Eight Stages Of Life

Erik Erikson claims that each stage of life comes with a task. There are eight stages, but for this project five through eight were focused on. For this project, I interviewed four different people, one from stage five, stage six, stage seven, and stage eight. In stage five, which is the adolescence stage, the task for teens to find out is who they are. This crisis is called identity vs. role confusion. Teens try to figure out their identity by trying different things, and seeing what fits them the best. Many teens in this stage are confused on who they are, and do many try many new things in attempt to find what they want to do in the future. For my interview I interviewed Kyle Nalewicki, who is 18 years old.
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In this stage, an older person’s task is to feel a sense of satisfaction with their life. From the interview, my grandma accomplishes this goal. She said she has no regrets in her life, which shows she is happy and feels complete with her life. Although she misses some aspects of her younger life, such as being more independent and getting around easier, she also loves some aspects of this stage in life. She mentions how she is able to watch her grandchildren grow up, and how she is now retired. She says she loves being retired because she does not have to drive miles to get to work. Being happy in this stage of life, and having goals in the future is a way of saying that she is satisfied in life. A goal my grandma has in the future is to stay independent. Also, she is satisfied with her life because she has accomplished many things in life, such as having children, and grandchildren. She can recall on the times in her life when she was very happy too, such as getting married. Also, the integrity vs. despair task includes coming to terms with death. My grandma does worry about her health as she said, but she does not have regrets during her life, so she is not feeling a sense of failure. Also, she has things to look forward to in the future such as continuing to watch her grandchildren grow up. I know she is also satisfied with her life because she said she would rather live during her lifetime, rather than the time teens today grow up in. She says the pace of life was a lot different during her lifetime and teenagers do a lot more today, especially with activities. Overall, my grandma is very happy and has accomplished what Erik Erikson has described as her