Key Characteristics Of Generativity And Stagnation

Everyone rides the carousel is a very interesting film. There are basically eight rides for eight ages. The eight rides for eight ages signify the Erikson’s stages or Psychosocial Crisis. The video explains that every age has their own feelings and emotions that it undergoes. It can either be scary or sometimes joyous. According to Shaffer (2009), Erikson believed that human beings face eight major crises, or conflicts, during the course of their lives. Each conflict has its own time for emerging, as dictated by both biological maturation and the social demands that developing people experience at particular points in life (p.42). Every age someone deals with tells a story in their lifetime.

Arnett has provided enough detail about the stage and how it is successful in some cultures compare to the other. This article has also shown how emerging adulthood stage helps prepare adolescence for better future and help them explore their identity while getting them ready for adulthood. This comes with the disadvantage because some young people can take longer till they fully contribute to society. This is a type of a luxury that can’t be afforded by everyone. But once they complete this stage, they tend to be fully prepared and able to complete the demand of latest technology based jobs. They will have the knowledge to make crucial decisions at a mature level that will be helpful in the long run. A different thing that would help this article would be to trying to get more evidence of culture differences and also trying to get a survey of forgotten young adults. This could help to see the other view of life. The young people who skipped this stage are managing in their lives. At the end, data of college students and non- college students should be compared to see if this stage is actually needed or

1.1 Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth - 19 years.

Generativity versus stagnation is the seventh stage and is the conflict most commonly associated with midlife. Erikson loosely defined generativity as “the concern in establishing and guiding the next generation”. Generative adults operate from the virtue of care. They strive to ensure the well-being of younger generations through nurturance. On the other hand, other adults operate from self-concern. There are consequences to this choice, according to Erikson, such that adults who express more self-concern

As one begins to face life challenges, one’s maturity is put to the test. In the story, “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, the speaker allows his ego to rise above him which ultimately causes the death of his brother. On the other hand, the speaker in “Shaving” by Leslie Norris acknowledges that his father is dying maturely steps up and takes his father’s role in the family. The speaker in Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, “Annabel Lee,” has an immature response towards the death of his loved one and cannot cope with the reality of the situation. The speaker in each work has to rely on their maturity to lead them through the hardships life has to offer. All three authors make clear that maturity drives one’s ability to cope with life’s challenges.

Generativity vs. stagnation is the conflict in adulthood, Erikson’s seventh stage of development. The virtue during this stage is care that can be exhibited in things like parenting and social work. Acts of generativity are to establish and guide the next generation (). Jeanette takes on the role of stepmother to her second husband’s kids from his first marriage. The contributions she made in their lives contributed to developing them and her progression through this

Erikson concentrates on stages where an "individual confronts a major challenge or crisis" (Boles et al., 2011, p.107). He proposed that a person encounters every stage at an inexact age and should resolve every stage keeping in mind the end goal to grow legitimately has appeared in figure 2 (pg.9) above. Erikson conjectured that "“If crises are not resolved positively at particular points in the life span that later problems will ensue”

As adolescences enter adulthood, they enter a long transitional period, often known as “emerging adult”. This transitional period takes place over a range of 18 to 25 years old (Santrock, 2013). At this stage, emerging adults are still in exploration in the various aspect of life such as the career path they are interested in, defining their identities and a style of living they would want to adopt. Thus, adolescences who are in transition will be caught with many intense changes and will experience major life events that are all of great importance.

People pass through different stages of development throughout their lives. In the process of this, many changes are experienced that affect the life course. There are various theories as well as theorist to choose from in order to gain a greater knowledge of an individual’s development. In this paper I will analyze the Life Course Perspective and Levinson’s Theory of Seasons of Adulthood. After analyzing these theories, I will apply the concepts of The Life Course Perspective and Levinson to my father’s life.

In Erickson Psychosocial Stage of Development I currently would be in generativity vs stagnation. As stated in the book, “is the desire to guide the next generation, through parenting, teaching, or mentoring” (Wood, Wood, & Boyd, 2013, p. 290). Erickson Psychosocial eight stages explain how I came to be who I

Therefore, individuals in this stage main focus is to contribute to their environment or social groups. They want to establish positive influences on future generations that would benefit them (Capp, 2004). Encouragement from younger individuals allow the older individual to leave this stage with self-worth and grace. This is the time for individuals in this

Erikson’s stages of Generatively VS Stagnation refer to the individuals between the ages of 30-65 years of age. Erikson’s stage of Generatively VS Stagnation is when an individual achieves their life goals and feels achievement within themselves while also considering the health and wellbeing of the future generations (Townsend, 2014). This means that before a person leaves the earth, they feel accomplished in their life goals and feel as if they are leaving the world in a better place to live (Townsend, 2014). If a person has a form of cognitive impairment, they might take longer to complete this stage of the process. They might have to take smaller steps and volunteer more in order to fulfill their life goals and find new life achievement

Theories of late adulthood development are quite diverse in later adulthood than at any other age. They include self-theory, identity theory and stratification theory. The self-theory tries to explain the core self and search to maintain one’s integrity and identity. The older adults tend to integrate and incorporate their various experiences with their vision and mission for their respective community (Berger, 2008). Also, the older people tend to feel that their attitude, personalities and beliefs have remained in a stable state over their lives even as they acknowledge that physical changes have taken place in their bodies. Objects, things and even places become precious as a way to hold on to identity that has been there for quite some

Regretting is being disappointed over a missed opportunity. Lewis Carroll stated, “In the end of our life, we regret the chances we didn’t take, the relationships we were too afraid too have and the decisions we waited too long to make.” The missed opportunity that I regret in my life is not going to the invitational for USA Baseball. This opportunity could’ve been my big break in baseball while as a player in high school. I never put in the hard work and I learned my lesson because I wasn’t ready to try out because I felt that I wasn’t good enough. I live by Lewis Carroll’s quote because at the end of my life I don’t want to regret anything. I want to die happy not regretful. I want to die without a missed opportunity.

In life of an individual there are several developmental changes or events which occur as continuity of span of life. Some of life developmental stages include infantile, adolescence, maturity, and adulthood. These phases have biological, social, psychological and physiognomic reasons to which an individual completed the course of life. Psychological analysis upon the developmental stages include the focus on characterization, demarcation and the social interaction of individual’s life (Baltes & Schaie, 2013).