Erikson's stages of psychosocial development

Erikson’s theory indwells in an individual and the society aspects being complimentary where the ego develops through the psychosexual process from Freud’s perspective, but also through the psychosocial process (Welchman, 2000). Erikson’s main study was also derived from his personal life experiences in the struggle of understanding his identity (Welchman, 2000). His studies have helped the child development field in understanding the whole child developing (emotionally, socially, physically and…

through eight stages called the developmental crisis (Pastorino & Doyle-Portillo 378). He noticed that in many cultures, humans progressed in a similar manner where in each stage, their environment and their reactions to the atmosphere created a variety of personality characteristics. Depending on how they responded, the trait could either be healthy or unhealthy to their social life. In my psychology class, we took a quiz to evaluate what trait we most likely possess in each stage. By adding up…

Using the stages of Erikson’s developmental model, an outline of my sister, Alina’s, life will illustrate how the early events of her life shaped her development as a person today. This essay will be explaining and pushing into depth of her critical situation, while using references from his model, and the crisis model. As Alina grew up, she had an undoubted secure attachment with my parents, as well as I did. Each stage as described in Erikson’s model accurately represents how she was back…

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…

Erik Erikson’s theory of Psychosocial Development explores one’s life experiences through stages of development and social interactions to determine one’s identity. This paper will consist of my cultural, religious and life experiences that have shaped my place in the world based on the ideas of Erik Erikson and Kwame Appiah’s theories of development. Erikson describes his fifth stage as Identity Confusion in which takes place during adolescence. Throughout this paper I will focus on…

adulthood, placing me right in the beginning of what Erikson believed to be the sixth stage of psychosocial development and Piaget’s final stage of Cognitive development, which he called the “Formal Operational” stage. After watching the two videos pertaining to my period of life I realized and learned that this stage is also full of questioning and experimenting to find yourself, much like the previous “teen” stage was except now we approach it in much more mature ways. I learned that it is a…

The developmental stage that was chosen was young adulthood. During young adulthood, one is transitioning from a teenager into an adult. In contrast to childhood or adolescence, an individual starts developing himself or herself as a young adult when he, or she, starts to take responsibilities for their own needs and expenses. In young adulthood, there are developmental tasks and processes that take place. This stage can be associated with Erikson 's psychosocial theory of “Intimacy vs.…

develops a psychosocial developmental theory which was deriving from Freud’s Psychodynamic theory and Erickson’s theory also knows as Neo-Freudianism. There are similarities and differences between Erickson’s psychosocial developmental theory and Freud’s Psychodynamic theory. Erickson’s psychosocial developmental theory is more comprehensive compare to Freud’s Psychodynamic theory which explain human from birth to death and focus more on social interaction influence on human development.…

developing a sense of identity in society. His topography included 8 stages, the first five stages go up to the age of 18 years and the other three stages from 18 until death. Like Freud, Erik…

A developmental theory that can be associated with Heidi is Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development. A major focus of this theory is the development of identity and a sense of individualization throughout the course of one’s life. In this theory of development, it considers the impact of external factors, family and society on personality development throughout the span of a person’s life (Hutchinson, 2013). The theory is a phase of eight sequences that a person develops over time and…