Erik the Red

events and turning points that have directed her to make changes within her life. While these changes sometimes difficult she has made multiple transitions into fulling her life in positive and healthy ways. Through his nine stages of development Erik Erikson points out several milestones that a person must complete before they can successfully move on to the next stages of life. These stages are required and if not…

Childhood Observation I completed my observation on Friday, October 7th. My observation took place at Forest Park Jr/Sr. High School in Ferdinand, Indiana. I went to this school because it is the school I attended for junior high and high school. Since we are a smaller town and do not have as many kids, our junior high school is in the same building as our high school. I walked into Mrs. Hawkins seventh grade math class. I planned on starting my observation at 8:00 am which is when school…

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Nurturance or the ability to nurture is a trait that we as people believe most of us have inside of us to some degree. Nature versus nurture has been the long standing debate in regards to this trait questioning if one is better than the other or if there is really any significant difference. Nurturing as a trait is just one part of that debate with which needs to be studied in its own right to understand it fully before making that debate or any other on how nurturing an individual may or may…

“Reports estimate that nearly 3.6 million children become the subject of a child maltreatment investigation annually.” (Crawford and Bradley, 2016, p. 223) David Pelzer was a child who miraculously made it through his childhood, the life he lived with his mother was not pleasant however, the struggles made him strive and make a change in the life he lived. The neglect a child receives can often reflect their development and the way they live their life. The case I researched into was the David…

In Erikson first stage it is Trust versus mistrust and the virtue that needs to be learned here is Hope. I do not remember this part of my life because this stage is from birth to one and half years old. I have been told as a child, I was very secure in my dealings with others and handling change with ease. So I must have mastered this stage because I was told that as a baby, I was very happy and content. According to Erikson the fact that I was a happy and content baby proves that I mastered…

Erik Erikson, previously known as Erik Homberger, was born in Frankfurt, Germany and lived from June 15, 1902 to 1994. As Erikson’s dad abandoned Erik and his mother, Karla Abrahamsen, before Erik was even born there is not any information known about the biological father other than he was Danish. After raising Erik by herself for three years, Karla married Erik’s pediatrician Dr. Theodor Homberger. After they got married the family moved to Karlsruhe in southern Germany where Erikson got his…

Over the last few weeks I have been in and out of Mrs. Meiss and Mrs. DeFabio’s kindergarten classroom. Childhood development from what I have learned is based on several theories. A few of the many developmental methods I have learned very well are Piaget’s stages of development and Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development. Piaget’s stages of development are broken into 4 stages, sensorimotor birth to 2 years, preoperational 2 to 7 years, concrete operational 7 to 11 years and lastly…

Human goes through various stages of development in two aspects which is biological and psychological throughout their lifespan. Early childhood development is a critical stage in the life of human being as it is the foundation of future well-being and learning processes. Sigmund Freud, a famous physician from Australia, proposed the theory of psycho-sexual stages of personality development in early childhood. The theory is known as psycho-sexual because it refers to fixation of each stage which…

self identity is the question of how we define and see ourselves which changes according to the peers ,family ,external social environment .it forms the connecting link between the society and individual and how he /she is able to associate with the world also forms the basis of development of self esteem .self identity is dynamic and changes over time drastically .adolesence or teenage is one of the most crucial times when an individual starts relating himself to the society and try to find…