Development Throughout the Lifespan, assignment 2 LASA 1 help
Assignment 2: LASA 1: Development Throughout the Lifespan
Erikson and Freud are two of the few
theorists who have developed a lifespan approach to development. Freud’s
approach to development was psychosexual while Erikson’s was
psychosocial. Even though Freud’s theory is better known, Erikson’s
theory remains a leading and very much applied model in personality and
developmental psychology today.
When considering these two stage-oriented
theories, you can directly compare the majority of their stages. These
are matched in the following table:
| Approximate Age |
Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development |
Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial development |
| Infancy (Birth to 1 year) |
Oral stage |
Trust versus mistrust |
| Early childhood (1–3 years) |
Anal stage |
Autonomy versus doubt |
| Preschool (3–6 years) |
Phallic stage |
Initiative versus guilt |
| School age (7–11 years) |
Latent period |
Industry versus inferiority |
| Adolescence (12–18 years) |
Genital stage |
Identity versus role confusion |
| Young adulthood (19–40 years) |
Intimacy versus isolation |
|
| Middle adulthood (40–65 years) |
Generativity versus stagnation |
|
| Older adulthood (65–death) |
Integrity versus despair |
When considering Erikson’s eight stages of
development, the way a person moves through each stage directly affects
their success in the next stage. Their personality is being built and
shaped with each stage. At each stage, there is a turning point, called a
crisis by Erikson, which a person must confront.
In this assignment, you will observe or interview two different people, each at a different stage of development. For a third observation,
take a look at yourself and the stage that you are in (this stage must
be different from your other two observations).
- Record your three observations in a template. Include the following information:
- Name
- Age
- Gender
- Current developmental stage
- Status within the stage (i.e., identity achievement or role confusion)
- Events that have lead to this status
Download a Development Template from the Doc Sharing area to record your observations.
- Summarize what you have learned about psychosocial development through these observations/interviews.
- Summarize the trends you see in your observations/interviews regarding psychosocial development.
- How does movement through Erikson’s stages influence personality development? Again, be specific.
- How do Erikson’s stages of development compare to Freud’s stages? How are they similar? How are they different?
- Between these two theories, which one do you feel
best explains your own personality development? Justify your answers
with specific examples.
Write a 3–4-page paper in Word format.
Insert your chart at the end of your paper. Apply APA standards to
citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention:
LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc.
By Wednesday, May 11, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox.
Course Project Grading Criteria and Rubric
| Assignment 2 Grading Criteria |
Maximum Points |
| Chart identifies general characteristics of people being observed Chart identifies each person’s Erikson’s stage of development (Course Objective [CO] 2) |
20 |
| Explains which events of this developmental stage influence this outcome (CO 2) |
24 |
| Summarizes learning about psychosocial development, applies observations (CO 2) |
24 |
| Explains the connection between Erikson’s stages of development and personality development (CO 2) |
28 |
| Compares and contrasts Erikson and Freud’s stages of development (CO 1) |
32 |
| Determines which theory best fits own personality development, applies self-observations (CO 1, 2) |
28 |
| Presentation Components: Organization (12) Usage and Mechanics (12) APA Elements (16) Style (4) |
44 |
| Total: |
200 |
|
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PLEASE US THIS AS A TEMPLATE FOR THE CHART IN PAPER PLEASE USE YOUR OWN WORDS NO PLAGARISM
|
Name of person observed |
Age |
Gender |
Current developmental stage |
Status within the stage |
Events that have led to this status |
|
Mary Owens |
7 |
female |
Identity versus role confusion |
Role Confusion |
Mary is a very confident person but |
|
Brenda Simmons |
10 |
female |
Industry versus inferiority |
Industry |
Brenda is amused at times when her |
|
Joslin Spady |
29 |
male |
Initiative verses guilty |
Initiative |
Joslin has not had the proper |


