The document discusses Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development. It explains that according to Erikson, personality develops through 8 predetermined stages, each with a developmental task or crisis characterized by a positive and negative aspect. If a stage is managed well, an individual develops a virtue that helps with future stages. However, if a stage is not managed well, it can result in malignancies or maladaptations. Malignancies involve too little of the positive aspect and too much of the negative aspect for a given stage. The document also asks questions to check understanding of stage 1 (trust vs mistrust) and stage 5 (identity vs role confusion).

2. BELL RINGER
What is cognitive?
Give me three characteristics of a
secure person. Give me three
characteristics of an insecure
person. Tell me what do you think is
a factor that explains these
differences.

3. BELL RINGER
Under the of Erik Erikson’s Stages
of Psychosocial Development:
What is the virtue developed under
the Infant stage?
How do we see preschoolers
develop initiative?
What can provoke an elementary kid
to feel inferior?

4. STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
EPIGENIC PRINCIPLE
We develop through a
predetermined unfolding of
our personalities in eight
stages.

5. STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
COMMON DENOMINATORS
DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS OR CRISES
Referred by two terms, example: “trustmistrust”, one positive, one negative.
There needs to be balance in what we
learn: We need to learn mostly the
positive one, but also some of the
negative one

6. STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
COMMON DENOMINATORS
OPTIMAL TIME
There is a time for each task

7. STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
COMMON DENOMINATORS
VIRTUE
When a stage is managed well, we
carry on a virtue or psychosocial
strength.
This will help us through the rest
of the stages of our lives.

8. STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
COMMON DENOMINATORS
What happens if we don’t manage well the
stages?
We may endanger all our future
development or develop:
MALIGNANCIES or
MALADAPTATIONS

9. STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
COMMON DENOMINATORS
MALIGNANCY
The worse of two
Involves too little of the positive
and too much of the negative
aspect of the task

10. STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
COMMON DENOMINATORS
MALADAPTATION
Not quite as bad
Involves too much of the positive
and too little of the negative

11. CLOSURE
What is a malignancy
under the concept of Erik
Erikson’s stages of
psychosocial
development?

12. CLOSURE
Describe Stage #1 of Erikson’s
Stages of Psychosocial
Development

13. CLOSURE
Describe Stage #5 of
Erikson’s Stages of
Psychosocial Development