Psychology -- Erikson and Rogers Chaim Is Essay

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Psychology -- Erikson and Rogers

Chaim is a Hasidic Jew who hung out in the underground scene and became a very creative underground rock star. However, Chaim was internally conflicted: the underground lifestyle was the polar opposite of his Hasidic lifestyle and he tried to live Hasidic-by-day and underground rock-star-by-night. Chaim left it to God to determine whether he would get a Hasidic wife or a record contract first. Eventually, he chose a Hasidic married lifestyle, moved upstate and would not touch the underground lifestyle again because he cannot have it and would lose everything by trying to get it back. An Ego Psychologist like Erik Erikson and a Humanist Psychologist like Carl Rogers would view Chaim's dilemma differently.

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Erik Erikson believed that a person's life has 8 stages and develops by the interplay of the body, mind and culture influences. Erikson would believe that Chaim was in Stage 5, "Identity vs. Role Confusion," which is "normally" from the ages of 13 to 18 years. Also, Erikson would believe that Chaim was successful in Stage 5. Stage 5 is a time of adolescence when a child is becoming more independent and starts to focus on relationships, careers, sexual roles and families for the future.

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A person in this stage will re-examine his/her identity and try to determine who he/she really is, exploring different possibilities and forming his/her identity on the results of those explorations. If something hinders the sense of self, the person can become confused about who he/she is and what role to play in the world. A successful Stage 5 will lead to fidelity. Chaim's experience mirrors Stage 5 because he was becoming more independent from his Hasidic lifestyle and was exploring two possible futures: underground rock star, with unorthodox relationships and a performance career, vs. Hasidic husband, with a wife and possible children, living the conservative lifestyle in which he was raised. In addition, the Hasidic lifestyle hindered his underground lifestyle and vice versa, so Chaim was confused about who he should be and what role he….....

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