Development Theory And Erik Erickson's Eight Stages Of Development

Erikson’s eight stages of development are trust vs. mistrust, Industry vs. Inferiority and Identity vs. Role Confusion. Stage one is Trust vs. mistrust – birth to age 1- At this stage the infant learns to trust the caregiver to provide for their basic needs or develops mistrust. Stage two is Autonomy vs. shame and doubt– 1-3yrs- At this stage toddlers begin to express their independence by talking, walking, dressing, feeding, and toileting

B) our ability to modify our behavior based on the prospect of rewards or punishment.

The diary I listened to was about Frankies life as a high schooler and provided a background story about his upbringing. When Frankie was a child, his father was accused of stabbing a man outside of a bar, his father claimed that he was only protecting himself from the person he stabbed. As a result, Frankies parents left the town they lived in, taking with them little Frank, who at the time did not know what was going on. Frankie believed that he was on vacation traveling with his parents. Moreover, 15 years passed when Frankie got back home from school, and all of the sudden there were several police vehicles at the front of their house. At that moment, his dad realized that he may not see his family for a long time and gave his family a

with family members. We moved each year and never stayed in a home for more than two years.

The first stage of Erikson’s eight stages of development is called Trust vs Mistrust, and these two coexists on how the infant will later be affected in the world. Trust revolves around how often the parent attends to their children. Mistrust of course is the complete opposite from Trust. According to Erikson, my mother informed me that I developed a sense of Mistrust/Trust. She explained to me that at first she used to attend to my needs, and pick me up every time I cried, therefore, I developed trust. That all went downhill when my great grandmother told my mother to not pick me up because, crying will help my lungs. Ending with mistrust, is part of the reason why I don’t try to get close to others as much. Nowadays, I tend to keep my distance from other people.

During the time of infancy, the child cannot completely rely on themselves but has to depend on their caregiver. The subject in which I observed is a female baby and was born February 8, 2015. She will be referred to as D. B. As of now she is eight months so she is categorized in the infancy period. She is the only child, with a stay at home mom and working father who are married. Her mother is also a part-time college student taking online courses only. D.B. recognizes her mother well and tends to get upset when she’s not around at times. She spends more time with her mother due to her father being in the labor force. Most of the time while observing her is when her father was at work. D.B. is a dependent infant. She is unable to walk as

Erik H. Erikson had eight stages of development that he used to identify personality and identity. These stages of development are Infancy—the challenge of trust{versus mistrust), Stage 2: Toddlerhood—the challenge of autonomy (versus doubt and shame), Stage 3: Preschool—the challenge of initiative (versus guilt), Stage 4: Preadolescence—the challenge of industriousness (versus inferiority), Stage 5: Adolescence—the challenge of gaining identity (versus confusion), Stage 6: Young adulthood—the challenge of intimacy (versus isolation), Stage 7: Middle adulthood—the challenge of making a difference (versus self-absorption), and Stage 8: Old age—the challenge of integrity (versus despair). Now that I've given you the stages of development I'm

As human beings age, according to Erik Erikson, they go through developmental stages that help to create and transform their personalities. If needs are met and the ego is gratified, then the individual is able to move on to the next challenge. Onward they march in life and in stage until they find the end level: integrity versus despair. This has been categorized as adults 65 years and older by Erikson. Here, people are to reminisce and judge their lives in terms of merit or disappointment. Erikson himself had a lot to comb through in his later years.

When it comes to Erickson's Eight Stages of Development, with other researches we can state that a person's childhood is what shapes their personality, that's why is a crucial time in a child's life. However, we face challenges throughout our life course that also shape us. They come in eight stages, stage 1 is, infancy- the challenge of trust, stage 2 is toddlerhood- the challenge of autonomy, stage 3 is preschool- the challenge of initiative, stage 4 is preadolescene- the challenge of industiousness, stage 5 is adolescence- the challenge of gaining identity, stage 6 is young-adulthood- the challenge of intimacy, stage 7 is middle adulthood- the challenge of making a difference, and finally stage 8 is old age- the challenge of integrity. The eight stages of

In Erik Erikson’s theory he explains that in every stage, a positive or a negative attitude is developed within an individual. During our developing stages we are either successful or we fail. Each stage will come to us whether or not we’re ready for them or not. You can think of the stages as learning stages where crisis occur .Only if we have learned from the previous crisis we are successful. You cannot avoid 1 stage and move to a next stage because of the developing process. The outcome of our lives depends on the way we chose to progress throughout each stage in life. Erikson had his own way in describing each stage in life that we all must go through.

Inferiority (McLeod, 2008). Industry vs. inferiority is the fourth stage within Erikson’s stages of development and has a heavy emphasis on school, learning new skills and receiving feedback (McLeod, 2008). Erikson states that this stage is pertinent in regards to building self-confidence and developing competencies (McLeod, 2008). We want to use this information and incorporate it into our teaching style, in order to do that we want the information we are teaching to be applicable to their lives and our methods to be interactive. Children at this age are eager to learn and accomplish tasks (McLeod, 2008), they also respond well to positive reinforcement, which we intend to incorporate into our

Erik Erikson created a model of stages of development. He was influenced by Freud, but also had differing opinions. His model contains eight stages ranging from birth till late adulthood. Erikson emphasized that there is conflict and resolution in each stage, and that the person is always working through this conflict in hopes of resolution. No person will flow through the stages identically, since he provides two ends of a spectrum for each stage there is a lot of room for variation.

According to Erickson’s theory of development, there are four stages of concern that play a critical role in surviving the hardships during childhood. This week’s reading impacted on my understanding the reasons people from the ages twelve through older adults are vulnerable to addictions by reading stages of Erickson’s theory of development. The Erickson’s stages of development are- stage 5: identity versus confusion (12-17 years), stage 6: intimacy versus isolation (young adulthood), stage 7: generativity versus stagnation, and stage 8: ego integrity versus despair (older adulthood) (Wormer & Davis, 2013, p. 320).

Erickson’s theory of psychosocial development has eight stages. That range from birth to adulthood. First stage happens on the first year of life, which includes Trust vs. Mistrust. During this stage the infant not knowing and or being uncertain of their surroundings looks for the caregivers being the parents to provide and or guide them through their first year of life. Parents will provide stability and or providing the adequate care for the infant, which will develop trust and therefore lead to hope. If the trust is not there due to the infant not feeling secure and there’s no stability for the child therefore developing mistrust leading to the infant having fear instead of hope. A specific memory I have of this stage will be with my own children. I come from a culture that believes if a baby cries let him cry because if you pick him up he will get used to you holding him. In another situation when my son was only a couple days old my grandmother said let him cry it expands his lungs and will help him breath better. Thankfully I had taken a psychology class before I even had kids and was aware of Erickson’s theories which lead to me telling my family everything they say is a Mexican myth and I wont be applying such actions with my children.

The first stage of Erikson’s theory happens from birth to about 1 year old. This stage is known as what Erikson believed to be the most important stage. In this stage it tests trust vs. mistrust. This means that a baby can tell if they can trust someone from the way they are treated within the first year. Infants are trying to figure out if the world is a safe place to be in this stage. If a baby is well taken care of and receives constant and reliable care they will feel like they can trust. This can affect them in all of their relationships in life. This stage of life will help a child develop the virtue of hope. If an infant is not cared for they will have mistrust in the world that they live in and throughout life they may not have true relationships (Mcload, 2008).