HDF 201 1st Edition Lecture 2Outline of Last LectureI. Nature vs. NurtureII. PlasticityIII. HolismIV. Modernization TheoryV. ExistentialismOutline of Current Lecture I. Psychosocial TheoryII. Erik EriksonIII. Six Concepts of Psychosocial DevelopmentIV. Hans SelyeV. Albert EllisCurrent LectureI. Psychosocial TheoryPsychosocial Theory emphasizes that there is growth and development through many life stages and. At each stage there are certain tasks that are accomplished as well as crises that occur. Beliefs about ourselves continuously change and just because we go through a bad stage doesn’t mean we’re stuck forever in that stage.- Ego Identity is the view we have ourselves and the view that others have of us- Competence is the ability to complete tasks at each life stage and becoming goodat them- Psychosocial Evolution is processing information from one stage to the next- PMA (Positive Mental Attitude): looking at things differently in order to avoid stress, looking at the positives and focusing on the positives to eliminate the negativesII. Erik EriksonThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Erik Erikson proposed that development is a lifelong process. He studied psychoanalysis and earned a certificate from the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society and later got a teaching job at Harvard and changed his name from Erik Homberger to Erik Erikson. He had a private practice in child psychoanalysis. He helped to broaden and expand the psychoanalytic theory.III. Six Concepts of Psychosocial Development1. Stages of Development – Epigenetic Principle: we are who we are based on more than just our genes2. Developmental tasks (age graded expectations)3. Psychosocial Crises – discrepancy between your competence and what society expects of you4. Resolutions to each crisis 5. Radius of Significant Relationships – there are people in our lives that have an impacton us (Context of Development: How do these significant relationships affect you?)6. Coping Behavior – How do we deal with stress? - Problem – focused behavior- Emotion – based behaviorIV. Hans SelyeHe proposed that it isn’t the event that causes stress; it’s the stress that we put into it. We cannot avoid stress in our lives.V. Albert EllisBelieved it’s not our feelings that cause our thinking, it’s our thinking that causes our feelings – irrational thinking causes