Analyzing Erikson's Eight Stages Of Life

In this essay I aim to discuss the different views of each side of this argument and then later conclude as to whether personality is stable or changing across the lifespan.

Lifespan development is essential, as it is the changes that happen to us throughout a person’s lifespan. Our development occurs at ages stages where we develop from infancy till death. This essay will contain my life story to display the domains in 5 age stages in my lifespan development. The domains I will be exploring is in this essay is physical, emotional, cognitive, social, cultural and moral domain. The influence of biological and environmental play a significant role in my development. Development is influenced by nature or nurture and its affect will occur throughout lifespan. The changes that occur during development have stage. Each theorists has stages of development where they display the changes. This essay will explore my

Erikson believed that people develop in psychosocial stages. He emphasized developmental change throughout the human life span. In Erikson's theory, eight stages of development result as we go through the life span. Each stage consists of a crisis that must be faced. According to Erikson, this crisis is not a catastrophe but a turning point. The more an individual resolves the crises successfully, the healthier development will be.

Erikson’s (1968, 1980, 1982) psychosocial stages of development provide a framework for the different stages of development throughout the human lifespan. These stages of development begin at birth and continue until death, and separate the lifespan into eight stages based on chronological age. Within these eight different aging stages are corresponding psychosocial stages. Each of these psychosocial stages represent a conflict between two characteristics of development for that particular time period in a person’s life.

Cherry, K. Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development Psychosocial Development in Young Adulthood, Middle Age, and Old Age. (2014). Retrieved on July 6, 2014 from http://psychology.about.com/od/psychosocialtheories/a/psychosocial_3.htm

The human life cycle can be broken down into 5 basic stages (Bingham et al. 2009);

In this paper I’m gonna be talking about the 12 stages of life development considering the main points of each stage and the milestones. The stages I will be talking about is Pre-birth which is the stage of potential, Birth is the stage of Hope, Infancy (Ages 0-3) Vitality, Early Childhood (Ages 3-6) Playfulness, Middle Childhood (Ages 6-8) Imagination, Late Childhood (Ages 9-11) Ingenuity, Adolescence (Ages 12-20) Passion, Early Adulthood (Ages 20-35) Enterprise, Midlife (Ages 35-50) Contemplation, Mature Adulthood (Ages 50-80) Benevolence, Late Adulthood (Ages 80+) Wisdom, Death & Dying Life.

We create our own plot line. And that plot line soon turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy” (Sheehy, p. 169). By creating our own life plot lines, we can control the outcomes to be either progressive or degenerative. Erikson’s theory has only three stages that address the ages of 21-65 years and older, whereas Sheehy believes that the first adulthood stage ends around the mid-forties and the second adulthood begins. There is a change in the mind of people entering this stage and they will either progress through the stage and be ready to be reborn or they will have some struggles they will have to overcome. Even though Erikson’s stages have individual’s fulfill their stages in one way or another, Sheehy’s stage of second adulthood is based more on the ways we create our life path and how fulfilled we make our

Erickson theorizes that a person experiences different stages, and the “Individual confronts a major challenge or ‘crisis” (Boles, Danner, Briggs & Johnson

Many of our temperament traits are evident at birth. However, other characteristics such as trust, guilt and competency are learned based upon our life experiences and the support we receive as we grow and develop. Based upon his research, Erikson became aware of the influence maturation and social demands have on behavior and ultimately on our development. He believed these two forces "push[ed] humans everywhere through…[a set of] eight psychosocial crises" (Sigelman, C. & Rider, E., 2009, pg.332). He organized life into eight stages that extend from birth to death.

There are seven stages a human moves through during his or her life span. These stages include infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood and old age.

The three theories I have chosen to discuss are all extremely relevant ideas; although I prefer Erik Erikson’s stage of psychosocial development. Erik Erikson’s theory covers a person’s entire lifespan showing the many different stages throughout one’s life. A person is always

According to Erikson, a failure in a stage does not necessarily result in another failure; rather, it aggravates the next stage (crisis) and thereby increases the challenge. Erikson, instead of pursuing the very idea that a failure does result in another one in the next stage, says this: A new life task presents a crisis whose outcome can be a successful graduation, or alternatively, an impairment of the life cycle which will aggravate future crises” More specifically, he does not see success, i.e., predominance of the positive aspects of a psychological stage more than the negative ones, as necessary for a healthy personality as long as the conflict can be reworked in a future crisis. Therefore, as a whole, it would not be a misconception

Phrases such as “you are turning into your mother” or “that’s so something mom would say/do,” have become increasingly more common with each passing year of my life. I have come to accept the fact that not only do my mother and I favor in appearance, but also in many behavioral way as well. My mother recently turned 46, and I chose her as my person of interest because it is the closest I will ever get to interviewing my future self. As well as I know my mother, I have never had the opportunity to analyze her development and her current stage of life. It is amazing what one can learn and take away from a few simple questions when they are based on theory, especially Erikson’s.

Personality and social development in the area of Lifespan development emphasizes "enduring characteristics that differentiate one person from another, and how interactions with others and social relationships grown and change over the lifetime." (My Development Lab, 2010, p.7) It is reported that each of the "broad topical areas of lifespan development physical, cognitive, social and personality development plays a role throughout the life span." (My Development Lab, 2010, p.3) The consequence is that "some developmental experts focus on physical development during the prenatal period, and others during adolescence." (My Development Lab, 2010, p. 8) However, others examine social relationships in late adulthood or cognitive