Case Study – Kayla and Kathy This case study involve Kayla a 17 year old female and her 49 year old mother‚ Kathy. Kayla and her mother reside in a little country town‚ low income family. Kayla and her mother are fighting because Kathy is always taking her money and spending it on drugs and there is no money for rent and food to feed her sister and brothers. Child Protective Service has investigated allegations of abuse and neglect. Kayla fought her mother and hit her with a chair to keep her from
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and differences between Freud’s Psycho-sexual theory‚ and Erikson’s psychosocial theory. Also‚ how Freud was one of the very first influential psychologists who changed the way we study humans today. Influenced by him‚ Erikson recognized Freud’s contributions‚ and although he felt Freud might have misjudged some of the important dimensions of human development‚ we can still find similarities between their theories. Erikson has eight stages in his theory compared to Freud’s five; you can see that Erikson’s
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2010‚ p.334). A lot of obvious and physical transformations take place throughout puberty. As a result‚ Annie’s body will start developing‚ because of the rise in estrogen in her body. Annie’s Physical Transformation The biggest and obvious developmental change in Annie’s body will be growth spurts. Throughout this time‚ she can grow anywhere from 8 inches and 12 inches in height‚ and its normal for eating routines to go from eating little portions to eating larger portions. As Annie begins to
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The psychosocial theory of development was formulised by the German psychoanalyst Erik Erikson. His theory considers the impact of external factors‚ parents‚ and the society‚ on personality development from childhood to adulthood (Candida‚ 2010‚ p. 51). According to Erikson’s theory‚ every person must pass through a series of eight interconnected stages (split into general age ranges) over their entire life cycle. In this assignment‚ I will discuss these eight stages of development and how Erikson’s
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In a narrative format‚ discuss the key facts and critical issues presented in the case. In this case study‚ the regional claims manager‚ Christine Brooks‚ is tasked with reorganizing the Westchester zone in order to consolidate 4 offices into one office by the end of the year. She anticipates challenges because of this change and has a plan to work with the managers to make the transition as smooth as possible. There is background provided on the insurance industry’s history over the past years
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lifelong process. His theory contains eight stages of development that occur at different points in an individual’s life. At each stage‚ the individual has‚ what he believed as‚ a developmental crisis. Developmental crises are issues in the stage that must be dealt with in order to move on to the next stage. Each stage offers an outcome as to what will happen if the crisis is not resolved. Incomplete development of one stage can effect later development. Erikson’s developmental model can be used to
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Bronfenbrenner wanted to focus on the process of development rather than concentrate on isolated variables. Most developmentalist focus on nature and nurture in the development of children. Bronfenbrenner’s theory is based on a child’s state of affairs and circumstances. The key idea in Erik Erikson’s theory is that the individual faces a conflict at each stage which may or may not within that stage. Erik Erikson was a psychologist who was most famous for coining the phases of identity crisis. Accordant
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Answers: What is your general impression of the meeting? This meeting put together several experts in the field of dynamical systems and its connections with problems in social and life sciences. Game theory was particularly emphasized. For me‚ as a young scientist‚ it was an amazing occasion to be in touch with senior scientists working on my field on interest. As the organizer of a special session‚ I could also bring together specialists whose work is closely related to mine. One of the speakers
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Psychosocial Stage of Development One of the best known personality theories is Erik Erickson’s theory of psychosocial development. Like Sigmund Freud‚ Erikson believed that personality developed in a series of stages. Erikson described who social experience impacted across the whole life span of a person. Ego identity development is one of the main elements to his theory because it is constantly changing as because of life experiences and information a person obtains in his or her daily interactions
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The theory that can best explain Colton Harris- Moore’s behavior is Strain theory. Strain is the disjunction of goals and means. People commit deviant acts when they are denied the means of success. Merton (the father of strain theory) categorized people into five general categories (conformist‚ ritualists‚ innovators‚ retreatists‚ and rebels) with regards to their relationship to culturally accepted goals and the means to achieving those goals (Crossman‚ n.d.). When it comes to Colton and his case
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