Erikson

Question 1

stage one of Erikson’s psychosocial Developmental Stage

Answer 1

basic trust versus mistrust:
- a healthy sense of mistrust is also necessary for successful dealings with others in social relations
- problems will develop not only if the infant’s basic needs are neglected, but also if over indulged it will effect trust and mistrust.
- the child’s sense of trust grows along with the development of ego

Question 2

stage two of Erikson’s psychosocial Developmental Stage

Answer 2

autonomy versus shame and doubt:
- will is indeed the basic strength of the course, compulsion is the negative core weakness.
- when the toddler struggles to gain a sense of autonomy or control of bodily functions, large, and small motor skills, should be quite obvious

Question 3

stage three of Erikson’s psychosocial Developmental Stage

Answer 3

initiative versus guilt:
- initiative is implied in these attempts at imitation, but guilt occurs when the child’s developing conscience feels in competition with the parent.

Question 4

stage four of Erikson’s psychosocial Developmental Stage

Answer 4

industry versus inferiority:
- according the Erikson the child has at the stage sublimated impulses
- the basic strength of this stage is competence

Question 5

stage five of Erikson’s psychosocial Developmental Stage

Answer 5

identity versus role confusion:
- the body and the sexual organs mature, new expectations for social and academic adjustments arise with the transition to middle school, self-image typically suffers, and life can be very stressful, especially in the earlier transition stage.
- the basic task it fidelity, and the core pathology is repudiation of the assumption of healthy role formation

Question 6

in stage five repudiation can take on what

Answer 6

the form of defiance of authority or of resignation and despair which is termed as diffidence

Question 7

the coping mechanisms for a teen who id confronting his or her identity

Answer 7

• foreclosure: EX: “my father was a dentist I know that’s what he is in mind for me to become”
• moratorium: EX: “Erikson himself used this strategy in his youth as he wandered through Europe before committing himself to a career
• diffusion: EX: “the kind of apathy in which the youth lacks any kind of compassion of commitment
• positive role identity or identity achievement: the sense of really knowing who one is and in general, where one is headed in life

Question 8

stage six of Erikson’s psychosocial Developmental Stage

Answer 8

intimacy versus isolation:
- isolation is its core pathology, intimacy or closeness and mutual sharing with another is a basic strength
- genitality is the physical correlate of psychological intimacy

Question 9

stage seven of Erikson’s psychosocial Developmental Stage

Answer 9

generativity versus stagnation:
- the generativity concludes that many see as old-fashioned notions about conventional sex between married adults
- stagnation for this is meaning the loss of self in self-absorption

Question 10

stage eight of Erikson’s psychosocial Developmental Stage

Answer 10

integrity versus despair:
- integrity in the alter years of life implies that acceptance of a life that was well-lived
- despair implies a lack of further hope in life
- wisdom is the basic strength, disdain is the core pathology of the stage

Question 11

The ninth stage

Answer 11

• often in 80s and 90s
  
  • often a loss of autonomy due to the increasing loss of physical independence

Question 12

Stage one: basic trust versus mistrust

Answer 12

develops trust if there parent is one that picks them up when they cry, endear then, talk to them
when frustrated, and don’t let them cry things out. the mistrust side is from parents who may be

on their phone letting them cry, or being so overwhelmed you can’t pay attention.

Question 13

stage two: autonomy versus shame and doubt

Answer 13

when they become an autonomist it is when they begin to like to do things for themselves
* They want to do everything they can, until they don’t know how to do it or can not do it.
◦This whole stage can be threatening to some parents because they start to establish
independence.
◦In one side the kids develop independence, or in the other scenario their parent knows they
are reaching autonomy and start letting them do their own things. With this the kid may be
found on their own at a park or are off doing something like vaping. Then the kids will fail very
often and start to doubt themselves

Question 14

stage 3: initiative versus guilt

Answer 14

wanting to have the initiative to move towards the future, and having ideas about what you want
to do. Where guilt is more of the i want to do this now.
◦When parents listen to them babble and their planning, and follow along with it. Know that
they want to be able to control it and be able to have fun.

