This essay will be discussing Erick Erickson’s “Identity and confusion” stage of psychological development, based on different definitions and understandings that support the theory. It will also be defining key concepts and providing ethnographical examples in order to understand Erickson’s theory. Adolescence with be discussed including the challenges that adolescents encounter (focusing on a South African context) on the way to successful role identification and the basic values and skills needed to be able to successfully resolve an identity crisis.
Psychosocial development
Psychosocial development refers to the development of a human that allows him/her to be social and feel like part of a society. This involves identity development which …show more content…
I support this Statement because of the evidence Erickson has in his theory of Psychosocial development, where trust, shame and doubt, guilt, role and confusion, intimacy and isolation, generativity and stagnation and integrity and despair are all included and they all involve some form of ego identity development (getting to know their selves better).
Identity verses (role) confusion
Identity versus role confusion is the fifth stage in Erick Erickson’s theory of psychosocial development. It occurs after the child has developed trust, autonomy and the ability to socialise. According to Erickson one only reaches this stage once they are 12 years old and this stage is “normally” completed at the age of 20. Those in this stage are referred to as Adolescents. This stage is known to be the most critical because one under goes changes in all sphere of their being, such as physically, mentally and socially. Physically at this age they experience puberty ( i.e. development of full sexual maturity during adolescence). Puberty leads to the sexual organs and mating attraction characteristics such; for males, Larynx enlargement (Voice breaking and becoming deeper, facial hair, growth of penis and testis and …show more content…
Instability, risk behaviour and external influence from peers, but the is more challenges that the youth face that is applied by society and cultures around them,(Arnett, 2000). This essay, as stated will be elaborating on South African perspective. The kinds of challenges faced by adolescents are; being under pressure to fit into a certain cultural society, balancing between tradition and society, Peer pressure, Educational expectations and Sexual activity & pregnancy. Living in South Africa one is subjected to many kinds of cultural societies, this can be a good thing because it brings about diversity but a bad thing because it may cause confusion. Cultural societies are in South Africa are mostly the street cultural society which is influenced by drugs and crime, the sport cultural society which is mainly based on soccer and the music cultural society based on hip hop genre of music. In South Africa teens are largely influenced by people their age or slightly young which is why adults have a problem enforcing different parenting styles and they end up being uninvolved, Comer, Furnham & Gould, 2013). Peer pressure being the bases of influence teens end up leaving school, becoming involved in drugs and if they are girls they end up pregnant. For example: in Cape Town, South Africa. In the area called the Cape flats, an area largely populated by coloured
Psychosocial development
Psychosocial development refers to the development of a human that allows him/her to be social and feel like part of a society. This involves identity development which …show more content…
I support this Statement because of the evidence Erickson has in his theory of Psychosocial development, where trust, shame and doubt, guilt, role and confusion, intimacy and isolation, generativity and stagnation and integrity and despair are all included and they all involve some form of ego identity development (getting to know their selves better).
Identity verses (role) confusion
Identity versus role confusion is the fifth stage in Erick Erickson’s theory of psychosocial development. It occurs after the child has developed trust, autonomy and the ability to socialise. According to Erickson one only reaches this stage once they are 12 years old and this stage is “normally” completed at the age of 20. Those in this stage are referred to as Adolescents. This stage is known to be the most critical because one under goes changes in all sphere of their being, such as physically, mentally and socially. Physically at this age they experience puberty ( i.e. development of full sexual maturity during adolescence). Puberty leads to the sexual organs and mating attraction characteristics such; for males, Larynx enlargement (Voice breaking and becoming deeper, facial hair, growth of penis and testis and …show more content…
Instability, risk behaviour and external influence from peers, but the is more challenges that the youth face that is applied by society and cultures around them,(Arnett, 2000). This essay, as stated will be elaborating on South African perspective. The kinds of challenges faced by adolescents are; being under pressure to fit into a certain cultural society, balancing between tradition and society, Peer pressure, Educational expectations and Sexual activity & pregnancy. Living in South Africa one is subjected to many kinds of cultural societies, this can be a good thing because it brings about diversity but a bad thing because it may cause confusion. Cultural societies are in South Africa are mostly the street cultural society which is influenced by drugs and crime, the sport cultural society which is mainly based on soccer and the music cultural society based on hip hop genre of music. In South Africa teens are largely influenced by people their age or slightly young which is why adults have a problem enforcing different parenting styles and they end up being uninvolved, Comer, Furnham & Gould, 2013). Peer pressure being the bases of influence teens end up leaving school, becoming involved in drugs and if they are girls they end up pregnant. For example: in Cape Town, South Africa. In the area called the Cape flats, an area largely populated by coloured