Success in this stage will lead to the virtue of wisdom. Wisdom enables a person to look back on their life with a sense of closure and completeness, and also accept death without fear.
if we find ourselves to be authentic, we use that information to help others to also be able to develop their own authenticity
Critical Evaluation
maybe the stages are more helpful than I realized....
Ego Integrity vs. Despair
here, we evaluate our authenticity
7. Generativity vs. Stagnation
people may not care so much if they are authentic, but rather if their idea of their own sense of self was useful in their life
‘tool to think with rather than a factual analysis’
tools for discovering people's authenticity
Intimacy vs. Isolation
linked to self esteem. higher levels of self esteem = more ability to love is this useful to my essay? maybe not
Fidelity involves being able to commit one's self to others on the basis of accepting others, even when there may be ideological differences
could potentially be useful, but not necessarily
The individual wants to belong to a society and fit in
society matters now more than ever
Success in this stage will lead to the virtue of competence
children need to feel as though they are able to do something for the sake of self esteem, which has a large role in discovering one's authenticity. low self esteem = less authenticity. high self esteem = more authenticity
If children are encouraged and reinforced for their initiative, they begin to feel industrious and feel confident in their ability to achieve goals
this is an example of the stronghold society has on children; if society deems a behavior as good, the child will be inclined to continue the behavior and gain approval. at this point, kids do not have the ability to make their own moral judgements. superego becomes more prevalent in someone's life
It is at this stage that the child’s peer group will gain greater significance and will become a major source of the child’s self esteem. The child now feels the need to win approval by demonstrating specific competencies that are valued by society, and begin to develop a sense of pride in their accomplishments
here is where society makes its first appearance. kids begin to shape their own wants and desires based on what society has laid out for them
to do things on their own
children begin to explore and learn to be even more independent
parents will tend to punish the child and restrict his initiatives too much
also important because the child learns what is acceptable and what is not...learn the difference between right and wrong
assert themselves more frequently
next step on the march to authenticity; more frequent declarations of doing your own thing
uccess in this stage will lead to the virtue of will. If children in this stage are encouraged and supported in their increased independence, they become more confident and secure in their own ability to survive in the world.
important because it also serves as an example of how a child's authenticity begins to develop. they develop their own will to do things that may appeal to them
children begin to assert their independence, by walking away from their mother, picking which toy to play with, and making choices about what they like to wear, to eat, etc
example
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Authenticity begins to show up here. Children start to make some decisions of their own
Trust vs. Mistrust
developing trust has a lot of key roles in development. before even considering personality, one has to be able to trust someone to help them in their time of need
e was interested in how children socialize and how this affects their sense of self
Freud focused his studies on pleasure; Erikson focused his energy on developing one's sense of self
adaptive and creative characteristic of the ego
ego is the mediator between the insensitive id and the overly sensitive superego
Failure to successfully complete a stage can result in a reduced ability to complete further stages and therefore a more unhealthy personality and sense of self
the last part of this sentence is key, but you would need the first part to understand why. the stages help in developing one's sense of self (authenticity)
ego can use to resolve subsequent crises
ego: the middleman
psychological needs of the individual (i.e. psycho) conflicting with the needs of society (i.e. social)
the battle between the id and the superego
Erik Erikson
I'm so sorry!! I completely forgot about this assignment. I read the sources, but I forgot to show you that I read them :(
According to Erikson, the ego develops as it successfully resolves crises that are distinctly social in nature. These involve establishing a sense of trust in others, developing a sense of identity in society, and helping the next generation prepare for the future
DEVELOPMENT!!!! HOW PEOPLE CHANGE!!!! Literally a paragraph that succinctly embodies my essay topic
Psychosocial Stages
these stages are definitely important, but I do not think that they work with the direction and focus of my essay
He emphasized the role of culture and society and the conflicts that can take place within the ego itself
different circumstances yield different people, different personalities, different forms of authenticity
Freud was an id psychologist, Erikson was an ego psychologist.
id, ego, superego. Three major components in developmental psychology
structure and topography of personality.
This has a lot to do with discovering authenticity; understanding and discovering people's personalities leads us to understand the differences in authenticity and also the differences in the process of authenticity.
greatly influenced by Freud
I also use Freud in my essay........The two are linked; they work hand in hand
disconnect between followers and followed
shows that sometimes, the audience cares wayyy less than we think. could serve as a summary for one of his points
actual readers differ from its producer’s imagined audience
This is his main argument, the idea he wishes to prove ( or further investigate)
‘imagined audiences
I believe that the imagined audiences serve as the motive for this article. He wants to investigate the idea of how we form this image of a particular group of people who are watching our every move (or our every online post). It seems to me that the thought of this phenomenon is what brought about this study
ruptures the ability to vary self-presentation based on audience
this also brings up a point that in social media outlets with a wide array of audiences, there is almost less room to be yourself because you are trying to please hundreds/ thousands/ millions of people and you know that if you say anything "wrong" or something someone doesn't agree with, you will be scrutinized
users knew that misspellings, cultural references, and even time stamps were likely to be scrutinized by potential suitors
therefore, they try to create this sense of a "perfect person" to show the world. this often leads to anxiety to maintain that image and depression when their "perfection" comes crashing down (inevitably). this is not only true for dating sites, but for anything in which anyone can view something about you
people tend to present themselves in fixed, singular, and self-conscious ways
why is this so?
self-presentation theory
kind of self explanatory, but an interesting idea. "how people attempt to present themselves to control or shape how others (called the audience) view them"
comprise online identity presentation
the person someone is online is often not the same person they are in the "real world." this brings in developmental psychology; how and why does one go about shaping their persona to an online audience?
The need for variable self-presentation is complicated by increasingly mainstream social media tech-nologies that collapse multiple contexts and bring together commonly distinct audiences
interesting angle... I should further evaluate this phenomenon to see if it can be woven into my paper
We present ourselves differently based on who we are talking to and where the conversa-tion takes place
Key factor in the argument of psychological development; knowing what side of yourself to present in different situations.
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So is there now a duality to whom the fictional audience serves; it works for the tweeter as a vehicle for authenticity and as a method of constructing a marketable image?
quantifiable metric for social status
Alongside wealth and consumer-metrics of status, a new method of ranking people.
seen as a marker of authenticity, but is strategically managed and limited.
"Seen as" but carefully "managed" to keep it professional.
This ain’t FB
What would the ranking of social media sites be from "Most Private" to "Least Private?" And how would one determine that rank?
face-to-face
Meaning that all of these tools are lost when online, but the behaviour they construct is still present.
feigned unawareness
To maintain authenticity? Is authenticity then often conflated with humility?
Email is also usually pri-vate, while Twitter is primarily public.
And thus even people who talk to themselves keep the more private subjects in their heads.
onsciously speaking to an audience is perceived as inauthentic
Breaking the fourth wall, as it were?
talking to myself
Hmm. They consider talking out into the internet akin to talking to oneself. Does this imply that most tweets are one-sided, with little opportunity for a discussion as it happens between two people face to face?
Background.
ruptures the ability to vary self-presentation based on audience
I wonder if some new form of conscious language arises from this rupture. Do people have to manually create their dialects, and how does one form an in-group language if anyone reading it is simultaneously in and out of the group?
collectively produced by partici-pants
Social constructs and social contracts here again.
sense of audience
"All the world's a stage..." Creating or perceiving an audience is the only social cue that people get on social media; the argot used, the extent of self-censorship, even the willingness to accept or reject ideas relies on a person being aware of who is listening.