Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Application/Erikson's Model. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 4 page research paper that examines Erik Erikson's model for personality development and then refers to two females at different stages of development in order to illustrate its principles. The writer contrasts and compares how these two individuals handle their stage of development in Erikson's model. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Page Count:
4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_khappem.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
a life involves confronting and moving through a series of developmental stages, each with it own particular developmental crisis (Holme, et al, 1972). As the individual overcomes a crisis, he
or she becomes ready to move to the next stage in psychosocial ego development and a new orientation toward life is achieved. Unlike Freud, who pictured ego development as ending
with adolescence, Erikson defined eight developmental stages that begin with infancy and end with old age. During infancy, the principal crisis that the individual faces is the establishment of trust
versus mistrust (Holme, et al, 1972). The next stage is experienced by the toddler and is analogous to Freuds anal stage (Holme, et al, 1972). At this age, children gain
control over their bladder and bowels and assert their individuality. If children are successful at this stage, they experience autonomy; if not, they suffer from shame and doubt (Holme,
et al, 1972). Likewise, the rest of the stages each have their own specific crisis. They are as follows: the preschooler stage (years 3-5)-- initiative v. guilt; elementary school
stage -- competence v. inferiority; adolescence -- identity v. role confusion; young adulthood -- intimacy vs. isolation; middle adulthood -- generativity vs. stagnation; and old age -- ego integrity v.
despair (Holme, 1972, p. 427). In order to illustrate Eriksons model, consider these two people: Ashlynn and Kate. Ashlynn is a toddler, age 18 months. She is white with
an intact, middle-class family of a mother and a father who adore her. She, therefore, had a secure infancy and began the process of basic trust that is necessary for
her personality development to progress through Eriksons model. She has not yet reached the next stage of the model, however, when she will begin to assert her individuality (the terrible
...