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    Theories and Theorists Theories are the building blocks of psychology. Theories whether old or new has allowed us to know what we know now. There are many theories in the field of psychology or educational psychology that are important to further understand human behavior. However, this paper will focus on only two theories which are; Erikson’s psychosocial theory and Alfred Adler’s Adlerian theory. Erik Erikson’s psychosocial development has always been a great contribution to the field of psychology

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    Abuse and neglect can be damaging not only throughout childhood but also throughout adolescence, adulthood, and even the next generation as well. Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory helps better understand the internal thoughts throughout the lifetime of those who have been abused and neglected during childhood. Erikson’s psychosocial theory has many stages that focus on different parts of a person’s lifetime such as Trust vs. Mistrust, Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt, Industry vs. Inferiority, Intimacy

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    Not one theory is more important than the next, each theory holds importance and are commonly used to describe supported evidence acquired throughout the scientific method. A theory may possibly rationalize how one interacts with others, human behaviors, or even how one may respond to a specific stimuli. Social work practice models shows how social workers can carry out theories. The practice models provides social workers with a blue print of how to be of assistance to others based on supportive

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    AND PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT Human development is a lifelong process, which describes the growth of human throughout the life. There are many developmental theories which provide a set of guiding principles and concepts of human growth and development including physical, behavioral, cognitive and emotional growth and change. Out of those theories Psychosexual and Psychosocial theories are the two main theories of Psychoanalytic . Here I am going to focus on these two theories of development

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    A third development theory that I will discuss is called the “Psychosocial Theory.” The psychosocial developmental theory emerged from the work of psychologist Erik Erikson. Erikson argued that human development was influenced by social experiences that take place through eight stages. In fact, Erikson’s theory was influenced by his experience in analyzing and studying of various types of people from various backgrounds and culture. Thus, Erikson believed that human life evolved through experiencing

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    Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory places everyone into stages, from the days where they still need diapers and bottles, to the days where they can barely remember who they are. We all go through the stages in life where we learn to walk, communicate, and trust. How easy we are influenced and how we feel internally is what helps us understand how we are placed within these stages. With me being 18 years old, I am placed into the Identity vs. Role Confusion stage. According to David (2014), “An adolescent

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    Erikson's Psychosocial Theory is the one that would stick with me the most. Lot of it makes sense because with the different stages he's mentioned such as trust vs mistrust, identity vs role confusion, intimacy versus isolations to integrity vs despair. The trust vs mistrust sticks because of some of the stories and clips that was in class. With trust vs mistrust the idea is if a child has bad things happen in certain situations the child will begin to mistrust. While for trust if positive

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    Erikson was a theorist who focused on his theory for psychosocial development. The article Psychosocial Identity Development Theories, highlights the keys points and idea of Erikson’s psychosocial theory. Erikson was very focused on the idea of ego identity and obtaining full potential. His theory or “model” stats that, “identity formation is based on overcoming conflicts that individuals encounter during adolescent and early childhood.”(Karkouti, 2014, p.257) He believed that all people must endure

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    Psychosocial and Cognitive learning are just a few of the theories that describe the makeup of human development and behavior. Psychosocial theories explore the relationship between the social environment and an individual’s psychological condition (Crawford and Hawford, 2011). Whilst Cognitive Learning Theory explains certain behavioral responses of people based on their understanding and mental representation of what is happening at the present time. This theory also explores a person’s everyday

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    Based on Erikson's psychosocial theory, what crisis are most of these children experiencing? What factors in Patricia's and Kashi's experiences can you identify that are important to their resolution of this crisis? According to Erikson’s psychosocial theory the girls are and table 3.1 on page 46, I would say these children are experiencing industry versus inferiority. Patricia is lacking in self-confidence and because of that her parent is aware of the situation and stepping in to create an environment

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