Erik Larson

The Breakfast Club (Part Two: Theories) Social Identity Theory: “Tajfel (1979) proposed that the groups (e.g. social class, family, football team etc.) which people belonged to were an important source of pride and self-esteem. Groups give us a sense of social identity: a sense of belonging to the social world.” (McLeod 2008) In this movie there are five adolescents trying to find themselves and fit in within the groups they currently belong or have migrated into; the exception of one, Allison…

An Awakening Coming of age literature can be defined as literature that follows the progression of a youth as he or she changes from adolescence to adulthood, awakens to whom he or she is, and becomes aware of the world around him or her. These coming of age narrative describes the time when family, mentors, friends, peers, relationships, and community influence and shape an adolescent into the person they will one day be. And, it contains similar characteristics such as, innocence of the…

The theme of childhood is present in the four above named novels, but portrayed differently in a number of ways whether it be dealing with poverty, growing up, change, poverty or identity. Each novels shows how each character adapts to their situation as they get older. In Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, the portrayal of childhood is showed in the style of a memoir, unlike most memoirs he tells us the story as if one was there in the moment. This in turn lets us as the reader see the changes in…

Introduction : Piaget’s, Vygotsky, Bruner and Erickson’s focused about the theory human development. Piaget wrote about the psychology and focus in age for the child but the Erickson’s focus in psychosocial development theory. It has eight stage’s which are trust vs mistrust, autonomy vs doubt, initiative vs guilt, industry vs inferiority, identity vs role confusion, intimacy vs isolation, generativity vs self-absorption and integrity vs despair. In this report I will description of the…

Identity Development in different life stages Abstract: This article is going to discuss the identity development the lifetime. Based on the Erik Erikson’s theory (1950), the psychosocial development has eight stages including infancy, early childhood, play age, school age, adolescence, young adult, adult hood and maturity. There are psychosocial crisis in each stage, which are trust and mistrust, autonomy and shame, initiative and guilt, industry and inferiority, ego identity and role…

ERIKSONS STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT The Eight Erikson’s Stage of Development Trust vs Mistrust is the first stage of development that mainly focuses on infants’ learning to develop a bond with their parents according to the types of caregiving ability that the baby receives from birth to 12 months old. A consistent and reliable care will create trust between the parents and the infant but if the child receives harsh and a threatening feeling, it eventually leads to the development of…

Stress Management Griffin and Clarke’s (2010) gave another general overview of stress. First, seven different models of stress were discussed. Demand-Control Model, Role Stress Model, Challenge-Hindrance Model, and Conservation of Resources (COR) Model were already covered in the previous readings. Sociocognitive model claimed that stress came from the interaction between the environment, individuals’ appraisals of the environment, and attempts to cope with the issues. (The name of the model…

Introduction In order to explain psychological and social development Erik Erikson developed the Erikson theory which includes eight stages of psychosocial development. Each of these stages involves a crisis for whoever is developing (Swartz, de la Rey, Duncan & Townsend, 2011). This essay, however, will only focus on the fifth stage of psychosocial development. The fifth stage it is called “Identity vs Confusion” and is the stage which adolescents go through (Swartz et al., 2011). Through the…

The teenage period is a defining moment for any individual. People in this stage are referred to as teenagers or adolescents. The term adolescent is also interchangeably used with teenager because the term adolescent refers to the first years of the teenage life. Adolescence may even last until the final years of teenage life depending on the individual. During this period, the individual undergoes a variety of changes in his life. The changes are caused by the activation of the teen’s hormones.…

Erik Erikson was a well-known psychologist and is best known for developing the concept of identity crisis. His greatest innovation was when he set up the eight stages of development; that shape personality and experiences throughout childhood to adulthood. He believed that one must pass through one stage before entering the next stage. The eight stages are: Trust vs. Mistrust, Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt, Initiative vs. Guilt, Industry vs. Inferiority, Identity vs. Role Confusion, Intimacy…