Introduction
This paper will discuss the relationship between two individuals, each facing a separate crisis in their growth and development as a person. This crisis, with its malignancies and virtues will be thoroughly examined and portrayed in the way of a hypothetical situation, involving two separate persons, and their relationship’s dynamic under the lens of the crisis that the individual faces. The book, Human Development and Human Possibility: Erikson in the Light of Heidegger (1986), by Richard Knowles, will be the basis for a majority of the research delineated in this paper. These points will be expounded upon using additional articles from different sources attained by extensive research of the subject and hypothetical scenario. Through these sources, a hypothetical relationship will be proposed and explained, showing the growth and development of two individuals.
Each of Erikson’s stages are introduced with a different virtue, that one who is properly developing, attains through a corresponding crisis. Additionally, Erikson addresses separate influences on each stage, including a main relation, malignancies …show more content…
If she is left alone to perform her self-care, or she refuses to accept help when she does need it, she is at risk for developing the malignancies associated with competence. The two malignancies that can occur during this stage are narrow virtuosity and inertia. Although Alice is losing her sense of self through the loss of memories, and “she is minimally aware of the past and present,” (LeFevre, 1984, p. 33) Alice holds on to her dignity through holding on to the small things she can do to care for herself. If Alice were to develop malignancies in this relearning of her competence, she would further progress in the disease, and more functions, like her basic ability to help clean herself, or sometimes partially feed herself would
This paper will discuss the relationship between two individuals, each facing a separate crisis in their growth and development as a person. This crisis, with its malignancies and virtues will be thoroughly examined and portrayed in the way of a hypothetical situation, involving two separate persons, and their relationship’s dynamic under the lens of the crisis that the individual faces. The book, Human Development and Human Possibility: Erikson in the Light of Heidegger (1986), by Richard Knowles, will be the basis for a majority of the research delineated in this paper. These points will be expounded upon using additional articles from different sources attained by extensive research of the subject and hypothetical scenario. Through these sources, a hypothetical relationship will be proposed and explained, showing the growth and development of two individuals.
Each of Erikson’s stages are introduced with a different virtue, that one who is properly developing, attains through a corresponding crisis. Additionally, Erikson addresses separate influences on each stage, including a main relation, malignancies …show more content…
If she is left alone to perform her self-care, or she refuses to accept help when she does need it, she is at risk for developing the malignancies associated with competence. The two malignancies that can occur during this stage are narrow virtuosity and inertia. Although Alice is losing her sense of self through the loss of memories, and “she is minimally aware of the past and present,” (LeFevre, 1984, p. 33) Alice holds on to her dignity through holding on to the small things she can do to care for herself. If Alice were to develop malignancies in this relearning of her competence, she would further progress in the disease, and more functions, like her basic ability to help clean herself, or sometimes partially feed herself would