The Eriksonian framework rests upon a distinction among the psychological sense of continuity , known as the ego identity ( sometimes identified simply as `` the self '' ) ; the personal idiosyncrasies that separate one person from the next , known as the personal identity ; and the collection of social roles that a person might play , known as either the social identity or the cultural identity .
His ideas rest upon a distinction among the psychological sense of continuity , known as the ego identity ( sometimes identified simply as `` the self '' ) ; the personal idiosyncrasies that separate one person from the next , known as the personal identity ; and the collection of social roles that a person might play , known as either the social identity or the cultural identity .