7. Middle-aged Adult: 35 to 55 or 65 Generativity vs. Self absorption or Stagnation – Care Career and work are the most important things at this stage‚ along with family. Middle adulthood is also the time when people can take on greater responsibilities and control. For this stage‚ working to establish stability and Erikson’s idea of generativity – attempting to produce something that makes a difference to society. Inactivity and meaninglessness are common fears during this stage. Major
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and psychological maturity across the life span Kid Source Online. (2001). Computers and young children. Retrieved Mar 7‚ 2004‚ from http://www.kidsource.com/education/computers.children.html Peterson‚ B. (2002). Longitudinal analysis of midlife generativity‚ intergenerational roles‚ and caregiving. Psychology and Aging‚ 17‚ 161-168. Sharey‚ J.‚ Son‚ L.‚ Kuehne‚ V.‚ Hauser‚ S.‚ & Vaillant‚ G & Bacon. Too old for computers? (1999)
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Psychosocial theory is comprised of eight stages: trust vs. mistrust‚ autonomy vs. shame and doubt‚ initiative vs. guilt‚ industry vs. inferiority‚ identity vs. confusion‚ intimacy vs. isolation‚ generativity vs. stagnation‚ and integrity vs. despair. I have experience each stage in this exact order so far through generativity vs. stagnation. These stages put life stages in order‚ which in turn helps me to understand a person better and where each person may lie and what they may be experiencing at this time
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Tom Bergamo AP Psychology Mrs. Theis 9 February 2015 Breakfast Club Essay 1. The character Allison Reynolds in the film The Breakfast Club exhibits Piaget’s formal operational thinking. The formal operational begins at the age of 12 and continues into adulthood‚ this stage also involves abstract thinking and moral reasoning. Teenagers are able to understand concepts and ideas on a more thought provoking level‚ with an emotional connection. Allison exhibits abstract thinking as an artist
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in my opinion‚ that stage would be best for when I have kids. I have a friend who is in stage seven; the mature adulthood stage. The psychosocial issue in this stage is generativity versus stagnation or self- absorption. The central question posed during this stage is how can I fashion a gift? The prototype for generativity is raising children and that is exactly what she is doing. She is raising her children and being a good and caring parent. Erikson argued that many adults fulfill their basic
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Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development‚ as articulated by Erik Erikson‚ explain eight stages through which a healthily developing human should pass from infancy to late adulthood. In each stage‚ the person confronts‚ and hopefully masters‚ new challenges. Each stage builds upon the successful completion of earlier stages. The challenges of stages not successfully completed may be expected to reappear as problems in the future. However‚ mastery of a stage is not required to advance to the
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13. Discuss the greatest challenges faced by your age group which is based on Erikson’s stages. At 45 years old‚ I would say that I am in Erickson’s stage of generativity versus stagnation. Feelings of success‚ achievement‚ and generativity can all come from employment‚ so it is obviously a very important part of most adults. lives. And since every job presents some level of dissatisfaction it makes sense that of the many challenges that people in this age group face‚ some of the greatest involve
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that influence our developmental growth. The developmental stages that this book touched basis on were middle adulthood and old age. According to Erik Erikson‚ there are eight stages of psychosocial development. This book portrays the last two: Generativity vs. Stagnation (middle adulthood) and Integrity vs. Despair (old age). A theory of this development is that the tasks accomplished in one stage lay a foundation for tasks in the next stage of development (McLeod‚ 2008). The developmental
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Erik Erikson’s Psychoanalytic Stages of Development Psych 321 – Erik Homberger Erikson was born in 1902 near Frankfort‚ Germany. During his school years Erikson studied art and a variety of languages‚ rather than science courses such as biology and chemistry. He did not overly enjoy the atmosphere and ideals produced by formal schooling‚ so instead of going to college he traveled Europe for over a year. He then returned to Germany and enrolled in art school. One year later‚ he returned to
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According to Pineo (1961‚ p. 3) there has been interest in the concept of ‘marital disenchantment’ since 1927‚ however most research conducted showed ‘marital disenchantment’ in the early stages in marriage. Additionally‚ Pineo found that there had been no study or work done to conclude that ‘marital disenchantment’ develops “after the marriage has endured for several years” (Pineo 1961‚ p. 3). Therefore according to Peterson (2004) Peter Pineo in 1961 conducted the first longitudinal study of
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