Erikson Essay

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Erikson Application Assignment Instructions: The purpose of this assignment is to apply a major theory of psychological development to your own life. For this assignment, you will write a paper focusing on Erikson’s eight psychosocial stages in your own development. This application assignment will help your instructor and the DMACC Psychology department to assess student mastery of the two general education competencies of: 1. Understanding and demonstrating effective communication. 2. Understanding and demonstrating logical and critical thinking. Each of Erikson’s eight psychosocial stages involves a crisis which is resolved in a social context. The resolution of a crisis means finding a healthy balance between the two poles, hopefully with a significant tendency for resolution toward the positive end. Your application of Erikson’s theory should acknowledge both ends of the continuum for each of the eight stages of the theory and describe the balance you believe you have achieved between these poles. You have passed through the first four stages and are currently working on any combination of Identity, Intimacy, & Generativity stages depending on your unique pathway at this time in your life. In older adulthood, you will focus on Integrity. If you are unable to recall your experiences in a given stage that you have already experienced, or are uncomfortable doing so for personal reasons, you may focus on your children, if applicable. For the stages you have not yet experienced, you will be asked to foresee possible experiences and resolutions for yourself. Specifically, in this paper you will: • Discuss the struggle and resolution of the first four stages of Erikson’s theory according to your past. Since this is a psychosocial theory, identify the significant others and social contexts in your life that have provided a foundation to your

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