Semester Spring 2021 Introduction to Psychology (PSY101)

Assignment No.01

Question :1

You have read about Eric Erikson theory in lecture 11 of your course in detail. Following are
few scenarios related to the stages of development presented by Erikson. You are supposed to
read them in detail and identify the correct stage of development discussed in each scenario.
After that justify your selection giving at least four points:

Scenario Stage (1*5) Justification (3*5)

Nawazish is a 1 year old Basic Trust Vs Mistrust
baby. Her parents are the
only support which she has.
At this stage, Nawazish
feels afraid when a stranger
is present in the room but
she becomes stable as soon
as she sees either of her
parents.
Kareem is a 10 years old
boy. He has several friends
of the same age. Kareem
has recently won a race for
his school and feels that
this achievement has
increased his self-esteem.
This stage start at birth
(Oral sensor stage) Continues to around 18
18 months of age. In this
stage the child is unware from
world in which they living.
He just know about them his
primary caregiver. He did
trust his primary caregiver
beacsuse know them. When a
stranger is present in the
room she feel threatened from
them. Because she not know
them.But when she looks
stranger with his parent she
feel secure because they will
be able to trust others
relationships. When she look
around the world, she meets
with other persons his
threatend will be change into
secure environment.
industry vs inferiority In this stage children enter
into a great society. If they
succeed navigating this stage.
They will be able to develop a
great significant role in a
society. They will become
hard worker, fertile and
contributing member of the
society. If they not suucceed
in this stage they maay
develop low self esteem.
They will become dull, lazy
and unproductive member of
the society.
Dawood is a 19 years old
young man. He is
extremely popular amongst
his friends. Dawood has
decided to become a
psychologist because the
rest of his class was opting
for to become engineers,
doctors and lawyers. In
order to become
independent, Dawood even
started earning and stopped
take financial support from
his parents.
Intimacy Vs Isolation during this stage, the Major
opposite position centers on
forming sex, loving
relationships with others
people with a good outcome
make complete of this stage
can outcome in happy
relationships and a sense of
undertaking to do, safety, and
care within a relation. In this
stage people begin to share
ourselves personally with
other persons.

Ayesha is a 45 years old Adulthood generativity vs. we give back to our society
woman. She is a mother of stagnation through making our boys and
3 children. She also runs a (middle adulthood) girls, being with a tendency to
small NGO where she produce at work, and
helps other poor women by becoming taken part with in
providing them with group activities and
opportunities for learning organizations . through
and making their lives generativity we deelop a
better. sense of being a part of the
bigger picture . good outcome
leads to feelings of usefulness
and hard things to be done,
while unsuccessful person
results in not deep sense of
being mixed in the earth .

Farhan is a 60 years old Ego integrity Vs. despair This stage begins around at
man. He is now retired from age 65 and ends at death. it is
his job and spends most of during this time that we
his time gardening at his contemplate our
accomplishments and can
home. He often develop integrity if we see
contemplates on his past and ourselves as leading a
feels satisfied with susseccful life.
what he has achieved.