Erik Erikson's Stages of Human Development

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How many stages of development are there in Erik Erikson's theory?

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8

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What important events does the infancy stage involve?

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feeding and comfort

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What age is Autonomy vs. Doubt??

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Toddler

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What stage am I?
Kids feel good about being productive, or they feel inferior for failing to do so.

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Industry vs inferiority

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What stage am I?
They look back on their lives and either see a sense of worth or failure.

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integrity vs despair

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What stage am I? the child begins school and must tame imagination and impulses, and please others. If adults support the child's efforts, a sense of competence develops

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Industry vs Inferiority

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A 38-year-old woman quits her high-paying marketing job to focus on her children and become a school counselor. What stage would Erikson consider this to be:

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Generativity vs. Stagnation

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If a child struggles to do well in school, what problem might emerge?

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Struggle with feelings of inferiority

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What type of development do developmental psychologists study?

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physical, social, cognitive, all of the above

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Humans pass through stages of development with each presenting the individual with a unique developmental task or crisis to resolve. Who proposed this theory?

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Erikson