Why I am who I am today?
By Jamianne Kruse
EDI 17 Psychology & Development of Adolescent Students
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 2, 2010
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 2, 2010
I really like today’s class. Today we discussed Erickson’s theory of individual development and applied it to our own lives. I thought this was an excellent idea because it gave me the opportunity to question why I am the way I am and why others are the way they are. To begin the class, we started with filling in our own characteristics during the time periods that Erickson defined as essential stages of individual development. Ironically enough, as we went through each stage, I discovered that many of my characteristics coincided with those characteristics that Erickson proposed. I thought this was a very interesting concept of psychology.
After class, I began to think about how and why people are the way they are. For example, my sister and I are eleven years apart in age. This February she will be turning ten. After reading other case studies about the effects of early childhood, I began to think of my sister’s childhood. When my sister was younger (ages 0-2), she always needed to be held. She was always rocked to sleep and spent a lot of time sleeping in my parent’s bed. When she grew a little older, my parents always did things for her and rarely allowed her (not on purpose) to discover things on her own. After learning Erickson’s theory of development, I know have an understanding as to why my sister is some-what lazy of a person today. Although she is very intelligent, she does lack the initiative to do things on her own and that I believe is from her lack of autonomy in her younger years.
After class, I began to think about how and why people are the way they are. For example, my sister and I are eleven years apart in age. This February she will be turning ten. After reading other case studies about the effects of early childhood, I began to think of my sister’s childhood. When my sister was younger (ages 0-2), she always needed to be held. She was always rocked to sleep and spent a lot of time sleeping in my parent’s bed. When she grew a little older, my parents always did things for her and rarely allowed her (not on purpose) to discover things on her own. After learning Erickson’s theory of development, I know have an understanding as to why my sister is some-what lazy of a person today. Although she is very intelligent, she does lack the initiative to do things on her own and that I believe is from her lack of autonomy in her younger years.
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