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challenge which a person must negotiate and deal with in order to grow
and develop.
Erikson's 'psychosocial' term is derived from the two source words namely psychological (or the root, 'psycho' relating to the mind, brain,
personality, etc) and social (external relationships and environment),
both at the heart of Erikson's theory. Occasionally you'll see the term
extended to biopsychosocial, in which bio refers to life, as in biological.
Each stage involves a crisis of two opposing emotional forces. A helpful
term used by Erikson for these opposing forces is 'contrary
dispositions'. Each crisis stage relates to a corresponding life stage and
its inherent challenges. Erikson used the words 'syntonic' for the firstlisted 'positive' disposition in each crisis (e.g., Trust) and 'dystonic' for
the second-listed '