1. Trust vs. Mistrust: According to the text (Carver,2010), “the most fundamental crisis of life is basic trust versus basic mistrust.” As a child, I believe I achieved trust over mistrust. I have a tendency to hope for the best and believe that a can achieve most anything that I want. My mom always refers to me as her easy child. I did not cry much and just went with the flow of things. Autonomy vs. shame and doubt: McLeod (2013) explains, the autonomy versus shame and doubt stage is self-control without a loss of self-esteem. My dad always wanted me to help him out when I was younger, but I always did it wrong. Instead of teaching me the correct way, he would just yell at me. This made me feel like I couldn’t do anything completely
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Guilt: This is the stage when children ask many questions. If a parent never takes the child’s questions seriously the child may feel guilty. I can recall many times when I asked my mom questions that I thought were serious at the time, such as why is the sky blue? My mom would just say she doesn’t know or just completely blow it off, which lead to me not wanting to ask as many questions because I felt sort of stupid.
Industry vs. Inferiority: In this stage, the child needs approval from parents and teachers in what they do. I had the best approval as a child. For an example, when I stepped up and volunteered in class, I was encouraged to keep doing so. If I made a good grade I was praised for doing so. All of this made me want to continue to put myself out there and do well in school.
Identity vs. Role confusion: According to McLeod (2008), “identity versus role confusion is the stage when children become more independent and look at the future in terms of careers, relationships, families, housing, etc.” As a teenager in high school, I experienced a bit of role confusion. I wasn’t sure exactly what group I fit in to. I hung out with the preppy girls for a while, then the wild ones, then the more relaxed and down to earth, and finally I distanced myself from all of them together. I finally realized that I didn’t need to fit into any specific group. I was fine just being me and hanging out with whoever I felt …show more content…
An idealized self-image is the difference between who I am and whom I see myself as. I would struggle to find the difference, because in some ways I think I see myself as better than I actually am and in some way I see myself as worse. For instance, I sometimes feel as though I am not good enough for those around me. I know this is untrue, but sometimes I can’t help but to feel that way. Sometimes, I think that I try my best in all that I do, but this isn’t always the case. Sometimes, I don’t study as much as I should, which isn’t doing my best. Also, it would be hard to build this image without the views of others on me. If I could hear what others have to say about me, I could match it up to how I feel about myself. This could help to find the differences in who I am and who I think that I
Guilt: This is the stage when children ask many questions. If a parent never takes the child’s questions seriously the child may feel guilty. I can recall many times when I asked my mom questions that I thought were serious at the time, such as why is the sky blue? My mom would just say she doesn’t know or just completely blow it off, which lead to me not wanting to ask as many questions because I felt sort of stupid.
Industry vs. Inferiority: In this stage, the child needs approval from parents and teachers in what they do. I had the best approval as a child. For an example, when I stepped up and volunteered in class, I was encouraged to keep doing so. If I made a good grade I was praised for doing so. All of this made me want to continue to put myself out there and do well in school.
Identity vs. Role confusion: According to McLeod (2008), “identity versus role confusion is the stage when children become more independent and look at the future in terms of careers, relationships, families, housing, etc.” As a teenager in high school, I experienced a bit of role confusion. I wasn’t sure exactly what group I fit in to. I hung out with the preppy girls for a while, then the wild ones, then the more relaxed and down to earth, and finally I distanced myself from all of them together. I finally realized that I didn’t need to fit into any specific group. I was fine just being me and hanging out with whoever I felt …show more content…
An idealized self-image is the difference between who I am and whom I see myself as. I would struggle to find the difference, because in some ways I think I see myself as better than I actually am and in some way I see myself as worse. For instance, I sometimes feel as though I am not good enough for those around me. I know this is untrue, but sometimes I can’t help but to feel that way. Sometimes, I think that I try my best in all that I do, but this isn’t always the case. Sometimes, I don’t study as much as I should, which isn’t doing my best. Also, it would be hard to build this image without the views of others on me. If I could hear what others have to say about me, I could match it up to how I feel about myself. This could help to find the differences in who I am and who I think that I