This module reviews the major learning theories and allows students to identify characteristics and theorists associated within each theory.
Erik Erikson, influenced by the work of Freud, developed one of the most popular and influential theories of development. This theory consists of eight stages that range from infancy to adulthood. Each stage reflects a challenge that individuals face in a particular age. They include: Trust versus mistrust; Autonomy versus shame and doubt; Initiative versus guilt; Industry versus inferiority; Identity versus identity confusion; Intimacy versus isolation; Generativity versus stagnation; Integrity versus despair. Success in each stage will lead to the virtue identified for each stage.
Review each of Erikson’s 8 stages in chapter 4 of the Gordon and Browne textbook. Then go to Erik Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development> https://www.simplypsychology.org/Erik-Erikson.html (Dr. Saul McLeod, 2018, Simply Psychology) and learn about the basic virtues in each of Erikson’s stages.
In 4-5 page paper, read the following 4 vignettes, determine which stage the child is in and why the illustration reflects that particular stage. Please include vignette before answering. Be sure to cite the text, and provide a reference page.
1. Shantelle is in second grade. She plays soccer in her community and enjoys ballet. Name and describe the stage Shantelle is in? What is the virtue for that stage? How old might she be?
2. Logan doesn’t want to wear the pajamas his mother chose for him. Instead, he STRONGLY prefers last night’s dirty orange dinosaur pajamas and wants to dress himself! Logan’s mom allows Logan to dress himself in his dirty orange dinosaur pajamas. Name and describe the stage Logan is in? What is the virtue for that stage? How old might he be?
3. Filma wants to walk up the community playground slide backwards but her father is skeptical. While her father stands close by, he allows her to try. She stumbles and slides back to the bottom a few times and finally achieves her walk to the top. Name and describe the stage Filma is in? What is the virtue for that stage? How old might she be?
4. Liam’s mom feeds him every 3 or 4 hours, burps him, and walks with him when he is fussy. She sings to him and reads to him. Name and describe the stage Logan is in? What is the virtue for that stage? How old might he be?
