Erikson's stages of psychosocial development

in the human development through the social aspects of their lives. There were nine stages to Erikson’s psychosocial development theory; “trust vs. mistrust,” “autonomy vs. shame and doubt,” “initiative vs. guilt,” “industry v. inferiority,” “identity vs. identity confusion,” “generativity vs. stagnation,” “integrity vs. despair,” and lastly “hope and faith vs. despair” (Crandell, Crandell, and Zanden). Trust vs. mistrust is from birth to one year’s old. During this developmental stage children…

childhood and include the adulthood stages of life. Erikson’s theory is different because he studied how all the stages of life are connected. Teachings and behaviors learned in childhood, follow an individual into adulthood. This paper will discuss how Erikson’s theory can help to explain the behavior of a third grader who is bullying and provide some approaches to resolve the behavior of bullying. Erikson’s Theory Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development is an expansion from Freud’s…

growing up. According to Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development people go through many experiences that can attribute to their personal identity. Growing up there have been many emotional and psychological experiences that have shaped who I am. The first stage in Erikson’s psychosocial theory is trust versus mistrust. This stage takes place around the age of infancy to 1.5 years old. According to Saul McLeod from SimplyPsychology.com, this is the stage that infants are uncertain…

Renowned Psychologist, Erik Erikson has 8 stages of psychological stages which are: Trust vs mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, and integrity v. despair. These stages cover the life span from birth to death. People who successfully go through each conflict gain a new understanding of themselves and are psychologically successful. On the other hand, people have fail…

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…

Goal and Benefits of Life Review The final of Erikson’s psychosocial stages is when one focuses inward and reviews his or her life history with the principal question of ego integrity versus despair. By accepting one’s existence as inevitable and meaningful Ego Integrity is achieved while despair is connected to bitterness, remorse, and shame. A life review helps an individual incorporate memories into a significant expression of the importance of self-connectedness to the past, present,…

personality development. Psychologist Erik Erikson came up with a psychosocial theory that “focuses on how our personalities evolve throughout life as a result of the interactions between biological maturation and demands of society” (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2016). His theory is composed of eight stages that make up human development from infancy through adulthood. Stage 1: Basic Trust vs. Mistrust (0 to 18 months) The first stage in Erikson's Psychosocial Theory is Trust vs Mistrust. This…

The theory of psychosocial development, proposed by Erik Erikson, stresses the idea of continuous growth met with several identity crises influenced by the social environment. According to Erikson, humans are constantly developing and changing throughout their lives, not only in a physical sense but also personality wise. These life developments vary on the age of the person and can be determined through the eight psychosocial stages defined by Erikson. Each stage involves a crisis which can…

Susana is eager to see her mother because she care and loves her mother. The concept of “the good enough mother” deals with a child’s level of dependence. Winnicott developed three-core processes that navigate the development of the self and three environmental provisions that enable development (Borden, 2009). The first concept is integration, which refers to the…

The Development of Psychosocial by Erik Erikson Erikson’s theory is one of the best-known theories that fall under the psychoanalytic perspectives. Psychoanalytic perspective consist of diversity understanding towards the development of human life-span. According to Santrock (2004), theory is “A coherent set of ideas that helps to explain data and to make predictions.” (p. 18). Initially, Erik Erikson is one of Freud’s followers that have made an improvement towards Freud’s vision about the…