...Running head: ERIK ERIKSON IN MY LIFE The Developmental Stages of Erik Erikson in my life. Johnnie L. Dorsey Dallas Baptist University The Developmental Stages of Erik Erikson in my life. In my life, I have discovered that I have several personality traits. Sometimes I can be positive or negative, emotional or unemotional, risky or cautious which come from my military background. From my readings I have found that these are called temperament traits, however other characteristics, such as feeling either competent or inferior are learned which is based on what is receive in growing up (Harder, 2002). Erik Erikson, also known as the “father of psychosocial development”, believed that the ego exists from birth and that behavior is not totally defensive (Harder, 2002). From his studies, which were done on Sioux Indians on their reservation, he saw a large influence of culture on behavior. However, Erikson put more of an focus on the outside of the reservation. Erikson started to focus on depression of others and wars being fought. He felt the course of development is determined by the interaction of the body (genetically), mind (psychologically), and cultural (ethos) influences (Harder, 2002). His developmental stages were based on his philosophy that: (1) the world gets bigger as we go along and (2) failure is cumulative (Harder, 2002). He classified life into eight stages that goes from the day a person is born till the day of their death. Now although I am only in the...
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...According to Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development, there are eight stages in life. The stage I chose was Gerativity-vs.-stagnation (middle adulthood). This stage happens around the ages of 40-60 yrs. old. During this stage of life, people typically experience a midlife transition, which the notion in life is not under ending becomes more important. In some cases they may lead to midlife crisis although, the passage to middle age is typically relatively calm. Have you ever heard of the word “midlife crisis”? Men and women in their late 30s through late 50s suffer from it. The word midlife crisis is the most common phrase we use to describe middle-aged adulthood. Midlife crisis in men As men approaches middle aged some men may go through life changes. Men feel they are limited in life fearing that they are close to death. They also have the fear of aging and wonders if their marriages had run its course. This is the time men start to feel that they have not accomplish their dreams, and starts to wander off in their careers and marriages. When a man hit their midlife stages they tend to dress young, maybe buy a toupee buy big flashing red cars, and start having affairs with women half their age. Middle age is the time when people should be a positive time of life and full of new possibilities. • Job changes • Fear of aging • Not satisfied to accomplish their dreams I would choose this topic in this article to write a research paper because it was very interesting....
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...multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual, and as a process that involves growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss. Development is the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human life span. Late adulthood is the longest developmental period. It starts from ages sixty to seventy and lasts until death. Age can be described biological, cognitive, and socioemotional dimensions. Erikson’s Integrity versus Despair is the final developmental stage experienced in late adulthood. An older person will reflect on their life during these years of their lives. They will reflect and evaluate whether their life was meaningful, integrity is achieved and if not the person will go through despair. Erickson proposed that individuals go through distinct stages throughout development of the life span. For...
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...Word count-2031 “ A personalize induction will always be more effective” Discuss. Base your answer on theoretical concepts and techniques presented in class. In my essay I will discuss the importance of a personalize induction in relaxation. As we know, every one is different , this difference is not only outside but inside as well. We not only look different but we have different characters built on base of genes preferences, as well the influences of our parents and friends, schools, age and life experience. This is why it is so important when making the first contact with our clients. We have to be able to gain their trust and get as much information about their history, their likes and dislikes, background, hobby’s, fears, allergies, history of illness and if possible medication. Initial consultation is a time for acquiring information and finding out client’s history in order to personalize an induction. A person's preferences and modalities are not always stable and can change in order to a situation. This is why the induction has to be flexible and by trying to get an idea of which modality our clients prefer, it will help them to feel more comfortable. We use all of our senses in different situations but all of us will have a favourite one of which we are more comfortable although it is beneficial to use all the senses when trying to build a safe and comfortable space for a client. A compounding combination of all modalities is far more effective to achieve a...
