Psychosocial Development

EDU 330: Educational Psychology

Dr. Daniel Moos

Psychosocial Development: Learning Objectives

Identify key assumptions of Erikson’s Theory of Personality Development

Describe stages of personality development, according to Erikson’s theory

Apply Erikson’s theory to the developmental group that you plan to teach

Planning your learning

How do you think personality develops?

What questions do you have about personality development?

What role do you think teachers can (and should) have in their students’ personality development?

Personality: Contextualizing theories

Tony Soprano

Life is unpredictable

Good command of will power

Self-absorbed

Life full of missed opportunities

Personality Development: Nature vs. Nurture

Development of identify and self-concept (I)

Assumptions of Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial DevelopmentStagesPsychosocial challenge (crisis) opportunities for developmentNegative resolutions = Personality imperfectionsMove through stages, regardless of resolutions

Development of identify and self-concept (III)

Stage Action + Resolution - Resolution

Trust v. Mistrust (0-1)

Initiative v. Guilt (3-6)

Autonomy v. Shame/

Doubt (1-3)

Trusts develops

Independence fostered by

mastery

Exploratory attitude

Trust, relaxed, optimistic

See life as unpredictable

Good sense and command of their will power

Fear being exposed as inadequate

Clear sense of what they want in life

Self-restrictive and fear of making mistakes

Development of identify and self-concept (IV)

Stage Action + Resolution - Resolution

Industry v. Inferiority (6-

12)

Intimacy v. Isolation (Young

adulthood)

Identity v. Confusion

(12-18)

Enjoyment of mastery comes through success and recognition

Identity through experimentation

Openness to others

Relish achievement and like to tackle challenge

Feel inadequate, incapable, lack ambition

Know who they are, what their goals are, and where they are going

See conflict in who they are and what they would like to be

Commitment to partnerships and ethics to abide by the commitments

Self-absorbed; identity too fragile to maintain uncertainties in relationships

Development of identify and self-concept (V)

Stage Action + Resolution - Resolution

Generativity v. Stagnation

(Middle adulthood)

Integrity v. Despair (Old

age)

Concern for next

generation

Acceptance of one’s life

Concern for creation of better world. Focus on service to others

Lack long term-goals; live for short-term gratification

Feel their lives have meaning and significance

View life as filled with missed opportunities

Erikson: Application (II)-TONY SOPRANO-

(1) Life is unpredictable(1) - resolution of trust v mistrust

(2) Self-absorbed(1) - resolution of intimacy v. isolation

(3) Life is full of missed opportunities(1) - resolution of integrity v. despair

Monitoring your learning

What did you learn about personality development?

What questions (if any) do you have about the information presented?

Is there anything that you did not understand in the video?

Do you need to go back in the video and fill any gaps in understanding?