DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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integrity vs despair
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Generativity vs stagnation
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Identity vs role con
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Despair (Wisdom)-From the mid-60s to the end of life, we are in the period of development known as late adulthood. Erikson’s task at this stage is called integrity vs. despair. He said that people in late adulthood reflect on their lives and feel either a sense of satisfaction or a sense of failure.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Erikson, the last psychosocial stage is Integrity vs. Despair. This stage includes, “a retrospective accounting of one’s life to date; how much one embraces life as having been well lived, as opposed to regretting missed opportunities” (Erikson, 1982, p. 112).
Detailed explanation-3: -Understanding Erikson’s 8 Stages of Development Toddler – Autonomy versus shame and doubt. Preschool-age – Initiative versus guilt. School-age – Industry versus inferiority. Adolescence – Identity versus identity confusion.
Detailed explanation-4: -This stage includes, “a retrospective accounting of one’s life to date; how much one embraces life as having been well lived, as opposed to regretting missed opportunities, ” (Erikson, 1982, p. 112).
Detailed explanation-5: -Ego integrity versus despair is the eighth stage of Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development during which the aging individual strives to accept the value of her life experience.