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Late Adulthood: Erikson's Stages Of Development

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Late Adulthood Iesha Dean ECPI University Abstract My paper is on late adulthood. I will be discussing the Erikson’s stages of development, from birth to old age, I will also talk about other theories as well, like Piaget and Kohlberg. I chose late adulthood because I plan on working in the nursing home when I finish school. Erikson believe that in order for a person to grow they had to go through all these stages of development. Maslow believe in prioritizing, he believed that you had to meet your basic needs before you could move up to another level. My main focus throughout this paper will be on late adulthood, which is ego integrity versus despair. Keywords: *Erikson, Piaget, Adulthood, Development, Trust, autonomy, Ego integrity, …show more content…

The child will begin to develop a sense of purpose they will begin to expand more. From 6 to 11 years of age you have industry versus inferiority, they strive for recognition and if they feel as if they are not getting any recognition they feel inferior. From 12 to 20 years of age you will have identity versus role of confusion. They start to recognize their identity and they will also start focusing on careers. If they feel like they are not getting any support it will result in role confusion. From 20 to 3you will have intimacy versus isolation. During this time they focus more on relationships and if they have failed relationships it will cause them to become isolated. From 30 to 65 you have generativity versus stagnation. They look back on their accomplishments they also become involved with the community. Stagnation occurs when they are not concerned with their welfare. From 65 and over you have ego integrity versus despair. During this time they look back on their lives and are proud of the accomplishments they have made. Despair is when they are not satisfied with their choices in life and wish that they could have done something …show more content…

Erikson believes that in order to grow you have to go through the stages of development. This is why Erikson’s stages of growth and development is so important to me. Throughout this class I have learned about the different theories of development. Erikson’s theory has helped me to understand the different stages that we have to go through in order to grow. The different stages are trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. role confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation and ego integrity vs. despair. In this class I have also learned about Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. These needs include Physiologic, like your air, food and water. Then you have safety, which is the need for you to be secure. They must have this need secured in the home before going out into a large environment. The next level is love and belonging. They have to feel love and accepted before entering any relationship. Another level is self-esteem. These people have to feel good about themselves. The last level is

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