Erik Larson

SUMMARY Season 1, Episode 1 – Pilot: Joey and Dawson, the two best friends, are beginning to see the effects of the emerging development. Joey makes states that they can no longer have their sleepovers, as to salvage their friendship. Throughout the episode, Dawson is seen working on an amateur movie with his two friends, Pacey and Jen. Despite his love form film making, Dawson’s mind is soon filled with thoughts of Jen: the new girl who just moved into town from New York. It is then that we…

Identity formation has a few different theories that have been developed over time. Freudian psychoanalysis trained Erik Erikson and is the foundation of his identity theory. Despite Freud being an id psychologist and Erikson being an ego psychology he was still heavily influenced by Freud’s original theories but being separated from the psychosexual development Freud theorized. Erikson’s theory lies around the ideas of social natured crises are resolved by the ego – conflict and resolution.…

My life through Erikson’s Stages of Development Erik Erikson’s psychosocial developmental stages begin as early as the first year and go all the way until late adulthood. “Erik Erikson believed that childhood is very important in personality development. He developed a theory of psychosocial development that covers an entire life (Eriksons).” His theory has eight stages: trust vs mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. identity…

A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of understanding draws it out “(Proverbs 20:5 NASB). Counseling is a way of administering to a person’s soul. Counseling involves assisting an individual in taking responsibility of his or her destiny. Counseling is a part of soul care that involves the body, mind, and soul. In order for counseling to be effective there must “healing, sustaining, reconciling, and guiding.” Therefore, as Christian counselors that engage in counseling…

Literature Review: Socialisation throughout the lifespan Socialisation is the process by which individuals learn and recognise patterns of behaviour expected of them by the society (Beattie et al, 2014). This is a ‘continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behaviour, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position’, (Dictionary.com, 2016). However, the primary and driving influencers of an individuals socialisation during the…

Questions: 1. In your own words describe your concerns in regards to your staff and the overall culture of your corporation? 2. Have you defined a cultural competence in your corporation? 3. What values do you admire in each of the generational cultures of your staff? 4. What values do you admire in culture of your genders, men vs women? 5. Do you believe there are cultural divides by heritage? What are they? 6. Are your managers specifically trained in cultural awareness? 7. Do you think…

A recent study on social and emotional risk and protective factors that predict early school problems or success found that "children who do not begin kindergarten socially and emotionally competent are often not successful in the early years of school—and can be plagued by behavioral, emotional, academic, and social development problems that follow them into adulthood (U.S Department of Health and Human Services)." Creating a positive social relationship is an important outcome of preschool,…

The role of technology and the internet in their family was discussed in the interviews. Justin stated that everyone in his family uses technology all the time. He said that his friend’s family has a rule that there are no phone or tablets allowed at the dinner table. Not only does Justin’s family not eat at the table, he said that majority of the time he eats while playing video games or watching TV. He said his parents do not care because they are usually doing the same thing. Tasha said that…

Intergenerational Interview Paper Introduction The person that I interviewed was my mother, Catherine Scurlark. I thought I knew everything there was to know about her, but after this interview I feel like I have a much better perception about who she actually is and how the impact of events has shaped her into the woman that she is today. My mom is 50 years of age – according to Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development, that puts her in the middle adulthood (generativity vs. stagnation)…

friendship with Zero. Because he was able to find his identity he is able to make sacrifices in order to protect his friend. This shows that Stanley feels comfortable with who he is and knows what all he is willing to do for Zero. According to the theorist Erik Erikson “adolescence is a critical period in the lifelong process of forming and identity as a person” (Sigelman & Rider, 2015, p. 343). Stanley is able to figure out who he is, so he knows where he fits in and with who he fits in with.…