What Is Stage 5 Identity Vs. Role Confusion?

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A. Psychologist Erik Erikson developed eight stages as it relates to lifestyle development. However, only one will be discussed in this project: Stage 5 Identity vs. Role Confusion. This stage focuses on individuals’ between 12 and 18 years and how they are faced with the challenge of not knowing their roles in society (Mcleod, 2013). Erikson suggests that two identities are involved: the sexual and the occupational. It is during this stage that the adolescent will re-examine his identity and try to find out exactly who he or she is, by experimenting different behaviours and social groups (Mcleod, 2013). As they make the transition from childhood to adulthood, adolescents ponder the roles they will play in the adult world. Erikson
In Erikson's fifth stage of development, he noted that it is during this stage, adolescents learn their identity and roles (Mcleod, 2013). He also indicated that individuals begin to develop a sense of identity. One of my challenges was me wanting to have a girlfriend to fit in with other peers, and even though I knew my parents wouldn’t be okay with me smoking or drinking alcohol I did this anyway in the process of finding my identity. My other challenge was me not knowing the career path that I wanted to take after high school, so I spent most of my time thinking about what I could do and started to sell items to persons to see if this was something I would see myself doing. This falls under where Erikson says adolescents also think about the roles they will play in the adult world and may experiment with a plethora of activities and behaviours (Mcleod, 2013). His theory stated that eventually most adolescents achieve a sense of identity pertaining to who they are, and where their lives are headed (Lee, n.d). Even though my story didn’t contain such an outcome, it can be proven that children who go through these stages successfully will be able to achieve their goals of finding out who they are. So I would have to wait until I am 19 before I can come to the conclusion that I have successfully passed stage 5 of Erikson’s
Schizophrenia can be defined as a chronic mental disorder that affects how a person feels thinks and behaves (National Institute of Mental Health, 2016). Another definition defines Schizophrenia as a split mind (Myers, 2007). This type of split mind refers to a split from reality that shows itself in disorganized thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions. Symptoms of schizophrenia are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, confused thinking and reduced social engagement just to name a few (Myers, 2007). There are 4 major subtypes to schizophrenia. One such subtype is paranoid schizophrenia. Paranoid schizophrenia is preoccupied with delusions or hallucinations, generally with cases of persecution and grandiosity according to (Myers, 2007). Symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia are that the person is usually preoccupied with one or more delusions or unusual auditory hallucinations (American Psychiatric Association,