Erik Erikson claimed that individuals go through eight stages
throughout their lives. Within each stage, the person experiences a
psychological crisis. They either successfully complete the stage with a
positive outcome, or encounter a negative conclusion. Although people
tend to experience these stages at specific developmental periods, they
may revisit these crises at other times as well.
For this paper, you will name each stage, state the age range for
which most experience the stage, and explain the crisis in your own
words. Be sure to include how both positive and negative outcomes may
affect the individual. Then give a personal example of how you
experienced the stage. If you have not yet gone through the stage, you
may give an example of a family member or friend. Or you may hypothesize
how you expect to get through the stage. Your example does not have to
coincide within the age range that Erikson discussed.
At the end you must include a ‘Your Voice’ paragraph. This is an
informal paragraph describing your experience completing the assignment.
Did you enjoy the assignment? Did you learn anything about yourself or
others? Did you encounter any difficulties with the assignment? How will
this information help you in the future? You may include any other
thoughts and/or feedback to the instructor.
Scholarly writing is expected. Please write in complete sentences to
avoid losing points. Please check your post for errors related to
spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure, etc.
Sentences should begin with a capital and must include punctuation.
Please refer to the text to support your responses. When referring to
the text, you must include in-text citations. If you are referencing an
outside resource other than your textbook, please include an APA
formatted reference for the source.
This assignment is worth 10% of your grade. Point distribution:
Stage (Name and age range) – 1 point x 8 = 8 points
Crisis (explanation, positive & negative outcomes) – 6 points x 8 = 48 points
Personal Example – 4 points x 8 = 32 points
My Voice paragraph – 6 points
Grammar/citations – 6 points
TOTAL = 100 points
