Analyzing Erikson's Eight Stages Of Social Development

Virgin M. Matos
EDU - 213
March 9th, 2015
Lois Jackson
Stages of Social Development
Erik Erikson point eight different social development stages that children should go through. The first one is being learning basic trust versus learning basic mistrust. This begin as an infant to approximately two years old. If the child have the necessary love, care and receive the right and adequate treat the child will be trust, but if the child does not receive this care and age appropriate treatment will become mistrust, afraid and will have multiple insecurities. The second stage a child should go through is learning self-secureness versus shame of learn or show his/her knowledge. This stage goes around two to four years old. To be self-secure,
This stage covers the ages four to seven years old (play age). This is a stage where child’s imagination should be “flying”. During this stage the child would learn how to play and share with same age kids. If the child does not get involved in age related (appropriate) activities and rather to be next to an adult and do not have play and/or social habits is a clearly representation of a non-healthy behavior which in this stage is called guilty. The four stage is the industry versus inferiority. In this stage, children acquire the essential life skills. Child should interact with friends/peers, follow rules, play and have his/her own group of friends. They also develop the sense of responsibility and become more disciplined. But, the mistrusting child with a sense of inferiority have not certainty of what is happening around him/her or what is to come. The shame, inferiority, guilt and many kind of negative behaviors are reflected during this stage. The fifth stage is learning identity versus identity diffusion. This stage occurs happen around the fourteen to twenty years old. This is when the young adult recognize who he/she is. What wants to do, what does not want to
Teacher should create positive strategies which help every child to get involved even when they do not like the classroom activities/strategies. As teachers, we should teach students to work together and form groups to expose them to interact with other people. Teachers should encourage the right behavior in classroom and home. When you point out a good behavior or something good in classroom like participation, important and right opinions it feels good and the child will try to do it more often. This promotes other students good behavior, participation and positive conduct because they would like to be recognized and or praised for their efforts. (Daresh, J. C.