A Life History

Erikson (1968) has identified eight separate developmental stages, which together constitute the human life cycle that comprise both an encounter and a crisis. It is the resolution of this crisis which assists the individual in moving (or developing) and achieving the next stage of life. Erikson (1968) states that each stage ôbecomes a crisis because incipient growth and awareness in a new part function go together with a shift in instinctual energy and yet also cause a specific vulnerability in that partö (95).

The following chart offers a summation of the crises occurring at each of EriksonÆs developmental stages.

V Identity versus identify confusion

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6, 108). In human development, Erikson interprets his epigenetic outlook to mean that anything that grows has a ground plan and out of this plan the individual parts arise, each part having its time of special ascendancy, until all parts have arisen to form a functioning whole (Erikson, 1959). At each stage of life, a new strength is added to a widening ensemble and reintegrated at each later stage in order to play its part in a full cycle. Growth must take place not only step-by-step but at a proper rate and in a normal sequence which adds up to a definite direction and perspective. Thus, Erikson believes that to approach human development from the perspective of stages is to have an alternative to either an animalistic or a mechanistic conception of human nature (Roazen, 1976). Mr. WeldonÆs adult years were filled with a number of challenges. Though he enjoyed fulfillment and success in his career as an accountant at Penn State, his personal life was in shambles. He and his wife went through an ugly divorce. His wife gained custody of their only son. As the years after the divorce passed, Mr. WeldonÆs son became involved in excessive drinking and drug taking. Mr. Weldon and his wife spent thousands of dollars paying
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Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page)