Question 15

stage 4: industry versus inferiority

Answer 15

• between kindergarten (for most more like 1st grade) and 6th grade
  ◦There is a drop in self esteem for some. For some people they may start to excel at
  something academically, other people maybe athletically. These people will start to get
  praise and other compliments from adults and it starts for for industry.
  ‣ Self-esteem comes from being good at something and then being praised. Older people
  helping younger people become better at something so that they can be praised and
  maybe raise their self-esteem. Help raise it by teaching them to do well.
  ◦Helping them find good things if they can’t quickly. Some take long than others. Often this is
  when we see someone doing really well but are not praised, or told they are doing well.
  Another one is that if someone has a bad game or does bad they either have to walk home,
  wait to be yelled at, or get in trouble for doing bad. All of this builds inferiority. You still will
  probably see a drop in self esteem.
  ◦if you have a good sense of self-esteem you are able to jump into adolescents

Question 16

stage five: identity versus role confusion

Answer 16

start of adolescence
◦Being able to find your identity. Your own religious, political, and other personal beliefs.
Finding out your career path, and where you want to be/what you want to be or do.
‣ This doesn’t mean that you won’t change after this. Most of the time it means the
foundation is built, that there is a basis of knowing what you want to do. After the 20s it
likely won’t change

Question 17

stage 6: intimacy versus isolation

Answer 17

◦You find out a lot about yourself. no marriage until you each know who you are individually,
and in a relationship. Without knowing who you are it is hard to marry someone. If you make
that commitment while your still figuring out your person it can be a terrible mistake.
‣ Sharing your true self with someone else and sharing that commitment. Sharing their rue
love and commitment of their developed self
◦The isolation can come from a couple who love each other when they marry then feeling
trapped after marriage. They never form their personal identity and then the relationship does
not go well. When you don’t develop your own identity and move into a relationship bad
things are likely to happen. Being isolated doesn’t necessarily mean being alone.
‣ “You will never feel true isolation until you are alone with your spouse in a room and feel
truly lonely and alone.”

Question 18

stage 7: generativity versus self-absorption

Answer 18

stagnation
◦40-65 ish
◦It’s not about what you do but how you do it. Generative parent or a self absorbed parent
who isn’t a good role model or parental role model. Is it just about themselves or also
remembering to let others shine?
‣ Try to stop focusing on yourself but to help back, and help others

Question 19

stage 8: integrity versus disparity

Answer 19

◦Integrity is the people who are able to look back on life, be proud of it and know that they
have lived things
◦The despair side is being older and feeling in despair as if you haven’t done anything worthy
‣ The best way according to Erickson for older people to stay out of this disparity stage is
by having their own kids.

Question 20

strengths of Erikson’s theory

Answer 20

• Has generated a lot of research
• The framework is largely supported
• A positive view of human potential

Question 21

weaknesses of Erikson’s theory

Answer 21

• is fuzzy on many details
• Is culturally limited
• The early form was sexist

Question 22

erikson compared to frued

Answer 22

• some of erikson’s life story lines up with that of Frued
• Many discriminated against him because he did not look Jewish but was at Jewish school
• He became a family counselor seeing it as a way to live around families his should be, but taught.
  ◦His theory became a foundational theory for a lot of developmental psychology
  ◦His theory also spoke that we do not evolve much after we reach adolescence

Question 23

Erikson’s epigenetic principle

Answer 23

the idea that genetically we all start with something. The idea that we can
either help nurture it into something, or deprive it and keep is unhappy. You don’t just do every
stage and be done. Even if we finish one stage to move to the next we still keep building.
leaving one stage for the next does not mean we are done with the stage
Is discontinuous and qualitative. it is not just one and done, there is one thing at each stage