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This 4-page paper presents Erikson's psychosocial/lifecycle theories, and correlates them to characters on television shows and in ads. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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to target family members at their various life stages. In the description of each stage, were being asked to find a television, movie or literary character, describe how the character
depicts the stage (per Eriksons thoughts) and how the character might be resolving a conflict. In brief, Ericksons eight stages of psychosocial development
consist of various periods a human goes through from infancy to late adulthood. A person cant move on to the next stage without successfully completing the first stage. The word
here is "successful" - if the stages isnt successfully completed, then problems could occur later on. The eight stages consist of: Infancy/trust v
mistrust (during which trust is hopefully learned) Toddlerhood/autonomy v doubt (the time during which the young human grows and begins moving toward independence
Preschool/initiative v guilt (autonomy continues as the child continues learning how to deal with the world)
Adolescence/industry v inferiority (continuation of children moving toward awareness as independent beings, gaining responsibility, cooperation) Teenage/identity v role confusion (the person is concerned
about how he/she appears to others and later on, the child develops a sense of sexual identity) Young adulthood/intimacy v isolation (in which
the young adult wonders if he/she is really loved and wanted, and the first steps of true rejection) Middle adulthood/generatively v stagnation (in
which the person is concerned with establishing and guiding the next generation, mainly through bearing and raising children; creating a good home) Senior/integrity
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