Erikson states that it is around age 7 when a childs development starts to peak as they will start making more decisions on their own. This is in stage four industry vs. inferiority. In this stage children are being socialised in the institute of schooling where they will usually make peers and learn social norms. Making peers is a great part of the childs self esteem as a sense of pride is …show more content…
Marcia 's theory of identity proposed that the adolencent stage did not posses identity confusion but included that it is ones exploration and commitment to a certain identity that shaped the individual.(Hoffnung et al., 2013; Institute of Education, 2014) Marcia states that there are two distinct parts that form an adolencents identity. He believed that the commitment to a certain role or value is intiated through ones choices in a crisis as preconcieved ideals from an earlier stage are being