Understanding Arrested Social Intelligence’s Destructive Influence on Individuals and the World.
8 Stages of Social Development
This information will describe the social stages that an individual passes through as the mind develops its faculties of social intelligence, from birth through to adulthood.
It will indicate the points at which social development may become ‘arrested’, and also show the potential that exists in individuals for much greater social development than is customarily the case, given appropriate encouragement and training.
The future affluence of our society depends on the basic standard of our social education rising, to develop a much high level all the kinds of social and emotional intelligence of which a person is capable as an adult - not just for adolescents at school but as an ongoing lifetime process of adult development.
Note: A greater level of 'real' happiness is the product of much higher levels of emotional and social IQ. In this way, we have the potential to create a well-balanced, happier and more 'awake' world to live in!
Every human goes through development stages:
Famous Erik Erikson (1902-1994 pictured below) maintained that children develop in a predetermined order. Instead of focusing on cognitive development, however, he was interested in how children socialize and how this affects their sense of self. Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development has eight distinct stages, each with two possible outcomes. According to the theory, successful completion of each stage results in a healthy personality and successful interactions with others.
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.
Note: Arrested development in these stages, however, can be resolved successfully at a later time.
For the Treatment method I recommend click here:
http://theliberatormethod.com/Welcome.html
The 8 stages in summary are:
Trust Versus Mistrust. From ages birth to one year
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt. Between the ages of one and three
Initiative vs. Guilt. Around age three and continuing to age six
Industry vs. Inferiority. From age six years to puberty
Identity vs. Role Confusion. During adolescence
Intimacy vs. Isolation. Occurring in young adulthood
Generatively vs. Stagnation. During middle adulthood
Ego Integrity vs. Despair. As we grow older and become senior citizens
If we get 'stuck' in any of these 8 stages it’s considered by many psychotherapists ‘arrested development’. 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.
These stages, however, can be resolved successfully at a later time through therapy.
8 Stages of Social Development
This information will describe the social stages that an individual passes through as the mind develops its faculties of social intelligence, from birth through to adulthood.
It will indicate the points at which social development may become ‘arrested’, and also show the potential that exists in individuals for much greater social development than is customarily the case, given appropriate encouragement and training.
The future affluence of our society depends on the basic standard of our social education rising, to develop a much high level all the kinds of social and emotional intelligence of which a person is capable as an adult - not just for adolescents at school but as an ongoing lifetime process of adult development.
Note: A greater level of 'real' happiness is the product of much higher levels of emotional and social IQ. In this way, we have the potential to create a well-balanced, happier and more 'awake' world to live in!
Every human goes through development stages:
Famous Erik Erikson (1902-1994 pictured below) maintained that children develop in a predetermined order. Instead of focusing on cognitive development, however, he was interested in how children socialize and how this affects their sense of self. Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development has eight distinct stages, each with two possible outcomes. According to the theory, successful completion of each stage results in a healthy personality and successful interactions with others.
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.
Note: Arrested development in these stages, however, can be resolved successfully at a later time.
For the Treatment method I recommend click here:
http://theliberatormethod.com/Welcome.html
The 8 stages in summary are:
Trust Versus Mistrust. From ages birth to one year
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt. Between the ages of one and three
Initiative vs. Guilt. Around age three and continuing to age six
Industry vs. Inferiority. From age six years to puberty
Identity vs. Role Confusion. During adolescence
Intimacy vs. Isolation. Occurring in young adulthood
Generatively vs. Stagnation. During middle adulthood
Ego Integrity vs. Despair. As we grow older and become senior citizens
If we get 'stuck' in any of these 8 stages it’s considered by many psychotherapists ‘arrested development’. 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.
These stages, however, can be resolved successfully at a later time through therapy.
What is Social Intelligence (SI)?
Social intelligence is the aptitude to successfully traverse multifaceted social relationships and environments. Social intelligence in greatly influenced by a persons emotional intelligence (EI).
Social intelligence is a combined measurement of self- and social-awareness, evolved social & emotional principles and attitudes, and a capacity and inclination to manage complex social change.
Applied social intelligence is a person’s level of competence to understand his or her environment in the most advantageous way and react appropriately for/to socially effective & emotional conduct.
What Is Arrested Social Intelligence?
I will start first explaining serious social and emotional issues.
The following terms, defined levels of arrested social and emotional development, and are relevant to people with social learning disabilities:
Social Handicap level 1: a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind that includes significant impairment of social functioning.
Severe Social Handicap level 2: a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind that includes severe impairment of social functioning.
Severe Social Impairment level 3: a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes severe impairment of social functioning and is associated with abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct on the part of the person concerned.
