Erikson expanded on Freud’s stages because he wanted to include old age‚ since Freud did not explain his psychosexual theory passed adolescence (Fleming‚ 2004‚ p. 9-3). It is significant that Erikson continued his stages of human development through old age; it shows us that development continues past adolescence. In Erikson’s theory he creates eight stages of development in an individuals "lifespan‚" each stage has a crisis that must be addressed before the start of the next stage‚ (Sneed‚ Whitbourne‚
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outlined eight stages of development that identified the important periods of development that occurred throughout a lifespan. Each stage identifies the significance of personality growth that occurs and underlines the specific developmental crisis that needs to be resolved in each stage. The first stage is trust vs. mistrust‚ which occurs during the first year of existence. The sense of trust of an infant is formed by the quality of the caregiver. The caregiver plays a major role in this stage since
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1985 and directed by John Hughes ’ The Breakfast Club ’ is a film about teenagers that seem different on the surface but come to discover otherwise . When five students from different high school cliques are forced to spend their Saturday in detention‚ the brain‚ athlete‚ basket case‚ princess and the criminal together are faced with the question of who they think they are. The five characters put aside the ir dissimilarities in aid to survive the painful eight hour detention and in the process they
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Claire Standish is one of the teenagers spending her weekend in detention in the movie‚ The Breakfast Club. Claire represents the “popular” clique. Claire is known as a princess; she is spoiled and gets what she wants. Even though Claire has money‚ friends‚ and gets what she wants‚ she is still unhappy. Claire feels like she is misunderstood. Claire comes off as being conceded‚ but says that she hates being that way. Towards the end of the film‚ as the group open up to one another Claire says she
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Individuals have joined an eight-week psycho-educational group to learn and develop strategies and skills to manage their lives. During the first few weeks the group had been quiet‚ however‚ in the beginning of the third week a member of the group raised concern stating that they (the group) were not happy being lectured to each week. John‚ the group leader continued on without much acknowledgement‚ which resulted in another member becoming disgruntled. The member stated that perhaps if John did
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Aishah Afzal – Assignment 1 Erikson Erikson’s 8 Stages of Development Stage 1 Trust vs Mistrust: strength/virtue gained hope This stage occurs during infancy‚ birth to age 1‚ and it is during this stage that the infant gains the ability to either trust an adult or mistrust an adult. According to Erikson’s theory‚ if an infant is well fed and cared for the infant will develop a trust with the caregiver and will demonstrate emotions of happiness and faith in humanity. However‚ if an infant is not properly
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Erik Erikson is the theorist behind the 8 stages of development that are used today to describe the way individuals process through life. Each stage goes along with different age groups. For instance‚ for older adults one is normally concerned with the Generativity vs. Stagnation and the Ego Integrity vs. Despair stages. With Erikson’s theory one will either progress positively throughout life with meeting different goals and over coming obstacles or one will have trouble progressing through life
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Netflix or Amazon. In fact‚ it’s likely you spend at least ten minutes‚ if not more‚ just trying to narrow down the options with great frustration. Next time‚ just skip ahead of the monotonous search and look for one movie: The Breakfast Club. Released in 1985‚ The Breakfast Club is about a group of seemingly different high school students that must spend the majority of their Saturday in detention together‚ each leaving the experience with a new perspective of their classmates. While some may say movies
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The movie‚ “The Breakfast Club‚” by John Hughes takes place at a high school in Illinois‚ where 5 kids have to come in on a Saturday for detention. These kids are all teenagers going through different walks of life‚ under the responsibility of a “power-hungry” teacher. At the beginning of the movie‚ the kids start out practically hating all of each other. As the movie progresses‚ the kids begin to tell their stories‚ and you begin to know a little bit about each person. You begin to learn why the
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“Even though the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club was made in 1985 it still has relevance for modern for modern Australian audiences” To what extent do you agree? ...and these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They’re quite aware of what they’re going through... – David Bowie David Bowie’s words above introduce the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club; they suggest the central themes explored about teenage issues
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