Developmental Stages in Adulthood

Erikson was a psychologist who was greatly influenced by Freud. Although influenced by Freud there are some differences in there developmental stages. Erikson believed that development in an individual was molded by society, culture, and environment. While Freud’s belief was that development is in some way is influenced by the fixation of sexual interest of different areas of the body. The stages in Erikson’s development theory outline how important social experiences can shape us. While Freud’s theory is mainly based on ones sexuality. Additionally the other significant difference between Erikson’s and Freud’s theories is the outcome of a particular stage. Erikson believed that the outcome of a certain stage was not permanent and that it could be changed later on in life. While Freud presumed that if an individual became fixated on a stage problems associated with that stage would be carried on through life.

Freud’s theory on the ego psychological was an accepted view, Erikson began to distant himself from those views (Burston, 2007). The stages of epigenetic development by Freud’s stages of adolescence, Erikson began to go in depth about young adulthood to the middle years to old age. Which he implied a more descriptive detail in regards of the development of childhood that Freud disregarded. He conceptualize in depth about the crisis of each developmental stage, where Erikson identified these as ‘bodily zones’ (Burston,

Elderly people physically slow down and have lower energy levels. There are changes in the body systems and organs that can usually result in all types of

In this report one will describe personality and social development in later adulthood to the potential client’s family. Some issues that will be addressed are the changes in role and social position during this stage. One will also compare living accommodation such as accessibility and the need for health care. Also one will illustrate the adjustment and transition from work to retirement. What changes occur in marriage, family, and peer relationships? Lastly one will identify social policies that affect the older adult.

In my first developmental assessment, Nicole (client) was 17 years old and identified as female, Caucasian and bisexual. She was seeking treatment to address issues related to anger, fear of abandonment, and impulsive and destructive behaviors (i.e. physical aggression, cutting, purging, sexual reactivity, and suicidal ideation). During adolescence, she received ADHD and bipolar diagnoses and showed borderline personality traits. She had been hospitalized on numerous occasions and at the time of the initial assessment, Nicole resided in an adolescent treatment center. This paper will identify normative developmental milestones from young adulthood to late, late adulthood and will analyze Nicole’s life according to these milestones. Therapeutic interventions for Nicole during young adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood, and late, late adulthood will also be discussed.

Erikson’s theory is rooted in what he called the eight stages of psychosocial development which include trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame, initiative vs guilt, industry vs. inferiority, ego identity vs. role confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, and ego vs. despair. He believed that the personality and life choices of an individual were subject to how they dealt with the crises of the previous stage(s), and that each stage had its own ego crisis to be resolved into a balanced outcome (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, p. 135). The unsuccessful completion of a stage would negatively impact one’s disposition, and ability

Erikson’s theory was based on Freud’s psychosexual theory of ego psychology. He desired to determine that psychosocial development of an individual is due to the interaction between the innermost self, the social, historical, cultural background and the living individual (Seligman & Shanock, 1998). This theory is described basing on principals such as a) Epigenetic Principal, a) Radius of Relationship, b) Psychosocial Crisis, c) Prime Adaptive Ego Qualities and d) Core Pathologies (Newman & Newman,2012). Erikson also described the succession of eight stages of development. They are a) Oral sensory, b) Muscular-anal, c) Loco

When it comes to being an older adult many things that were once an easy task becomes challenging such as remembering where you just place something or what you are doing. These tasks have a lot to do with memory and with this it becomes a huge problem for older adults. While growing up I experienced my first older adult named francine who was sixty six years old with alzheimer’s disease. She was one of my mothers friends and I guess you could also call her my mother's mentor.

Marianne Williamson said, “In our society, as people pass out of young adulthood, they tend to relate to themselves more in terms of what they are no longer than what they are now, and that’s psychologically low-grade devastating”. As we age, we tend to look at the future, that growth with fear or trepidation. We mourn the loss of our “youth” rather than embrace the new changes we are heading toward. These changes we will experience are vast and necessary for each stage of development. As we grow become adults we will experience a variety of psychological changes as we adjust to aging and any changes that will happen to our lifestyle. These changes should not be feared, they simply mark the growth and experience

Adulthood can be broken down further into two sub-stages: Early (eighteen to thirty-five), and Middle adulthood (thirty-five to sixty-five). In Early Adulthood, adults are in the “prime of their lives”, that is, they are in top physical and cognitive health (lime). When a person reaches Middle Adulthood, their cognitive abilities remain stable; and they tend to approach things more practically; the activities and tasks engaged in by midlife are generally not cognitively challenging. Perhaps this is due to experience, or having many years of practice on the task at hand, or they may be employing selective optimization-they focus on and do the things they do well as a way to compensate for the things they do not as well(brown). When healthy,

Erik Erikson, born in 1902, is a key German psychoanalyst primarily known for his theory of psychosocial development. His theory is laid out in eight stages with each stage focusing on a crisis. These crisis’ are major and are argued to be determining factors of a human’s social personality. Additionally, Erikson looks at virtues, who the person’s significant relationship is with at each stage in life, and what existential questions they are asking themselves. With this comprehensive theory however, we will see many stones unturned and his peers argue that it is too generalized. This paper will discuss each stage, where this theory has

I feel like I fit into the emerging adulthood stage. I’m 21 years old, working full time at Roger’s Memorial Hospital (always wanted to work here), going to school part time, and living in my own apartment. So, I feel mature in that aspect. However, in some ways I still feel like a teenager and really unsure of what I’m doing. For example, I was having car trouble a while ago. I wasn’t sure of what to do, started to panic and ended up calling both my partners and one of my roommates. So I feel like half an adult, there are moments where I feel like I have my life together. But other moments where I don’t know what I’m doing at all.

Erik Erikson was a student of another theorist, Sigmund Freud. Erikson expanded on Freud’s psychosexual theory. Erikson later developed the psychosocial theory. This theory described the effect of one’s social experiences throughout one’s whole lifespan. One of the main elements of Erikson’s psychosocial theory is the development of ego identity. Ego identity is the conscious sense of self that we develop through social interaction. The ego was taken from Freud’s theory. Erikson added three stages to Freud’s psychosexual theory. His theory has a total of eight major stages. The stages begin with infancy and end with old age. In this essay, I will

The ideas of Erikson were heavily influenced by an Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud, who also analyzed the human psychological development and identified psychosexual stages of development. However, Erikson did not emphasize the predominant role of sexual development in psychological development. He argued that the role of culture and society on a human was the most significant factor which through the evolution separated human psychological development from the development of animals. Erikson writes that there are conflicts which take place within ego and they are usually caused by external factors (society, culture, etc.) Thus, according to Erikson, a human successfully completes the stage when he resolves the main conflict within his ego. (McLeod)

Throughout the Human Behavior and the Social Environment course, we have encompassed the many stages of the life cycle process. Now that I am twenty two years old, I found the early adulthood stage to be the most influential, and the most sensible one to relate to given the point that I am at in my life. More importantly, I decided to research and apply this life cycle stage to a variety of milestones, experienced by my interviewee, Chelsie. Living just houses apart, being raised by single fathers, Chelsie and I found that we had many things in common. We have remained friends since we were children, and have only grown to be closer into our early adulthood years.