PSY 370 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE
Infancy - Answers - 0-1 year, period of taking in information through the senses
Basic Strength of Hope - Answers - Successfully resolving the crisis of trust vs mistrust
Core Pathology of Withdrawal - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of trust vs
mistrust
Early Childhood - Answers - 2-3 years, time of contradictions with conflicting impulses
Crisis of Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt - Answers - Crisis faced during early childhood
Basic Strength of Will - Answers - Arises with resolution of the crisis of autonomy vs
shame and doubt
Core Pathology of Compulsion - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of autonomy
vs shame and doubt
School Age - Answers - Ages 6-12 or 13, basic striving for competence
Crisis of Industry vs Inferiority - Answers - Crisis faced during school age
Basic Strength of Competence - Answers - Develops with successful resolution of the
crisis of industry vs inferiority
Core Pathology of Inertia - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of industry vs
inferiority
Adolescence - Answers - Puberty to young adulthood, time of experimenting with
different roles
Crisis of Identity vs Identity Confusion - Answers - Crisis faced during adolescence
Basic Strength of Fidelity - Answers - Develops with successful resolution of the crisis of
identity vs identity confusion
Core Pathology of Role Repudiation - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of
identity vs identity confusion
Young Adulthood - Answers - Age 19-30 years, developing the ability to connect with
others while maintaining identity
Crisis of Intimacy vs Isolation - Answers - Crisis faced during young adulthood
, Basic Strength of Love - Answers - Develops with successful resolution of the crisis of
intimacy vs isolation
Core Pathology of Exclusivity - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of intimacy vs
isolation
Adulthood - Answers - Age 31-60, drive to perpetuate the species and care for children
Crisis of Generativity vs Stagnation - Answers - Crisis faced during adulthood
Basic Strength of Care - Answers - Develops with successful resolution of the crisis of
generativity vs stagnation
Core Pathology of Rejectivity - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of generativity
vs stagnation
Old Age - Answers - Age 60 to the end of life
Crisis of Integrity vs Despair - Answers - Crisis faced during old age
Basic Strength of Wisdom - Answers - Develops with successful resolution of the crisis
of integrity vs despair
Core Pathology of Disdain - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of integrity vs
despair
Three Key Aspects of the Ego - Answers - Body Ego, Ego Ideal, Ego Identity
Authoritarianism - Answers - Tendency to give up sense of self and fuse with someone
or something else
Destructiveness - Answers - Seek to destroy other people or things to regain feelings of
power
Conformity - Answers - Give up individuality and become what others want them to be
Positive Freedom - Answers - Balance between freedom/independence and
connectedness with others
Relatedness - Answers - Drive for connection with another person or people
Transcendence - Answers - Urge to rise above a passive existence to find purpose and
freedom
Rootedness - Answers - Need to feel at home in the world
Infancy - Answers - 0-1 year, period of taking in information through the senses
Basic Strength of Hope - Answers - Successfully resolving the crisis of trust vs mistrust
Core Pathology of Withdrawal - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of trust vs
mistrust
Early Childhood - Answers - 2-3 years, time of contradictions with conflicting impulses
Crisis of Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt - Answers - Crisis faced during early childhood
Basic Strength of Will - Answers - Arises with resolution of the crisis of autonomy vs
shame and doubt
Core Pathology of Compulsion - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of autonomy
vs shame and doubt
School Age - Answers - Ages 6-12 or 13, basic striving for competence
Crisis of Industry vs Inferiority - Answers - Crisis faced during school age
Basic Strength of Competence - Answers - Develops with successful resolution of the
crisis of industry vs inferiority
Core Pathology of Inertia - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of industry vs
inferiority
Adolescence - Answers - Puberty to young adulthood, time of experimenting with
different roles
Crisis of Identity vs Identity Confusion - Answers - Crisis faced during adolescence
Basic Strength of Fidelity - Answers - Develops with successful resolution of the crisis of
identity vs identity confusion
Core Pathology of Role Repudiation - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of
identity vs identity confusion
Young Adulthood - Answers - Age 19-30 years, developing the ability to connect with
others while maintaining identity
Crisis of Intimacy vs Isolation - Answers - Crisis faced during young adulthood
, Basic Strength of Love - Answers - Develops with successful resolution of the crisis of
intimacy vs isolation
Core Pathology of Exclusivity - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of intimacy vs
isolation
Adulthood - Answers - Age 31-60, drive to perpetuate the species and care for children
Crisis of Generativity vs Stagnation - Answers - Crisis faced during adulthood
Basic Strength of Care - Answers - Develops with successful resolution of the crisis of
generativity vs stagnation
Core Pathology of Rejectivity - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of generativity
vs stagnation
Old Age - Answers - Age 60 to the end of life
Crisis of Integrity vs Despair - Answers - Crisis faced during old age
Basic Strength of Wisdom - Answers - Develops with successful resolution of the crisis
of integrity vs despair
Core Pathology of Disdain - Answers - Develops with unresolved crisis of integrity vs
despair
Three Key Aspects of the Ego - Answers - Body Ego, Ego Ideal, Ego Identity
Authoritarianism - Answers - Tendency to give up sense of self and fuse with someone
or something else
Destructiveness - Answers - Seek to destroy other people or things to regain feelings of
power
Conformity - Answers - Give up individuality and become what others want them to be
Positive Freedom - Answers - Balance between freedom/independence and
connectedness with others
Relatedness - Answers - Drive for connection with another person or people
Transcendence - Answers - Urge to rise above a passive existence to find purpose and
freedom
Rootedness - Answers - Need to feel at home in the world