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...“A personalised induction will always be more effective” Discuss. Base your answer on theoretical concepts and techniques presented in class Module 2 Nicola Pepper Tutor: Jaswinder Challi Word count:2106 Introduction This paper will discuss methods and techniques used to personalise screeds to suit clients that we are working with. How we decide which modality to use on our clients, how important an initial consultation can be and my argument for using personalised screeds. I will discuss the factors involved in creating personalised screeds, and the benefits of creating a personalised screed for clients. Using different modalities and whether a script should be authoritative or permissive. The more personalised hypnotherapy is the more effective it will be, as whilst all of us appear quite similar, we are different in many ways. We have different likes and dislike; come from different cultural backgrounds; and will have been brought up in environments that have provided us with different outlooks, values and perspectives. If the best possible results are to be obtained in a hypnotherapy session there is a need to work closely with individuals in order to identify their likes and dislikes as well as their personality. In this way we can gain their trust and assist them in reaching a deep state of hypnosis. When we communicate with people we do not only use words but body language, with tone also playing a large part in what...
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...Development theories are psychology stages of life. Erik Erikson developed eight psychosocial stages in which humans develop though throughout their entire life span. Having the knowledge of studied art and a variety of languages during Erik school years. Erik development theory in some important details that are broken down in age growth of young children. Each theory is leading example that a new parent or caregivers will experience with being around young children. Only three are listed below as well as personal thought that are added to Erikson theory. A. Development theory of Erik Erikson 1. Development theory of Trust vs. Mistrust Start form ages birth to one year. Erikson defined trust as an essential trustfulness of others as a fundamental sense of one’s own of truth worthiness. A child that shows mistrust so frustrated, withdrawn, and even lacks self-confidence. 2. Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt This start in children of age two to three. During that period, it is important that parents create some type of support to the child. The child starts to develop a sense of self-control without a loss of self -esteem. This allows a child sense of development sense and responsibility to increase initiative during this period. 3. Initiative vs. Guilt. This occurs in children age four to five. During this period must children find out what kind of person he/she is going to become. The child develops a sense of responsibility, which increase initiative during this period...
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...Erik Erikson: Psychosocial Development Theory MGMT. 8010 – Management in Human and Societal Development Winter Quarter, 2011 Dr. Kenneth C. Sherman, Professor Everett Cordy, everett.cordy@waldenu.edu Student ID Number: A00186883 Walden University December 9, 2011 Abstract In this exercise, I explore the Psychosocial Development Theory of Erik Erikson. An explanation is given as to why this particular theory was selected for focus, and why Erickson appeals to me, both personally and professionally. Lastly, five (5) scholarly resources (in APA format), that I will consult as I begin to explore Erickson, are appended. Erik Erikson: Psychosocial Development Theory I chose Erik Erikson as the theorist to study. I chose Erik Erikson because his psychosocial development theory is applicable to a wide-range of management situations where understanding how personality and behavior are developed and manifested is valued. I am interested to find out if Erikson’s development model can be applied in my research fields of interests of Employment Law and Conflict Resolution Management. Please find attached hereto a list of five (5) scholarly sources that I will consult as I begin to explore Erik Erikson. References Cornett, C. (2000). Ideas and identities: The life and work of Erik Erikson/Identities architect: A biography of Erik H. Erikson, Clinical...
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...Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development highlights the struggles that individuals go through from birth through death. The three main stages that we are discussing are intimacy versus isolation, generativity versus stagnation, and integrity versus despair. My neighbor, Joe, is currently in the eighth stage of integrity versus despair. He has accepted that his life is nearly over and appreciates the experiences and accomplishments that he has had throughout his lifetime. He has enjoyed his life and the friendships that he has gained throughout the years. Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development contains eight stages, starting with infancy and continuing through old age. According to Doug Davis and Alan Clifton (1995), the psychosocial crisis’s include: basic trust versus mistrust, autonomy versus shame and doubt, initiative versus guilt, industry versus inferiority, identity versus identity confusion, intimacy versus isolation, generativity versus stagnation, and finally, integrity versus despair. According to John Cavanaugh and Fredda Blachard-Fields (2011), “Each stage in Erikson’s theory is marked by a struggle between two opposing tendencies, both of which are experienced by the person. The names of the stages reflect the issues that form the struggles. The struggles are resolved through an interactive process involving both the inner psychological and the outer social influences. Thus, each stage in Erikson’s theory represents a kind of crisis”...
