An Introduction to “Ego Development Theory” by Susanne Cook-Greuter (EDT Summary)

[Davino]

I have found a brilliant summary of EDT 

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What is Ego?

“It is ego’s function to ceaselessly interpret experience and to try to make coherent sense of it. If you prefer the hard sciences, you can think of ego as the central processing unit. If liberal arts are more your style, ego as the story teller names it well.”

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What is Human Development?

“Human development in general can be looked at as a progression of different ways of making sense of reality or in a sequence of stages of meaning making.”

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Language & Symbols:

“Languages divide lived experience into separate objects with distinct boundaries and evaluative attributes. We are so totally immersed in a sea of language that we hardly notice the way it lures us into a false sense of knowledge and how it molds us into very particular notions of what is real and important.”

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“EDT describes a psycho-logical system with three major interrelated components or dimensions of meaning making:

1. The operative component looks at what adults see as the purpose of life, what needs they act upon, and what ends they are moving towards.
2. The affective component deals with emotions and the experience of being in this world.
3. The cognitive component addresses the question of how a person thinks and reasons about him or herself and the world. It is important to understand that each stage emerges from a synthesis of doing, being and thinking.”

 

[Sandhu]

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