Within this Order it should be noted that the definition of severe social impairment is identical to that of severe social handicap, save for an additional ‘conduct’ criterion.
Abnormally aggressive behavior:
Any assessment of this category should be based on observations of behavior which lead to a conclusion that the actions are outside the usual range of aggressive behavior, and which cause actual damage and/or real distress occurring recently or persistently or with excessive severity.
Irresponsible conduct:
The assessment of this characteristic should be based on an observation of behavior that shows a lack of responsibility, a disregard of the consequences of action taken, and where the results cause actual damage or real distress, either recently or persistently or with excessive severity.
Thus, the assessment of ‘abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct’ can be seen to have both observational (i.e. the actual behavior) and judgment (i.e. the abnormality and/or seriousness) components.
Note: Arrested development in these stages, however, can be resolved successfully at a later time through therapy.
How far can we go beyond our current limits?
Social Cognitive Maturity
Social maturity is completeness of social growth and emotional development. There are three components to this process: physical, psychological and cognitive. It is our social and emotional cognitive maturity that develops last, usually not reaching completion until after we are 25 years old.
However, social and emotional cognitive development can continue through life, given ongoing education or mental stimulus, and at later ages (if we embark on a process of self-directed learning and personal development) - such as with the emotional Intelligence therapy linked below - with equivalent benefits!
Basic social cognitive maturity includes the following abilities:
We have a much greater potential to improve our social and emotional development compared to what is/has been customarily the case in our past, given appropriate stimulation, therapy and training in mature adulthood.
We don't have to stop growing or stay stuck in arrested development!
For the Treatment method I recommend click here:
http://theliberatormethod.com/Welcome.html
Social intelligence is the aptitude to successfully traverse multifaceted social relationships and environments. Social intelligence in greatly influenced by a persons emotional intelligence (EI).
Social intelligence is a combined measurement of self- and social-awareness, evolved social & emotional principles and attitudes, and a capacity and inclination to manage complex social change.
Applied social intelligence is a person’s level of competence to understand his or her environment in the most advantageous way and react appropriately for/to socially effective & emotional conduct.
What Is Arrested Social Intelligence?
I will start first explaining serious social and emotional issues.
The following terms, defined levels of arrested social and emotional development, and are relevant to people with social learning disabilities:
Social Handicap level 1: a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind that includes significant impairment of social functioning.
Severe Social Handicap level 2: a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind that includes severe impairment of social functioning.
Severe Social Impairment level 3: a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes severe impairment of social functioning and is associated with abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct on the part of the person concerned.
Within this Order it should be noted that the definition of severe social impairment is identical to that of severe social handicap, save for an additional ‘conduct’ criterion.
Abnormally aggressive behavior:
Any assessment of this category should be based on observations of behavior which lead to a conclusion that the actions are outside the usual range of aggressive behavior, and which cause actual damage and/or real distress occurring recently or persistently or with excessive severity.
Irresponsible conduct:
The assessment of this characteristic should be based on an observation of behavior that shows a lack of responsibility, a disregard of the consequences of action taken, and where the results cause actual damage or real distress, either recently or persistently or with excessive severity.
Thus, the assessment of ‘abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct’ can be seen to have both observational (i.e. the actual behavior) and judgment (i.e. the abnormality and/or seriousness) components.
Note: Arrested development in these stages, however, can be resolved successfully at a later time through therapy.
How far can we go beyond our current limits?
Social Cognitive Maturity
Social maturity is completeness of social growth and emotional development. There are three components to this process: physical, psychological and cognitive. It is our social and emotional cognitive maturity that develops last, usually not reaching completion until after we are 25 years old.
However, social and emotional cognitive development can continue through life, given ongoing education or mental stimulus, and at later ages (if we embark on a process of self-directed learning and personal development) - such as with the emotional Intelligence therapy linked below - with equivalent benefits!
Basic social cognitive maturity includes the following abilities:
- Mature judgment
- Perceiving into the future (like playing chess/seeing moves into the future).
- Perceiving how behavior can affect our future
- Associating cause and effect
- Ethical intelligence
- Emotional intelligence
- Abstract thinking
- Perceiving what is not obvious
- Planning and decision-making
- Logical behavior and decision-making
- Following the directives of social conduct
- Understanding the rules of social conduct
We have a much greater potential to improve our social and emotional development compared to what is/has been customarily the case in our past, given appropriate stimulation, therapy and training in mature adulthood.
We don't have to stop growing or stay stuck in arrested development!
For the Treatment method I recommend click here:
http://theliberatormethod.com/Welcome.html