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...Peggy PSY 230 week 3 day 5 Erikson’s Timeline 10/13/2013 Initially I thought that defining where I fit in Erickson’s stage of development would be easy. The truth I have found is far from that. Although the stages are defined by a general age each development stage has, I personally feel that I fit into two stages. The initial stage I feel I blend well with is the sixth stage called young adult stage. The age for this is labeled as 18 to 35 The question posed during this sixth stage is intimacy versus isolation (Erikson, 1980). Although I am 37, I am in the decision of completing a committed relationship. I am newly in a relationship by one year. With this the situation and the other person being slightly younger than I am, the discussion has been brought across the table for our future and family planning. Although I have children, he does not and would want to have. This is the beginning of our family and with more planning in time I will get to know just how big our family will grow to be. At this point I feel that I am in the right relationship and that my outlook on a relationship has definitely changed, more on a morale aspect. I know it could be easily said that being in the relationship influences the way one thinks about the relationship. This relationship is far different from that theory. I was teetering on the seventh stage of Erickson’s stage of development theory. I was not looking for a relationship however just like theory six...
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...pregnancy it is also going to explore why this epidemic has a possible psychological trigger. Dr. Erik Erickson discusses in his theory if “identity crisis” that an individual must go through eight stages in life successful in order to understand their true identity. While all of the eight stages are important only five will be discussed for this paper. While many of us may believe that there is no reason for a teenager to get pregnant because they should just know better, Dr. Erickson’s theory gives a deep perspective into the psychological effects that can affect a child at different stages of life. This paper is also going to explore what other sources maybe responsible for the teenage pregnancy crisis being so far out of hand. Teen Pregnancy and Who Is To Blame? Statistics show that every year over 750,000 teenage girls will get pregnant. (Services, 2005) More than 2/3 of the teenage girls that get pregnant will not graduate for high school and unmarried pregnant teens account for 24% of the unwed mothers in our country today (Services, 2005) While I don’t think many of us will argue that with statistics like this, we have to figure out why this epidemic is so far out of control. To do this we have to be able to look at it from a psychological approach like Dr. Erik Erickson did in his book that he wrote about “Identity Crisis”. The chapter in his book titled, “The Eight...
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...Erikson, Tomlin, and Swain Michelle Gilliland Northern Kentucky University Nursing Theory NRP 434 Cindy Foster February 07, 2013 Erickson, Tomlin, and Swain The Modeling and Role Modeling Theory of nursing was created by Helen C. Erickson, along with Evelyn M. Tomlin and Mary Ann P. Swain. It was first published in their book, Modeling and Role Modeling: A Theory and Paradigm for Nursing, which was published in 1983. (Nursing Theory, 2011). Helen Lorraine (Cook) Erickson was born in 1936. On her marriage to Lance Erickson in 1957, the psychiatrist Milton Erickson became her father-in-law; he was a major influence on her nursing career and pivotal to the development of her ideas, especially the concept of MRM. In addition to her father-in-law’s instrumentality, Erickson drew on the ideas and works of a number of esteemed psychologists, namely: Piaget, Maslow, Selye and Lazarus (Valle, 2011). Educational Background * 1957 - Graduated Saginaw General Hospital * 1974 - BSN; University of Michigan * 1976 - MSN Psychiatric Nursing; University of Michigan * 1984 - Doctorate in Educational Psychology; University of Michigan Clinical Background * ER and Medical - Surgical Nursing * Director of Health Services; San German, Puerto Rico * Independent Psychiatric Nurse Consultant In the intervening years she has published numerous articles and research papers but is best known for the influential book, Modeling and Role Modeling: A Theory and...
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...Page 1 Word count: 2005Amy John3/1//14 Course code: OXFOR1A 13 Tutor: Jaswinda Challi “A personalised induction will always be more effective”. Discuss. Base your answers on theoretical concepts and techniques presented in class. In this essay I will discuss 'A personalised induction will always be more effective’ by looking at theoretical concepts and techniques. I will be looking at the permissive technique through the work of Erickson and will take a look at the use of authoritarian screeds through the work of Hull and Freud, who were known as more traditional hypnotherapists. I will also look at modalities as another technique in personalising inductions. This essay will argue, and conclude, that a personalised induction will be more effective. Whether a personalised induction will always be more effective can be somewhat debatable depending on the goals of the therapy. Introducing this essay, I will be agreeing with the topic on one level but will be disputing its frequency. Although this essay will also be looking at not personalising the induction the evidence for this is weak and only serves in strengthening the reasoning that personalising the induction is more effective. Personalising Inductions In today’s society modern professional hypnotists assess their clients and get an understanding of their goals and what they want to achieve from the therapy. Their expectations will be discussed with them throughout the process of the hypnosis answering...
