Erik Larson

Jonathan Larson, the composer of Rent and Tick, Tick....Boom! Both were musicals released in the early 2000s. The music in these musicals were not entirely an orchestra more of classic rock, which I believed made both movies even better and brought out the storyline even more. Jonathan Larson was born to a Jewish family on February 4, 1960 in White Plains, New York, USA. At a young age he was exposed to performing arts being music and theater. He was very involved in his high school arts…

Shieh spent most of his time, studying for his tests and playing computer games on his spare time. Psychosocial stage theory, as developed by Erik Erikson, proposes a lifespan model of development, which comprise of five stages starting from birth to the age of 18 years old and three additional stages in the adulthood. Erikson suggests that individuals go through each of the stages, which there is a specific issue that characterizes each stage and conflict that may be resolved (Larsen & Buss,…

From the time infants are born through the first two years of life, the body and mind are constantly learning and changing. Every, single touch, sound, taste, smell and vision bring about opportunities to learn and adapt. New skills ignite as reflexes turn into learned movements, motor skills develop and cognition is increased. Newly found movements lead to courage and the desire to explore even more movement, sounds, thoughts, and abilities. The beginning of an infant’s life is one of the…

n in this stage may show initiative, or the desire to take control of a situation. Children love to initiate activities themselves and enjoy moving from one activity to another (Swartwood, 2012, Pg 84). This can be very demanding for mothers to keep up with their child as they play throughout an entire day. If a mother discourages a child from doing something, the child may believe that they did something wrong and feel guilty. My cousin’s son, Max, is almost 3 and I have noticed this in the way…

There are many theories about human development that can be applied to different educational settings. For my instructional setting I found two theories that can help teachers and administrators better understand the developmental stages of students to help them achieve mastery. Piaget’s Cognitive Development theory and Erickson’s theory of psychological growth are two philosophies that can be applied to my educational context to help enhance the academic experience. Piaget’s Cognitive…

Exploring Myself Identity During the phase of exploration in adolescents and young adults, one’s self concept and self esteem substantially change. Erik Erikson, developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst is recognized for his theory on psychosocial development divided in 8 stages of human development. Erikson claims that adolescents face a substantial psychological turmoil as they encounter an identity crisis (Feldman, 385). Identity vs. identity confusion stage is the phase of discovery and…

1) What are the issues facing Dean at this point in his development? Being that Dean is in Erikson’s psychosocial developmental stage of Identity vs. Role Confusion and with the information provided about Dean in the case study, it would be accurate to say he is facing concerns of who he is, who he is to be, and what other’s think of him (p. 303). Dean as a teenager is faced with the task of moving from an innocent, dependent child to a young adult (p. 282). During such a child-to-adult…

Sharon Knight is a 68 years old woman, born in Edmond, Oklahoma in a small maternity home. She is the middle child of five in her family. Sharon currently lives in Piedmont, Oklahoma in a home that is small enough for the two of them, but also big enough for their four grandchildren to roam about. Sharon has been married for fifty years to the same man, and they still show each other the same love that they did the day they met. She is a wife, mother of two, and grandmother of four, but she…

psychology have given us great insight to the formation of personality, ways we think, behave, and develop from youth. Of these great theorists four stand apart from the pack. These Theorists would be Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, and Erik Erickson. In this paper we will come to a better understanding of each theory, and how it applies to our case study. Sigmund Freud is the first theorist we will discuss. He is known as the father of psychology. His beliefs concerning personality…

In this paper I will provide an analysis of a developmental interview, I performed on April 10, 2016, for about 20 minutes. My interviewee, Joan Murray agreed to sit down with me in conversation and answer a few questions about her life. This opportunity gave me the chance to explore developmental themes and think about how to apply developmental theory in live situations. I will demonstrate my ability to integrate principles I have learned over the past 12 weeks and put them into practice. I…