Erikson's Psychosocial Stages of Personality

    According to Erikson’s first stage of development, “Trust vs. Mistrust” begins as soon as the infant is born. Erikson believe that when an infant is first born, they must learn how to trust others. In other words, their parents are the ones who are suppose to

20 is a strange age, you don’t have the excuse of being a teenager to fall back on but people still treat you like a child. Since high school, I’ve been interested in psychology, a topic many people engage in because as humans, we all naturally try to learn more about ourselves as a whole, but also as individuals. Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development mark the eight points people go through from infancy to elder hood. Based on Erikson’s theory, twenty year olds are at the end of adolescence where we wonder who we are and what we can be, as well as being at the beginning of early adulthood where we have formed most of our identity but are also now trying to find love and where we fit into the world.

According to Rogers (2013, p.87) Jessica was in stage six intimacy verses isolation of Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development Persons in this stage of psychosocial development are looking for intimacy and closeness in their relationships while still keeping their identity. If they do not achieve intimacy than they are at risk of isolation. One could view Jessica seeking fertility treatment as her wanting to obtain ultimate intimacy with her husband. What is more intimate than sharing a child with someone. This could be the reason why Jessica thought something was wrong with her which was making her question her identity in a sense. Jessica said that since Laurel has been born her and John have grown closer which could indicate that sharing a child together gave them the intimacy they both were seeking.

Life Span Development involves a process of age-related changes that individuals go through beginning from birth though old age. Individuals can undergo physical, psychological, behavioral, and social changes that can impact the development of personality. According to Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory personality evolves through several stages of development (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2015). One of the benefits of having a cross-cultural perspective in regards to life span development is that it allows practitioners to see the “various cultural values, beliefs, and practices” of clients, that can change during the course of a person’s life (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2015). For practitioners, it is crucial to stay updated with relevant cultural information about the populations that they serve. Pepitone (2000) found that, in studies, comparisons that aim to support hypothesis use “convenient national samples” that do not reflect or take into account the diversity of populations, which is a limitation. Using a cross-cultural approach in human development and research can increase the representation of a population’s diversity.

Erikson's first psychosocial conflict is trust versus mistrust. This stage begins at birth and continues until about one year of age. The central issue that

In the first stage, ‘Trust versus Mistrust’, constant patterns for the solution of crisis of trust versus mistrust are looked at. This is the first job the ego must do (Erikson, 1964). Infants face a tough task of whether to trust the environments they find themselves in, and this trust is dependent on the strength of the mother-child relationship (Meyer, Moore & Viljoen, 2003). If the child does not have their basic needs met, then they begin to develop an attitude of mistrust toward the interpersonal relationships they face in the world (Schultz & Schultz, 2009). This first stage among the many stages of psychosocial personality theory highlights that the relationship between infants and the world is both social and biological (Schultz &

This theory is the third of eight parts to Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development. Erikson states that we progress through these eight stages of development in a fixed order with each stage involving a crucial event or predicament that must be overcome in order to progress to the proceeding stage. This event takes place during a critical period within the individual’s development, thus if it is negatively resolved then it will prevent optimal development into the following stages however if it is positively resolved then the individual will advance normally. The manner in which we progress through each stage shapes our personalities and abilities, as even if we negatively complete a stage, we still pass through it, however the consequences are revealed later on in the next stage and so forth.

Another expert, Erik Erikson, proposed an eight-stage psychosocial development process. In his theory, each stage involves a task that must be completed if infants are to successfully move to the next stage. The initial stage of “Trust versus mistrust” in psychosocial development arises in the first year of life. During this stage infants need to develop a sense of trust in themselves and in the world around them. The infant depends on the parents, with an emphasis on the mother, for nourishment. Their relative interpretation of world and society stems from the parent-child interaction. If the parents expose the child to consistency, and steady affection, the child 's perception will be that of trust. However, if parents fail to provide a safe environment that meets

On the fourth week of class we focus on identity development and personality. We spoke about how there are four primary models of personality such as timing of events, trait, cognitive stage, and normative crisis models. We talked about the Erikson’s stages psychosocial who later on develop the eight stages of theory. We also discussed Freud’s psychosexual stages and compare them to Erikson’s psychosocial stages. We analyze identity statuses such as mature, moratorium, foreclosure, and identity diffusion and its research findings. We also went over the gender identity and development and two longitudinal studies such as Mills study and the grant study of Harvard University men and the support of androgyny.

Trust Vs Mistrust is the first stage of Erikson's child development theory. The theory claimed that at even the early ages of 0 to one year of the child's life, the caregiver plays a huge role in the infant's life. When the infant is given love and affection from their primary caregiver, they build this sense of trust towards that person. Later on they also have a positive attitude towards others. If the caregiver fails to meet these needs for the child. The child will also fail and build mistrust towards other adults and themselves later in their life as adults. There will be no hope for the person to successfully gain this trust in their late years. As a child, I think I developed trust towards my parents, they provided me with attention

According to Psychologist Erik Erikson, the social and personality development of the infant includes trust versus distrust. Throughout the first two years of life, an infant goes through the first stage: If an infant stands well-nurtured and loved, trust will develop as well as a feeling of security plus a positive outlook upon their lives. If they stand not well nurtured and loved, they convert towards self-doubting and acquires toward mistrust others (Personality Development, n.d.). Infants develop attachments toward their caregivers whether being parents, other relatives or nannies. If the caregiver responds positively towards the child, they sense a conscious of security that the parent will provide encouragement when required. Insecure

The first stage is basic trust versus mistrust. According to Erikson, the trust versus mistrust is the most important stage in his life. The first stage occurs in the first year of their life. The infant is uncertain about the world he is living on. To resolve the feeling, the caregiver will provide stability for the infant. This will develop trust towards the infant and caregiver. For example, if the care has not been unreliable, the infant would feel a mistrust towards the caregiver. In “interpersonal trust consistency and the quality of peer relationships during childhood” a research was brought upon where trust during adolescent/childhood demonstrated reliability and validity. The results were significantly correlated to social relations (Rotenberg, Boulton). The conflict for the infant involves striking a balance between trust and mistrust. This psychological task can later emerge

The text defines Erikson’s theory of trust-versus-mistrust stage as, “according to Erikson, the period during which infants develop a sense of trust or mistrust, depending largely on how well their caregivers meet their needs.” (p. 190 7th ed.) and the text

Erikson’s theory of ‘trust vs. mistrust’ will be outlined in this paper to suggest how it can be implemented to support parents in developing positive relationships and attachment with their infant and lay the foundations for trusting relationships into adulthood.

The next main theories of Erik Erikson is the stages of psychological development, there are eight stages that Erikson divides development into. The first stage is trust verses mistrust which occurs during the ages of new born to about one, one in a half. This is the stage in which the child looks to the primary care giver for their needs (McLeod, 2008). In order for this stage to be successful with trust it leave a great deal of it up to hope and that the trust and care is born along with the child (Ginsburg, 1992). They are just entering this world so they are uncertain about most things so they rely on them to help them get through the first year or so with consistent and stable care (McLeod,