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...Theories and Theorists Application 1 Week 5 Kimberly Perkins Walden University Theory is described as “a set of interrelated constructs, definitions and propositions that presents a systematic view of phenomena by specifying relations among variables with the purpose of explaining natural phenomena” (Creswell, 2009). There are multiple theories that are used in the field of psychology such as Cognitive Behavioral Theory, Learning Theory and Personality Theories to name a few. For the purpose of this paper I have chosen to further explore the Humanistic and Developmental Theories. Humanistic Theory believes that humans are different from all organisms and that they control all events and destinies that shape the world around them (Crandell, Crandell and Zanden, 2009). Humanistic theorists believe in the holistic approach, the whole individual and their surroundings are taken into account and they are not just seen as a number or data that is being collected. These theorists argue that “scientific inquiry should be directed toward helping people achieve freedom, hope and self-fulfillment ( Crandell et al. 2009). The goal in mind for this theory is to have the individual viewed as the controller of their situation, making the individual more motivated and have increased self-esteem. One of the greatest Humanistic theorists in my opinion was Carl Rogers. Carl Rogers was born in 1902 in Oak Park Illinois. Roger’s initial major was in agriculture however after 2 years he...
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...Professional Development Plan Jeri Schmidt LDR 531 2 November 2015 Donald Frey Professional Development Plan As a manager of a team, we will be faced with different personalities, capabilities, and motivation. As a manager, it will be our job to observe our team and make a plan to achieve goals based on our team’s characteristics, abilities, and motivation. We will need to assess our team member’s skills, strengths, and weakness to help them reach their career goals. The following is a professional development plan to help our team reach career advancement and goals. This action plan will help team members improve their overall skills, strengths, weaknesses, and job performance. The PDP is designed as a plan of action to helps team members exceed their standards while achieving their goals. Assessment and Evaluation Kimishia Dabney The Assessor. Ms. Dabney scored cautious interactive on her DISC assessment. The cautious side of Ms. Dabney represents her persistent and analytical way of thinking. Ms. Dabney is very detailed oriented and more focused on content rather than style. Ms. Dabney is a thinker and enjoys making processes better. Ms. Dabney requires additional time to ensure her work is completed completely. Ms. Dabney has very high expectations for herself and those who work with her. Ms. Dabney cannot be rushed when making decisions. She must compare, analyze, and calculate, before making a decision. Ms. Dabney is a very friendly person and enjoys being...
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...511 CASE Can This Relationship Be Saved? The Midwestern Medical Group’s Integration Journey Introduction 5 On a snowy January evening, the Midwestern Medical Group (MMG) management team held a retirement party for Judith Olsen, MMG president. During the evening, Olsen reflected back on the years she had worked for MMG with mixed feelings about her experience. Over the course of their eight-year integration This case was written by Rhonda Engleman and Jisun Yu under the supervision of Professor Andrew H. Van de Ven of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. We also appreciate the editorial assistance of Julie Trupke and useful comments of Gyewan Moon and Margaret Schomaker. We gratefully acknowledge Stuart Bunderson, Shawn Lofstrom, Russel Rogers, Frank Schultz, and Jeffery Thompson who assisted in collecting data during this eightyear longitudinal study of MMG’s integration journey. The case was prepared to promote class discussion and learning. It was not designed to illustrate either effective or ineffective management. Used with permission from Rhonda Engleman. both05.indd 511 11/11/08 11:37:27 AM 512 C A S E 5 : M I D W E S T E R N M E D I C A L G R O U P ’ S I N T E G R AT I O N J O U R N E Y journey within the Midwestern Health System (Midwestern), the MMG management team experienced many encouraging moments, achievements, and successes as well as many struggles, disappointments, and conflicts. She was scheduled to meet with the board chair...
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