Self Reflection Paper

A bit surreal today as I sit down and write my first paper in almost 20 years. I’ve spent the last 10 years trying to be very concise in my communication, to the point and easy to skim the important facts to ensure what I need to get across will be read. The fact that I am having some emotional response to the stress related to routinely writing papers that ‘feel long’ is just a great example of some of what I learned from my MBTI/Firo B results.

Erick Erickson’s theory on psychosocial development places me in the adolescence stage. The adolescence stage puts me at a point in where I am still making important life decisions. Reading about all these modules this year, has really taught me to choose my life decisions very wisely. The fifth stage is identity vs. role confusion, which is technically what I am in per Erickson’s theory on psychosocial development. During this stage, I have learned that I will develop an identity and will make important life choices that I will base my future on. What Erickson has taught me is that this stage is one of the most crucial stages of your life, considering that you will be basing your future off your choices in this stage. The impact of learning about Erickson’s theory has taught me how important my life decisions are now, and how much these decisions will affect my future life. Learning this has helped me also understand how to cope when I go into Erickson’s next psychosocial stage, which is young adult

Erikson's fifth stage of development is identity vs. role confusion, which occurs during adolescence, from about 12-18 years old. It’s during this stage that children tend to gain self-esteem and a sense of identity. Also, dramatic physical changes and develop interests and abilities that can last a lifetime (McCoy, 2015). Some children, at this stage, tend to struggle with social interactions and to fit in with their peers. A sense of morality and right from wrong is realized, and a more mature line of thinking starts to take

The fifth stage is the identity versus role confusion stage, in which adolescents search for a sense of self and personal identity through exploration of personal values and goals. This stages represents the transition from childhood to adulthood. Erikson claims that two separate identities are connected with this stage: the sexual and the occupational. Failure to create a sense of identity during this stage can lead to role confusion.

There is a lot of pressure growing up in a small town where everyone knows you. My mom raised me to alway express myself and to be open minded in life. In the small town I grew up in, everyone knew you and news spread fast. Because of this I tried being like others, instead of being true to myself like I was always told me. After letting go of the ridiculous idea that I have to be like others, I now have no problem letting my real self be seen and showing others that they can also be themselves.

I was inspired by the content this week so much so that I incorporated digital storytelling into the UNIV 100 course I am teaching. One of the requirements for the course is to attend four outside events and write a one-page paper about each experience. The third paper is due within two weeks, and students have tended to dread the activity, waiting until the last minute to decide on the event and submit the paper.

Psychologist Erik Erikson developed his eight stages of development to clarify the developmental challenges faced at various times in people’s lives. Stage-based theories of development were extremely popular during Erikson’s era. However, Erikson’s theory differs from other popular theories in that a person does not have to successfully complete one stage of development to move on to the next stage of development. Erikson’s stages of development are widely taught in psychology courses in the United States.

Stage five is Identity vs. Identity Confusion. This occurs at the adolescent age; this is when you start to explore who you are and what works for you. You try different options to make life experiences to influence what you will be in the future. For instance figuring out your good traits and skills and honing your gifts, is a big part of your Identity. Learning to pick and choose what is your Identity and what isn’t. Kids who have trouble dividing and separating this will become confused about who they are.

The clocks at LIH appeared to be online and communicating to the WDM. I began my check to start data collection that is when I realized the clocks are not operating normally. I tried to reboot, initialize, and test both clocks though it appeared the clocks were in the process of successfully completing the task, it failed. Within the last two hours, I managed to get both clocks to complete a data collection successfully. I contacted Kari, LIH Coordination Center and request to have a TSO swipe their badge on both clocks located at the Checkpoint and Break Room, respectively.

Toddlerhood stage this is a stage in which we will notice major changes in their physical and cognitive development a child can develop and gain more independence by being able to walk and talk etc. Pre-School stage is when children further develop their motor and language skills. School age stage is an important part of development; it’s here that a child develops their social skills giving them the ability to work with others whether it be other children or their peers. Adolescence- this stage demonstrates the transition from childhood into adulthood at this stage we start to seek our own identity. Young adulthood is the stage that we further develop socially and emotionally and form intimate relationships. Adulthood- throughout this stage people that have developed well will develop the ability to pass on their knowledge and values in life onto others. Maturity- it’s at this stage in our life where we look back on our life and make sense of whether or not we are satisfied with how our path in life went. (SFEU

Ans. Erikson’s term for the fifth stage of development, identity versus role confusion, life’s fifth psychosocial crisis is. Working through the complexities of finding one’s own identity is the primary task of adolescence.

did not fare as well as I expected on my portfolio. I enjoyed this class immensely too, including my professor, Dr. Susan DeLuke. I learned a great deal during the course as well as after the course from Dr. DeLuke, with the multiple homework assignments, and papers, and achieved very good grades under her guidance. However, applying it to the portfolio was challenging. It was a great deal to absorb, retain and get accurate in a short amount of time and I have a tendency to let tasks likes these overwhelm me. I know I could have performed better on my portfolio now. I went from an A in this class to a C+ because of my final portfolio. I thought I did well on it, and I did not. It was very disappointing results for both the student and Professor

Stage five is adolescence, beginning with puberty and ending around 18 or 20 years old. The task during adolescence is to achieve ego identity and avoid role confusion. Ego identity means knowing who you are and how you fit in to the rest of society. It requires that you take all you have learned about life and yourself and mold it into a unified self-image, one that your community finds meaningful. Without these things, we are likely to see role confusion, meaning an

Intro : When growing up we as people continue to go through stages. When growing up I hit the stage Identity vs. role confusion by Eric Erickson. This stages hits at age 12-18 years. During those years teens don’t know who they are and what their personal identity is. A person does this by exploring their personal values, beliefs and goals. The teen also wants to fit in with everyone else.

I am now approaching the conclusion of my college career and starting to adjust to work life. This is a period of self-reflection and an attempt to put everything I learned into perspective. During this period of my life, I have been constantly thinking and contemplating my future. I feel very anxious yet nervous during this time while I am adjusting to this new stage of my life. When I was in High school my life was very structured, because I could be very dependent on peoples help and I obviously still lived with my family. When I went to college, I had to break away from that feeling of dependency and start the adjusting to adulthood. In college there was more responsibility and I started to become more independent. This was a crucial step in my life but choosing a career is going to be an even bigger step. It is a bigger step because; I have to start structuring my career goals and family goal for the future. At this moment all I can think about is my career, and how I can I keep improving myself for work life.