Erik Erikson Psychosocial Development Theory Review

This person focused on the development of the personality. Believed that at each stage people face and must successfully resolve, a psychological or social conflict.

• Erik Erikson

• Lev Vygotski

• B.F. Skinner

• Albert Bandura

Baby Christopher's mom feeds him every 3 or 4 hours, burps him, walks with him when he is fussy and makes sure he is dressed warmly every time he goes outside for a walk with her.

• autonomy vs shame & doubt

• Initiative vs guilt

• trust vs mistrust

• Generativity vs stagnation

What stage am I?
Toddlers – They wish to do things on their own, or they’re ashamed

• Trust vs mistrust
• initiative vs guilt
• Autonomy vs shame

What stage am I?
Kids feel good about being productive, or they feel inferior for failing to do so.

• Initiative vs guilt
• Industry vs inferiority
• Identity vs role confusion

What stage am I?
Teens test different roles, or they’re confused about who they are.

• Trust vs mistrust
• generativity vs stagnation
• Identity vs role confusion

What stage am I?
They look back on their lives and either see a sense of worth or failure.

• integrity vs despair
• Generativity vs stagnation
• Identity vs role con

What stage am I?
the child begins school and must tame imagination and impulses, and please others. If adults support the child's efforts, a sense of competence develops 

• Trust vs mistrust
• Initiative vs Guilt
• Industry vs Inferiority

Erikson said that when you are a teenager, your main goal is to find your

• trust.

• calling.

• identity.

• integrity.

The stage that occurs between birth and one year of age is concerned with

• Trust vs. Mistrust.

• Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt.

• Initiative vs. Guilt.

• Industry vs. Inferiority.

Jane, a preschooler, insists on dressing herself each morning for school, even though she generally selects mismatching outfits, misses buttons, and wears her shoes on the wrong feet. When her mother tries to dress Jane or fix her outfit, Jane brushes her mother off and insists on doing it herself. What stage of psychosocial development best describes Jane’s behavior?

• Trust vs. Mistrust

• Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

• Initiative vs. Guilt

• Industry vs. Inferiority