Jane Loevinger's stages of ego development includes nine sequential stages, each of which represents a progressively more complex way of perceiving oneself in relation to the world. Jane Loevinger (born 1918) was a developmental psychologist who developed a theory of personality which emphasized the gradual internalization of social rules and the maturing conscience for the origin of personal decisions. ...

Infancy

• Presocial
• No ego
• Not Differentiated from the World
• Symbiotic
• Self-Nonself Differentiation
• Stability of Objects

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Impulsive

• Curbed by Restraints, Rewards & Punishments
• Others are Seen as What They Can Give
• "Nice to Me" or "Mean to Me"
• Present-Centred
• Physical but not Psychological Causation

Self-Protective

• Anticipates Rewards & Punishments
• First Self-Control
• "Don’t Get Caught"
• Externalize Blame
• Opportunistic Hedonism

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Conformist

• Take in Rules of the Group
• No Self Apart from Others
• Other’s Disapproval is Sanction
• Not Only Fear of Punishment
• Rules and Norms not Distinguished
• Rejects Out-Group
• Stereotypes Roles
• Security = Belonging
• Behaviours Judged Externally not by Intentions

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Self-Aware

• Self Distinct from Norms & Expectations
• First Inner Life
• Banal Feelings Always in Reference to Others
• Pseudo-Trait Conceptions
• Modal Stage of Adults

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Conscientious

• Goals and Ideals
• Sense of Responsibility
• Rules are Internalized
• Guilt is From Hurting Another, not Breaking Rules
• Having Self Apart from Group
• Standards are Self-Chosen
• Traits are Part of Rich Interior World
• Standards Distinguished from Manners
• Motives and not Just Actions
• Sees Self from Other Point of View

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Individualistic

• Distancing from Role Identities
• Subjective Experience as Opposed to Objective Reality
• Greater Tolerance of Self & Others
• Relationships Cause Dependency
• Awareness of Inner Conflict
• Inner Reality Vs. Outward Appearance
• Psychological Causality and Development

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Autonomous

• Inner Conflicts of Needs Vs Duties
• Polarity, Complexity, Multiple Facets
• Integrate Ideas
• Tolerate Ambiguity
• Freeing from Conscience
• Concern for Emotional Interdependence
• Integrates Different Identities
• Self-Fulfillment
• How They Function in Different Roles

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Integrated

• Transcendence of Conflicts
• Self-Actualizing
• Fully Worked Out Identity

References

• Loevinger, J. (1976) Ego Development. San Francisco: Jossey-Blass.