable 'positive' and 'negative' terms, despite them being
potentially misleading. You should also qualify your use of these terms
if using them in relation to the crisis stages.
Erikson's psychosocial theory - summary diagram
Here's a broad introduction to the main features of Erikson's model.
Various people have produced different interpretations like this grid
below. Erikson produced a few charts of his own too, from different
perspectives, but he seems never to have produced a fully definitive
matrix. To aid explanation and use of his theory he produced several
perspectives in grid format, some of which he advocated be used as
worksheets. He viewed his concept as an evolving work in progress.
This summary attempts to show the main points of the Erikson
psychosocial crisis theory of human development. More detail follows
this overview.
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