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What does Erik Erikson believe?
things you develop eprsonality from eight pyschosocial stages--> who you are today
epigenesis: whatever happens at one stage impacts another stage; every stage is on a continuum
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Stage 1
Trust vs. Mistrust
- Birth-12/18 months
- Important event: feeding
Learn to trust/ mistrust parent
You can't be too trusting nor too untrusting--there is 3/4 mark of mistrust to trust
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Stge Two
Autonomy vs Shame/Doubt
- 18 months-3 years
- Important event: Toilet training
- They learn NO has power
- parent has to put foot down at times
- If you let them say no 24/7= spoiled
- If you make every decision: he doubts his ability to make decisions
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Stage 3
initiative vs. Guilt
- 3-6 years
- Important event= Independence
- Child becomes more assertive and takes more initative
- Develops conscience and sexual activity
- Begins to initiate, not imitate activities
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Stage 4
Industry vs. Inferiority
- 6-12 years
- Important event: school
Talking about things: more options
Industry: good at things like school, sports, awards, etc.
- Inferiority: fear of incompetence
- What comes along with success is pressure. So, its not good to be 100% industrious
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Stage 5
Identity vs. Role Confusion
- 12-18 years
- Important event: peer relationships
- Ask the question, "Who am I?"
- --> Child, sibling, student, athlete, worker, etc
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Stage 6
Intimacy vs. Isolation
- 19 to 40 years
- Important event= love relationships
Isolation: Want to feel close but you don't have them
Young aduult either wants to develop intimate relationships or suffers feelings of isolation
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Stage 7
Generativity vs. Stagnation
- 40 to 65 years
- Important event= parenting
Each adult must find some way to satisfy and support the next generation
Generativity: to give back to something/ having kids
Stagnation: to be greedy and selfish
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Stage 8
Integrity vs. Despair
- 65-death
- Important event: reflection/ acceptance of one's life
- Integrity: on death bed, do you feel fulfilled?
- Despair: or do you have regrets
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Evaluating Erikson's Tehory
- First theory to include adulthood
- Difficult to measure success at each stage
- Are you permanently stuck? Or can it change?
- More attention paid to infancy and childhood than adulthood
- Age range appropriateness (too generalized=people experience stages at different ages)
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