Conception Of Life According To Erikson's Theory

S.S. is a 24-year-old adult female, recently divorced with two young girls. She is also a full-time student living with her mother in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. She explains she is focused on finishing nursing school, so she can provide for her family. Patient falls under Identity vs Role Confusion in Erikson Stages of Development as she has transitioned into young adulthood and has begun to carry more responsibilities. S.S. did not what to elaborate on her previous marriage but insist she doesn’t feel the need to isolate herself or dwell on the past as the love from her daughters drive her to do and be better.

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,

Jay uses three steps demonstrated by Emma to establish success: “get some identity capital, use your weak ties, pick your family” (Jay 14:26). Emma found a passion for art, connected with an old roommate's cousin to find a cross-country job, and mindfully chose a partner (13:15). Emma is an Authority due to her experience of overcoming the stagnant period in her 20s by becoming proactive in creating a healthy, enjoyable quality of life in a career and a relationship. As well as the steps Jay identified and displayed by Emma to demonstrate reasoning to a logical outcome. With the example of Emma and her story in the text, Jay accomplishes the use of an Authority and a Testable

Erikson believed that people develop in psychosocial stages. He emphasized developmental change throughout the human life span. In Erikson's theory, eight stages of development result as we go through the life span. Each stage consists of a crisis that must be faced. According to Erikson, this crisis is not a catastrophe but a turning point. The more an individual resolves the crises successfully, the healthier development will be.

Generativity versus stagnation, Erikson's seventh developmental stage, occurs during middle adulthood. By generativity Erikson means primarily “a concern for helping the younger generation to develop and lead useful lives. The feeling of having done nothing to help the next generation is stagnation” (Santrock, 2013, p. 23). Both

Erik Erikson assumed that every person goes through eight stages involves a life crisis to be resolved one way or another and covers the entire life span of a human being (Santrock, 2014). Each crisis is not necessarily a catastrophic event, but a turning point and the more successfully an individual resolves each of these crises, the healthier the development will be (Santrock, 2014). Successful resolution of each stage affects the next stage and each stage is built upon, however, should that stage require a maladaptive resolution at any stage, this may interfere with others, therefore it is especially important, to get off to a good start.

Erikson’s’ Generativity vs Stagnation stage is depicted by A.Z.’s mindful attitude towards others. Erikson’s Generativity vs Stagnation stage states between the ages of 40 and 65 people

Social support could be instrumental versus expressive, objective versus perceived, cognitive guidance versus tangible support (Cobb, 1976; Rapley, 2003). There exist various tools for capturing social support afforded to a patient that could capture all of the above ideas. Weiss identifies seven relational provisions, namely; attachment, social integration, reassurance, reliable alliance, guidance and opportunity for nurturance and provision for psychological safety (Weiss, 1974). These provisions are deemed important for individuals to feel adequately supported and to avoid isolation.

There have been many psychologists throughout generations that have studied and created theories about how we develop. Human development is something interesting on its own because during development many factors come into play. We have different factors such as biological, psychological, sociocultural, and lastly life-cycle forces that can affect how we develop into the individuals we are presently and even futuristically. But just because we have these forces does not mean that each force is a main factor to the development theories that have been discovered, and analyzed and brought into question.

The Separation of Powers are the basic powers of government that are separated into 3 distinct, independent, and equal branches. These branches are known as executive, legislative, and judicial, and they were created to make sure power in government was distributed equally. The executive branch governs and enforces laws, legislative branch can enact on legislature to block presidential appointments or declare war, and Judicial branch interprets the law. The Framers intended to create a stronger central government and described how the powers would be divided into branches in Articles I, II, and III section 1 of the Constitution. The executive branch would consist of the President, Vice President, and Cabinet, the legislative branch contains

The last stage in Erikson’s theory is the integrity vs. despair important stage. This is the time in one’s life when they begin to look at their life and the role that they have played in life. As one reflects on their

As an emerging adult Jayne states, she could not decide what she wanted to do with her life. There was not a lot of opportunities for her. She was good at school but hated it at the same time. She expressed that there were just too many directions for her to take so she did take any. Just waited for things to come to her.

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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.

It is clear to see every one of Erikson’s stages play out within my mother’s life. As a 46-year-old woman, she has achieved most all of the beginning stages, such as autonomy and industry, but it was not until after she was married, at age 22, that she gained a more clear and confident identity while she simultaneously worked toward achieving intimacy. Though Erikson believed that one must have a secure self identity before moving onto the next stage, which includes marriage, it is evident in the case of my mother that the relationships she formed after marriage are what makes up the majority of her current identity. In stage seven she developed a mature love and fully found her identity through experiences as a mother and wife. She even went as far as to say that she would have “most likely turned