Compartmentalization According to the Oxford dictionary of languages, compartmentalization ”the division of something into sections or categories.” When we talk about compartmentalization in the field of psychology the term ”compartmentalization” usually involves the sectioning off of (conflicting) feelings, persona’s and identities. Compartmentalization according to Crisp (2011) can be a way to deal with conflicting social identities (e.g mother, lover, co-worker) and deal with them only in a context-dependant matter (e.g the role of co-worker will only be used at work and the role of lover or parent will generally be used most at home). Relationship to the self A person can also use the technique of compartmentalizing in order to […]
