Erikson's Stages of Development: A 19 Year Old's Case

Erik Erikson was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1902. Because his mother was Jewish and his father was not, he was often bullied in school. He had blonde hair and blue eyes, so his Jewish peers mocked him for standing out and being different, and his peers at school teased him simply for being Jewish. His own internal conflict with his identity sparked his interest in identity formation and development. Although he never actually received a degree in medicine or psychology, he became friends with Anna Freud who helped him study psychoanalysis. Erikson supported and was influenced by many of Sigmund Freud’s ideas. Freud had a theory on development, he called it the 5 stages of psychosexual development, this is one of the theories that Erikson

Eric Erikson was one of the most famous theorists of the twentieth century; he created many theories. One of the most talked about theories is his theory of psychosocial development. This is a theory that describes stages in which an individual should pass as they are going through life. His theory includes nine stages all together. The original theory only included eight stages but Erikson‘s wife found a ninth stage and published it after his death. The nine stages include: trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. identity confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, integrity vs. despair, and hope and faith vs. despair (Crandell and Crandell,

were asked to rate people they knew on the 171 traits. The results were factor

The middle adulthood stage of development is from about forty years of age until about sixty five years of age. At this stage, the typical person has found their desired career path, a relationship worth settling down with, and their piece of the bigger picture. Being successful and giving back to the community is important during this time frame. According to Erikson’s psychosocial stages of human development, this is the point in life where the question is generativity or stagnation. Generativity is reached if a person feels that they are successful and doing a good service for the rest of the world, but if the feeling of failure in these areas arises stagnation, inactivity, is reached. Both generativity and stagnation are developed mainly

The mean age of the participants was 19.3 which means our sample was very close to the average age of college students. The standard deviation between participants was .955, the minimum age was 18 years old and the maximum was 22 years old. 3 out of the 102 participants age were missing from the data. The question responses were used to find the standard deviation and mean for the Big Five personality trait score. The Big Five personality traits are extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experiences. The response scales for these were from a 1 to 7, with a range of 6. The higher the response score the more the participant agreed with the statement and the lower the score less the participant

At the age of 6 years old, a child would most likely experienced the school system which would include pre-school and kindergarten. There are many physical, cognitive and social changes that are happening in middle childhood development. This paper will examine what these changes affect the child’s ability to function in society. This analysis will focus on the normal course of development in middle childhood as it applies to the theorist Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages and then give examples of what may happen if the developments are not carried out.

found later on in the textbook is called the Five-Factor model of personality (Cervone & Pervin,

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.

“The Five Factor Model provides a compelling framework for building personality measures that seek to represent the domain of individual terms broadly and systematically” (Briggs, 1989 as cited in McAdams. DP, 1992, p. 332). The FFM consists

According to Erikson’s Nine Stages of Psychosocial Development, “Trust vs. Mistrust,” trust and, or, mistrust is experienced from as young as infancy. I first experienced trust when I was just an infant. Since my birth, my parents have been entrepreneurs, specializing in home decorations and home improvement. Where ever my parents went, I went, which is the reason why I found trust in them. I always knew that I would be right by my parents side at all times. Both parents pulled an equal amount of responsibility while raising me and my other four siblings, with each of us being two years apart. As claimed by my parents, I started walking at only five months and I did not crawl on my knees, as babies usually do, for a long. My parents also

The findings of this study are not surprising at all and one may question if the use of the HEXACO model, while an alternative to the Big Five, was overcomplicating to the process of compiling the data. Though the model provided additional personality traits to be examined, many of these paired traits were

The Five Factor Model or Big Five model developed by McCrae and Costa factor together personality traits into 5 major categories. Those factors were Neuroticism (worried insecure, nervous, highly strung), Extraversion (Sociable, talkative, fun-loving, affectionate), Openness (Original, independent, creative, daring), Agreeableness (Good-natured, softhearted, trusting, courteous), and Conscientiousness (Careful, reliable, hardworking, organized). (Schultz & Schultz, 2013). They are able to include most of other lower order traits accounting for specific dimensions of individual differences in personality. (Schultz & Schultz, 2013)

341-342). This quote is parallel with the participant’s belief that cognitive growth occurred during the early years of his career due to his personal drive to embrace and utilize the opportunities given to him by his company. In addition, the factors in the participant’s life also, in a sense, “lined up” for success leading to a productive, prosperous future. These essential factors for competitive employment, while simple, are many times taken for granted. Factors such as good health and nurturing during his developmental years enhanced his ability to learn and become a productive adult. In addition, being an average size man, which was achieved through proper nutrition during childhood, was essential for maturation and optimal cognitive functioning during adulthood (Heinonen, 2014, p. 12). Clearly, all the aspects for cognitive development were available and utilized for the participant’s successful cognitive maturation throughout his life.

Adolescence is the fifth stage in Erikson's psychosocial development theory. It is posited to last from ages 12 to 18, and the basic conflict inherent in the adolescent stage, which the person must resolve, is between identity and role confusion. This conflict between identity and role confusion especially plays itself out in peer relationships, but the teenager also navigates through identity and role confusion with relationships in the family unit. Identity and role confusion issues can arise with sexuality, as well as worldviews.

My sister Evett, now age 28, was born in the Philippines on October 7, 1987. She grew up in Manila and attended an international private school. After completing high school at Brent International School, she went to University of British Columbia majoring in Biology and minoring in Psychology. After graduating she worked at BC Children’s Hospital, Childhood Obesity Foundation, and in the UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Since moving, then she has grown accustomed to the Canadian culture and resides in Richmond with her husband. She was raised in a protestant Christian home, and is ethnically Chinese (Fuchian and Foochaw). Evett has a unique and strong personality. I will be using the Five-Factor model to analyze her characteristics, since this model has received the most support and attention from personality researchers over the past few decades. It has been replicable in studies with items using English-language trait words, by dozens of researchers through different samples, item formats, and language (including Chinese, Indian and German) every decade over the past 50 years. Thus, historically the Big Five trait taxonomy has the highest consensus in personality trait psychology (Larsen & Buss, 2014). Many psychologists today continue to endorse the five-factor model in various applied settings and research designs (Larsen & Buss, 2014). This leading taxonomy consists of openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion (surgency),