Psy Week 6 Adolescence Checkpoint

Adolescence and Adulthood Checkpoint

PSY 202

January 28, 2012

Janie Lacy

The psycho-development stage of adolescence is when individuals develop the understanding of who they and others are as individuals. A self realization stage in other words. According to psychoanalyst Erik Erikson, psycho-development can be broken into a series of eight stages.

* Trust vs Mistrust Stage birth-1 ½ years Affected by positive and negative interactions

* Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt 1 ½- 3 years Affected by too little or too much control

* Initiative vs Guilt Stage 3-6 years Affected by consequences of independence

* Industry vs Inferiority Stage 6-12 years Affected by ability to cope in school & socially

* Identity vs Role Confusion Stage Adolescence Tries to determine self

* Intimacy vs Isolation Early Adulthood- 30’s Develops love, sex, & friends (relationships)

* Generativity vs Stagnation Middle Adulthood Starts contribution to family, & society

* Ego Integrity vs Despair Late Adulthood- Death Starts reflecting on one’s life

I started to discover who I was and who I wanted to be in life around the age of 13. I always have been mature for my age, so I started hanging out with the high schoolers around this age. I believed I wanted to be more popular with my peers so I started practicing things they were doing like smoking, drinking, and living as what I thought was “sexy”. I became sexually active that same year. Although I became sexually active at such a young age, I did eventually marry the man who I shared my first experience with and am still married to him. This year will be our 12 year wedding anniversary.

Late adulthood has many changes for individuals in social and physical aspects. Physical changes can be changes in the body like wrinkles, grey hair, and...