Erikson's Psychosocial Theory Paper

In this paper I will talk about Erikson 's Psychosocial Theory which describes the impact of social experience across the whole lifespan. In Erikson 's Psychosocial Theory he believed that a person 's social environment shapes their behaviors and personality and he also believes that the EGO was the most important portion of the personality. I choose this theory because I like how Erikson suggests that there is still plenty of room for continued growth and development throughout one’s life. Erikson puts a great deal of value on the adolescent period, feeling it was a critical stage for developing a person’s identity. It 's useful for any approach involving personal awareness and development of oneself or others. What the other theories doesn’t offer Erikson 's theory deeply reflects his own struggle for development of an individual and others and how they are important at each stage. There are 8 stages of Erikson’s …show more content…
Guilt Age of 4 to 5 years is when a child develop a sense of purpose and the ability to initiate and direct own activities.When the Children moves into new spaces to explore and learns to play with others. The Feelings of guilt and fear occurs if they are not allowed to explore. The children becomes curious about people and models adults. If parents are understanding and supportive of a child 's efforts to show creativity, the child develops purpose, and sets goals and acts in ways to reach them. When I was 5 years olds, it’s when I started pre-school. My mom would take me to class and I would observe the new room it’s full of other kids and teacher. I was taken to my class and teacher, I don’t know anyone so I was a little bit scare, but I adapt to it well, I made friends and we love playing and drawing together we would always show what we draw to the teacher and she would always praise us that one day we would become a great artist. I passed this stage as well because the adult were always