AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

ADOLESCENCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGING ADULTHOOD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Determine the stage of Psychosocial Development according to Erikson:When a student wants to make his clay bowl in a different shape from the directions, the teacher lets him because she tries to let students carry out their own ideas.
A
Autonomy versus shame and doubt
B
Initiative versus guilt
C
Industry versus inferiority
D
Identity versus identity confusion
E
Intimacy versus isolation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Examples: Adolescents attempt to establish their own identities and see themselves asseparate from their parents.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stages arise as individuals grow and face new decisions and turning points during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Each stage is defined by two opposing psychological tendencies – one positive/syntactic and negative/dystonic. From this develops an ego virtue/strength or maldevelopment, respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -Autonomy versus shame and doubt is the second stage of Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development. This stage occurs between the age of 18 months and around age 2 or 3 years. According to Erikson, children at this stage are focused on developing a greater sense of self-control.

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