Erick Erikson's Psychosocial Theory: Future School Teachers

Erick Erikson's psychosocial theory poses eight stages throughout life of psychosocial development. Each stage is characterized by an emotional challenge, and each stage builds on the last one. Erickson named the struggles that are faced in each stage as identity crisis. Stage one deals with trust and mistrust (birth to 1 year). This stage has to deal with the parents. If the parents are there for the child and cares for the child, then the child will establish trust, but if the the parent is not there for the child, then the child will establish mistrust. Stage 2 is autonomy vs doubt (2 to 3 years). During this stage the child is learning a lot, and the parents should encourage that, so that the child will not feel any shame or doubt. Stage 4 is industry vs inferiority (6 to 12 years). Stage four is all about learning to figure things out on your own and finding a your own place in life, because if they don't, then they will feel inferiority and will feel unproductive. I think that Erikson's theory is important as a future school teacher because it helps us teachers to know the goal that the child is trying to mean and we can insure them that they are on the right track.

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The child is at the center of the systems, and an activity in one part can affect each one of the other parts. A good example that the book gave was that if the parents are preoccupied then the child may need to receive more time with the caregivers at school, and then they might ask for the community to give resources for the family. I think this is important for the caregivers at school to know so that they will be able to give the child the attention he or she needs in their time of