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Erik Erikson: Stages of Psychosocial Development: Stage 1 (5) -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Trust v. Mistrust
-Age: Birth - 1 years old
-Based On the quality of the relationship with an infant's mother or
substitute mother
-Trust is obtained by the infant's food needs being met and the proper
stimulation of their oral region
-these determine the level of trust and infant has in oneself and others
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,Erik Erikson: Stages of Psychosocial Development: Stage 2 (5) -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Autonomy v. Shame
-Age: 2-3 years old
-children gain power by being able to do things independently (autonomy)
-Autonomy is supported by parents creating a balanced environment that
includes FIRMNESS to prevent them from overstepping safe bounds and
PATIENCE w/ child's process of learning
-Punitive/Rigid Parenting creates "double rebellion and double defeat";
doubt and shame, and adults that are overly compulsive and stingy w/ their
resources
Erik Erikson: Stages of Psychosocial Development: Stage 3 (4) -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Initiative v. Guilt
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,-Age: 3-5 years old
- child's growing abilities with language, locomotion, self-management, and
environment management is associated with increased competence
-parents must be empathic w/ child's psychosexual challenges child faces
in stage AND parents must encourage and provide child w/ opportunities
for initiative-taking or child will develop guilt
Erik Erikson: Stages of Psychosocial Development: Stage 4 (5) -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Industry v. Inferiority
-Age: 6-11 years old
-children in this stage have a need to engage in worthwhile activities til
completion for recognition and satisfaction
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, -parents/teachers can help children succeed in this stage by
providing/helping them find interesting and worthwhile tasks that they have
the ability to succeed at
-children who have resolved the Oedipal conflict and Are well prepared to
function in the school setting are likely to succeed in the stage
Erik Erikson: Stages of Psychosocial Development: Stage 5 (5) -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Identity v. Identity Diffusion
-Age: 12-18 years old
-adolescents in this stage experience identity confusion as a result of
changes in the appearance of the body, the reemergence of sexual
feelings, and changes in social roles
-development of healthy identity involves adolescents understanding their
earlier life experiences, a growing sense of purpose, and a sense that
they're dealing with reality is acceptable
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