Personal Portrait Nikki Davis June 4‚ 2010 HS 5002‚ Section 02 Dr. Angeline O’Malley Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development describes the impact of social experience across the whole lifespan. He believed that personality develops in a series of stages. In his theory he explains eight stages through which a healthy developing human should pass from infancy to late adulthood. According to Erikson (1950)‚ “Each stage
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Theory Analysis Sigmund Freud - Psychosexual Theory · Basic Philosophy - The basic philosophy is that the sex instinct is the most factor influencing personality; sexual instinct is present at birth‚ but it occurs in stages. The sex instinct provides the driving force for thought and activity. If conflicts from these stages are not resolved fixations may occur. If overindulgence at a stage may result in a person remaining at that stage. Certain personality traits develop from difficulty in
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Jean Piaget 1896-1980 Structuralist/ Cognitive Development Worked with Alfred Binet on parts of the first intelligent test Criticized for doing research on own children Structuralist – universal stages of psychological development‚ each stage represents a qualitative difference –the way a person thinks or solves a conflict Universal Constructiveness – the stages of development are universal and the child constructs his development. Schema –patterns of organize thought and behavior Internalize
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about age eleven until nineteen or twenty. During adolescence‚ changes occur within the physical‚ cognitive‚ psychosocial and social areas. I interviewed my two roommates on if they considered their adolescence “normal”. My first roommate‚ Dale‚ stated that through adolescence her physical and cognitive maturity was considered normal. However‚ her psychological‚ and social areas of development differ from the norm due to a move brought on by an internal family problem. First we will discuss her physical
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Erikson’s Timeline Tina Taylor PSY/230 November 6‚ 2011 Dr. Diane Pascoe Erikson’s Timeline The seventh stage of Erikson’s eight stage model of psychosocial development‚ generativity versus stagnation‚ is where I believe where I am located in the model (McAdams‚ 2006). The central question that is posed during this stage is: “How can I fashion a “gift” (McAdams‚ 2006)? I have been sending all information down to the adult children and young children‚ to make them more knowledgeable
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African American‚ has short hair‚ and had two teeth missing. Brenden always has the biggest smile on his face; for the most part he is a happy kid. The major focus of this age is initiative vs guilt‚ which is Erik Erikson’s third stage of psychosocial development. This stage is when children assert their power and control through directing play and other social interactions. The child begins to make their own decisions‚ explore interpersonal skills‚ and act independently. Brenden is always trying
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this time she doesn’t have the love and trust of her sister Nettie. Though we know very little about Celie prior to the birth of her second child‚ we can assume she has met the first two stages of her life in accordance to Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development by her love and trust of her sister Nettie‚ Shug and Sophia which come later in her life. Her “will” is viewed early on when she is learning to read and become educated with Nettie’s help. Though her hope and will are inhibited on
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child because he was severely abused by his alcoholic mother. This book looks at his life from ages 9 to 18‚ when he was a foster child. The theoretical concept of development that applies to David during this stage of his life is Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory. Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory has eight stages of development. These stages are as follows: Stage Crisis Age Important Event 1 Basic trust versus basic mistrust Birth to 18 months Feeding
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Erik Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development Like Freud‚ Erik Erikson believed in the importance of early childhood. However‚ Erikson believed that personality development happens over the entire course of a person’s life. In the early 1960s‚ Erikson proposed a theory that describes eight distinct stages of development. According to Erikson‚ in each stage people face new challenges‚ and the stage’s outcome depends on how people handle these challenges. Erikson named the stages according to
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Theories of Aging Erik Erikson‚ who took a special interest in this final stage of life‚ concluded that the primary psychosocial task of late adulthood (65 and beyond) is to maintain ego integrity (holding on to one’s sense of wholeness)‚ while avoiding despair (fearing there is too little time to begin a new life course). Those who succeed at this final task also develop wisdom‚ which includes accepting without major regrets the life that one has lived‚ as well as the inescapability of death. However
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