The video "Everyone Rides the Carousel" is very helpful because it explains and illustrates Erikson's eight psychosocial stages of development through a unique metaphor. It talks about the first stage of life as being trust vs. mistrust. Page 43 of the text explains that this stage is where the individual (infant) puts so much trust on the people closest to him that when not comforted when needed, they develop a sense of mistrust. An example of of the trust is shown in the video where the baby begins crying and the mother comforts him, resulting in the baby not crying anymore and being satisfied. Another scenario is shown where the baby begins crying and at first no one picks him up to comfort him because there is no one in the room, and although
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Table 2.2 (page 42) of the text, explains that during this stage, children compare their social and academic skills to those of their peers. If the child fails to obtain thoses same skills that he observes in his peers, that is when the feeling of inferiority becomes active. In the video, it is shown that the little boy feels inferior because his classmates know how to read much more efficiently than he can, and he also feels inferior in woodworking class because he cannot accomplish to built something and he is unable to complete the things his teacher can.
Ride five named "The Challenge of Adolescence" is the stage of Identity versus role confusion which takes place between the years 12 and 20. In the video, one of the girls goes through a "house of mirrors" where she pictures herself having different roles, the role of a queen, the role of an engineer, the role of a stay-at-home mother, etc. These roles she sees herself playing is her attempting to form an identity of herself but confusing roles and who she wants to be in the …show more content…
During this stage, adults are to work and raise their families, look after younger people (whether it is their children or grandchildren). The individuals who are at this stage in their lives and do not follow through with their responsabilities tend to feel stagnant or self-centered, as described in the text. These characteristics/circumstances are seen in the video when the couple is arguing about having another baby. The man says he wants to have another child, yet he does not really take in cosideration that his wife is sick and perhaps it is not the right time to talk about having another child, the man is being a bit self-centered. This is also shown when the man decides he does not want to talk about the subject anymore, he does not care about being on the responsability that he should be on good terms with his partner, but at the moment he is only caring about his own
Table 2.2 (page 42) of the text, explains that during this stage, children compare their social and academic skills to those of their peers. If the child fails to obtain thoses same skills that he observes in his peers, that is when the feeling of inferiority becomes active. In the video, it is shown that the little boy feels inferior because his classmates know how to read much more efficiently than he can, and he also feels inferior in woodworking class because he cannot accomplish to built something and he is unable to complete the things his teacher can.
Ride five named "The Challenge of Adolescence" is the stage of Identity versus role confusion which takes place between the years 12 and 20. In the video, one of the girls goes through a "house of mirrors" where she pictures herself having different roles, the role of a queen, the role of an engineer, the role of a stay-at-home mother, etc. These roles she sees herself playing is her attempting to form an identity of herself but confusing roles and who she wants to be in the …show more content…
During this stage, adults are to work and raise their families, look after younger people (whether it is their children or grandchildren). The individuals who are at this stage in their lives and do not follow through with their responsabilities tend to feel stagnant or self-centered, as described in the text. These characteristics/circumstances are seen in the video when the couple is arguing about having another baby. The man says he wants to have another child, yet he does not really take in cosideration that his wife is sick and perhaps it is not the right time to talk about having another child, the man is being a bit self-centered. This is also shown when the man decides he does not want to talk about the subject anymore, he does not care about being on the responsability that he should be on good terms with his partner, but at the moment he is only caring about his own