Erik Larson

Elliot Anderson, is a 59 year old widower. According to Erikson’s theory Mr. Anderson is in the Middle Adulthood stage (Newman & Newman, 2009). The developmental tasks of middle adulthood are managing a career, nurturing an intimate relationship, expanding caring relationship/parenting, and managing the household (Newman & Newman, 2009). Mr. Anderson claims that he hasn’t been to work for the past 2 months. Considering the loads of stress he’s been under he feels he isn’t capable of working. At…

Erik Erikson was a developmental psychologist that had a strong Freudian background. Erik Erikson was widely known for his primary focus on the social interaction between humans. This resulted in Erikson developing eight psychosocial stages that he believes that every person will go through in their lifetime. Each different stage occurs at different times in life and will either result in success or failure. The stages range from infancy all the way through to late adulthood. The successful…

Erikson's psychological development theory comprises eight unique stages. The first five stages describe the period up to 18 years, while the last three explain the time leading to maturity. Erikson points out that there is yet an ample room for continuous growth and development all through a person's life. Fundamentally, Erikson emphasizes on the pubertal period, feeling it is an important stage for the expansion of an individual's identity. Similar to Freud, Erikson believes that there are…

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…

Erik Erikson was born in 1902 in Frankfurt, Germany to two Danish parents. When he was in school, Erikson studied a variety of languages as opposed to science oriented courses, biology and chemistry to name a few. He did not like the atmosphere that was produced by formal education. Because of this, in approximately 1920, instead of going to college, he decided to travel Europe and instead document his experiences in a diary. He enrolled into art school just an year later after returning to…

The Man Behind The Psychosocial Stages of Development Ironically, the man behind the psychosocial stages of development struggled with finding his own identity for most of his life. Erik Erikson was born in Germany where his growing confusion began. By his adulthood, the United States was his new home; where he started a family of his own, and studied many children through various institutes and universities. Erikson is most well-known for his theory of the psychosocial development of humans and…

Even a child who is separated at birth will carry feelings of abandonment which can lead to a low self-image-- self-worth, if not dealt with properly. Erik Erikson’s theory has been questioned as to how relevant it may be for people of all racial, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. This paper will look into the relevance of Erikson 's theory as it may pertain to adopted children and give insight into how…

Erik Erikson was a German born American developmental psychologist. He is well known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. Erikson`s theory includes eight stages of psychosocial development. The first stage is Trust vs. Mistrust. This stage is the infancy stage where the age is from first born to about 1 and a half years old. The basic virtue of this stage would be hope and the pathology of this stage is withdrawal. During this stage, the young infant is unsure of its…

Grandparent Care Giver The “Grandparent Care Giver” is defined as a person that takes primary responsibility for their grandchild that is younger than eighteen years old (Williams, 2011). The number of grandparents raising their grandchildren has increased in the past few decades (Williams, 2011). The 2000 US census reported that there are 2.4 million grandparents that are care givers. It showed that 1 in 10 grandparents will be the primary caregiver for at least 6 months (Williams, 2011). 5 %…

How do you think spirituality and religion goes with development? Allowing ourselves to connect with God through prayer is one of the most powerful ways to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves and how we can serve others. I feel a connection with my church and consider them to be family. The benefits of being there is to gain a deeper relationship and understanding of God. Listening to our pastor teach us about the bible helps me to follow the Jesus’s way; also, I love seeing my kids…