Atlas

*In Progress
EDT is "A full spectrum theory of vertical growth and meaning making." it models how self-identity evolves over time.
- Based on sentence completion tests from 1980 to 2000.
Ego Transcendence is one thing (which very few people get to), but before then the ego can also mature over time.
The ego is what makes sense of the world. Changes in it change how the world is viewed.
Pre-conventional
- Symbiotic
- Babies
- Impulsive
- Other people seen as objects.
- Views world in black and white
- Opportunist
- "What you might call 'uncivilized'"
- Not capable of insight into self or others minds
- Everything is zero sum
- No planning - all short term. "Flying by the seats of their pants". Little consideration to consequences.
- Sense of 2 selves - my real self and the one I put out into the world.
- Rules recognised but not respected.
- Self respect is whether you can controls others.
- Others always to blame.
- Actions only bad if caught. No shame or guilt.
Conventional
Post-conventional