On the Waterfront
Psychology and Identity and Belonging
Hint
The best known psychologist in the field of Identity is Erik Erikson. He is really cool to write about in definitions/or expository writing on the context.
Eriks’ theories can be used to discuss Frankie’s stages of struggle and change in the ‘Member of the Wedding.” Which ones help explain her actions, moods and choices? Why don’t you post a comment?
Erikson speaks of identity being formed in a series of stages where at each one the individual resolves a crisis between a positive and a negative alternative. Resolution, is not necessarily rejecting one path but somehow finding a balance. The 7 stages are:
1. TRUST VS MISTRUST: the infant learns that the world is basically good or bad. The infant learns they can trust or not.
2. AUTONOMY VS SHAME: children begin to see they are separate from adults.
3. INITIATIVE VS GUILT: a bit like the last. Children learn they have separate Desires from parents and begin to plan to reach them.
4. IDENTITY VS ROLE CONFUSION: this occurs during adolescence, here careers, interest, friends etc are explored. Here adolescents experiment different behaviours and values from what they have learned at home.
5. INTIMACY VS ISOLATION: is the crisis of young adulthood. According to Erikson intimacy comes after identity because you cannot be sure a person is right for you unless you are sure who you are.
6. Generativity VS Stagnation: occurs during middle age. Having achieved an identity the individual seeks to pass on what he or she has learned through productive work to the next generation.
7. INTEGRITY VS DESPAIR: A person looks back on his life and is either satisfied with what has been achieved, or is in despair having to face death as a failure.
Source: Inside Contexts VATE
Hint
The best known psychologist in the field of Identity is Erik Erikson. He is really cool to write about in definitions/or expository writing on the context.
Eriks’ theories can be used to discuss Frankie’s stages of struggle and change in the ‘Member of the Wedding.” Which ones help explain her actions, moods and choices? Why don’t you post a comment?
Erikson speaks of identity being formed in a series of stages where at each one the individual resolves a crisis between a positive and a negative alternative. Resolution, is not necessarily rejecting one path but somehow finding a balance. The 7 stages are:
1. TRUST VS MISTRUST: the infant learns that the world is basically good or bad. The infant learns they can trust or not.
2. AUTONOMY VS SHAME: children begin to see they are separate from adults.
3. INITIATIVE VS GUILT: a bit like the last. Children learn they have separate Desires from parents and begin to plan to reach them.
4. IDENTITY VS ROLE CONFUSION: this occurs during adolescence, here careers, interest, friends etc are explored. Here adolescents experiment different behaviours and values from what they have learned at home.
5. INTIMACY VS ISOLATION: is the crisis of young adulthood. According to Erikson intimacy comes after identity because you cannot be sure a person is right for you unless you are sure who you are.
6. Generativity VS Stagnation: occurs during middle age. Having achieved an identity the individual seeks to pass on what he or she has learned through productive work to the next generation.
7. INTEGRITY VS DESPAIR: A person looks back on his life and is either satisfied with what has been achieved, or is in despair having to face death as a failure.
Source: Inside Contexts VATE