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Childhood Development Case Study

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2.1 Childhood development until present Sheldon is one of the bright students since he was little. He managed to scored three A’s and two B’s at Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) and scored straight A’s in Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination. His latest cumulative grade point average (CGPA) result in ASASI was 3.81 and currently waiting for the result of semester two. Besides his achievement in studies, he also faced the same problems in his daily life just like any other normal adolescences. Since a child, Sheldon found it is hard to communicate with others such as his friends or even his relatives. This is because, Sheldon admit that he possessed a low self-esteem that made it hard for him to start a conversation with strangers. Up until now, Sheldon prefer to be alone even when he is around with his family. This is because, he like peacefulness and calmness. When he is with a large number of crowds, he …show more content…

When he encountered with a problem, he will not over reacted and keep calm in dealing with it. For instance, if he failed in one subject he will stop worrying about it and ensure to score the exam in next time. This also shown that he also is very positive in his future. Although he did not have clear mind about his future path either to continue in degree or find a suitable job, but he will make sure it is something that will give advantaged to him. In the stage six in Erickson’s Psychological stages which involved intimacy versus isolation. Those who succeed in this stage will find it easy to build relationship with other but those who failed will lead to isolation, depression and loneliness (Shaffer & Kipp, 2010). These explain why Sheldon found it is hard to build relationship with friends. He also stated that he do not have any intention to build an intimate relationships because he believe that it will not bring him any advantages. He also found it hard to commit in any intimate

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