STAGES OF

PSYCHOSOCIAL

DEVELOPMENT

FROM ERIK ERIKSON

BELL RINGERWhat is cognitive?

Give me three characteristics of a secure person. Give me three characteristics of an insecure person. Tell me what do you think is a factor that explains these differences.

BELL RINGERUnder the of Erik Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development:

What is the virtue developed under the Infant stage?

How do we see preschoolers develop initiative?

What can provoke an elementary kid to feel inferior?

STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

EPIGENIC PRINCIPLE

We develop through a predetermined unfolding of our personalities in eight stages.

STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMON DENOMINATORS

DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS OR CRISES

Referred by two terms, example: “trust-mistrust”, one positive, one negative.

There needs to be balance in what we learn: We need to learn mostly the positive one, but also some of the negative one

STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMON DENOMINATORS

OPTIMAL TIME

There is a time for each task

STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMON DENOMINATORS

VIRTUE

When a stage is managed well, we carry on a virtue or psychosocial strength.

This will help us through the rest of the stages of our lives.

STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMON DENOMINATORS

What happens if we don’t manage well the stages?

We may endanger all our future development or develop:

MALIGNANCIES or

MALADAPTATIONS

STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMON DENOMINATORS

MALIGNANCY

The worse of two

Involves too little of the positive and too much of the negative aspect of the task

STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMON DENOMINATORS

MALADAPTATION

Not quite as bad

Involves too much of the positive and too little of the negative

CLOSURE

What is a malignancy under the concept of Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development?

CLOSURE

Describe Stage #1 of Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development

CLOSURE

Describe Stage #5 of Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development