Erikson Philosocial Analysis

Everyone from different generations have a different perspective on how life is lived. While reading about psychological dilemmas I came across a man named Erikson came up. He was the individual whom invented something called Erikson’s Dilemmas that were believed thatcrisis’s everyone dealt with .While interviewing the different age groups I used his principle as a guide. To ask certain questions that were common for their age and how far along they are in that group. The 3 that I used was Adolescence, Early Adulthood and Late Adulthood. In Adolescence I interviewed a friend whom I met 3 weeks ago in Dunkin Doughnuts.This stage is known asidentify or role confusion normally building a consistent identity is normal . She seemed to be very open towards answering questions. While at the same time I sensed a slight pause in giving an answer which led me to believe. Maybe she has never thought about how life has changed throughout the years so much. About this time a young person is trying to figure out Who am I?I would have say there is no role confusion in anyway .More on …show more content…
This stage is known as generativity or stagnation which is emotional balance is expressed by caring about oneself, one’s children and future generations . I would have to say my mom is on this stage ,after asking What are your values ?There was confirmation that parents in ages (40-64) are thinking about how will our kids be able to live in this world .With everything changing daily equipping my child with knowledge and resources to withstand situations .That will present itself in a manner that may seem overwhelming ,but tamable with a mind well equipped . My mom always tells me that if we did not have that much food she would skip that meal .So me and my siblings can have something to fill our stomachs . Just goes to show that a parent will do just about anything for their child