Erikson's Observation Paper

Erikson just like Freud has distinct stages that a person goes through in life. Unlike Freud, Erikson’s stages do not end when someone turns eighteen but actually continue into adulthood. In fact, in adulthood you will experience three more stages. Erikson’s stages are broken down into 8 stages. The stages are:” Trust vs. Mistrust, Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt, Initiative vs. Guilt, Industry vs. Inferiority, Identity vs. Role Confusion, Intimacy vs. Isolation, Generativity vs. Stagnation, and Integrity vs. Despair.” Sharkey, W (2017). Erikson’s stages are aligned with Freud theory at the basis of human development. Erikson took Freud’s theory and improved the vision. Erikson first five stages parallel Freud’s but also was one of the first to
These are the formative years of adolescent development. During this time which is the beginning of middle school lots of adolescents struggle with self identity. Adolescents at this age often question who they are? and what they want to be? Which plays a huge part in the classroom. As I gather information for my observation I would be looking for other classmates who may by influencing the student that I’m observing negatively and or positively. I would continuously as myself :does my student exhibit their own sense of personal identity? Does my student imitate others behavior? Does my student show any leadership qualities? As Erikson has pointed out, this is a time when the “The adolescent mind is essentially a mind or moratorium, a psychosocial stage between childhood and adulthood, and between the morality learned by the child, and the ethics to be developed by the adult” (Erikson, 1963, p. 245)
Even though all of my observation can only be done at school I do have to consider that the school environment is just not where their social emotional side develops but also relationships at home play a role in the adolescents development as