Erickson's social stages practgice

During the first year of life, how does a baby decide whether the world is a safe place?

• By developing a sense of trust when caregivers provide reliability, care, and affection, or a sense of mistrust when they fail to do so.

• By competing with siblings for attention and resources.

• By choosing between different toys.

• By observing conflicts between family members.

Imagine a toddler named Alex who is learning to choose between wearing a red shirt or a blue shirt and deciding whether to play with blocks or dolls. According to Erickson's theory, during which life stage is Alex learning to be independent and make these choices?

• In the stage of identity vs. confusion

• In the stage of generativity vs. stagnation

• In the stage of intimacy vs. isolation

• In the stage of autonomy vs. shame and doubt

Imagine a child named Alex decides to help in the kitchen by baking a cake for the first time but accidentally burns it. If Alex doesn't manage to overcome the feelings from this event, what feeling can arise?

• Happiness and self-confidence

• Guilt and lack of self-confidence

• Sadness and despair

• Fear and anxiety

During which life stage would a person different roles, beliefs, and ideas to develop a sense of self?

• Childhood

• Old age

• Infancy

• Adolescence

During her late 20s, Emily is often contemplating whether to invest more time in dating or focusing on her career. This scenario best illustrates which psychological conflict?

• Facing integrity versus despair

• Deciding between independence and total dependence

• identity vs role confusion

• intimacy vs isolation

John who is an experienced teacher, is deciding if he should help a new teacher or ignore them and just do his job. What stage is he most likely in?

• identity vs role confusion

• integrity vs despair

• industry vs inferiority

• generativity vs stagnation

At the end of her career, Maria is reflecting on her life's achievements and failures. What is the last conflict she is likely evaluating according to Erickson's theory?

• Generativity vs. stagnation

• Intimacy vs. isolation

• Integrity vs. despair

• Inferiority vs. superiority

Imagine John who looks back on his life and feels he has many regrets and missed opportunities. According to Erikson's stages of psychosocial development which stage is he most likely experiencing?

• generativity vs stagnation

• integrity vs despair

• identify vs role confusion

• Industry vs inferiority

According to Erickson, At what stage is someone most likely to spend time reflecting on their life and examining what they have have learned?

• Childhood

• Adolescence

• Adulthood

• Old age

During a school science fair project, what might help a child in the industry vs. inferiority stage develop a sense of competence and belief in their skills?

• Constant praise and avoidance of any criticism.

• Challenges that are beyond their current capabilities to promote growth.

• Opportunities to learn new skills through tasks that are appropriately challenging and achievable, like designing a simple experiment.

• Complete independence in task completion without any guidance or support.