Jordan Coldren educational Psych

Erik Erikson Assignment

1.When a student finally completes a complex and involved science project, the teacher criticizes him
for taking so much time.

Industry vs. inferiority  –   Negative Resolution

2.The babysitter loudly bangs pots together and the baby cries with fear. She continues to do this so that
the baby will not be afraid of loud noises.

Trust vs. mistrust   –   Negative Resolution

3.When the baby is hungry and cries, his mother feeds him.

Trust vs. mistrust    +   Positive Resolution

4.When a student wants to pour water into a clay bowl that he has made, the teacher lets him because
she tries to let students carry out their own ideas.

 Initiative vs. guilt +   Positive Resolution

5.Little Ay'Shia wants to feed herself, but her mother, annoyed by the mess her daughter creates, insists
on feeding the child herself.

Autonomy vs. shame and doubt  –   Negative Resolution

6.Students in Ms. Simpson's class decide to sell candy to make money for the local muscular dystrophy
association. Ms. Simpson praises the children for this project, even though it means considerable work
for her.

Industry vs. inferiority +   Positive Resolution

7.Mrs. J purchases tennis shoes with Velcro closings rather than shoe laces so that her children can take
their own shoes off and put them on themselves.

Autonomy vs. shame and doubt +   Positive Resolution

8.Mr. Gassis allows his seniors in government class the opportunity to discuss not only the current
events of the day, but also views and opinions regarding those current events.

Identity vs. role confusion +   Positive Resolution

9.Ms. Santiago, the eleventh-grade English teacher, is all business. She believes that classroom time
should be spent on lessons and not discussion of students’ feelings about the meaning of the poem to
their lives. Therefore, her class time is spent telling the students the appropriate interpretations of the
plays and poems.

Identity vs. role confusion  –   Negative Resolution