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Our textbook describes this stage as "the critical theme of infancy" (Martorell, 2020, p. 14). This is the stage that happens between the birth of a child until they are about 1 1/2 years old. During this stage, the child is dependent upon its caretakers for everything. Hence where the term "Trust Vs. Mistrust" comes into play. In this stage, the child learns to either have trust or mistrust for its caretakers. If the child is well taken care of, and knows that its caretaker is going to meet its needs, then there is a sense of trust built in the child. However, if the child knows that its caretakers are not going to meet their required needs, it starts to build a sense of mistrust. This stage is very critical to the development of a child because it teaches them to either trust others or to mistrust others. Which one they choose is something that will form their character and personality as they grow and develop.

Based off my questionnaire answers, the woman I interviewed chose TRUST in this stage. The reason she chose trust was because she was always well cared for by her parents, and she never had to wonder whether her needs were going to be met or not. They always took great care of her.

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This stage is described in our textbook as the stage "in which children achieve a balance between self-determination and control by others" (Martorell, 2020, p. 55). In other words, this is the stage where a child has to determine if they are going to do things their own way, or listen to the authority that is over them. This stage typically happens between the ages of 1 1/2 years old and 3 years old. It is characterized by the child's determination to do what they want to do, or by their submission to what the adult in their life wants them to do. This stage is very important to the development of the child because it is the stage in which the child begins to develop independence. The child is also developing the ability to know right from wrong.

When referring to this stage from my questionnaire, the woman in which I questioned chose AUTONOMY in this stage.  She chose autonomy because she was always one who liked her free will. She was very independent and liked to make her own choices, even if they were not always the right ones.

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This stage, as displayed in our textbook, happens between the ages of 3 and 6 years old. It is best described as the stage "in which children balance the urge to pursue goals with reservations about doing so" (Martorell, 2020, p. 72). This stage has a lot to do with the child's interaction with other children in environments outside of the home. This stage is important to the development of a child because it is where they start to learn how to use social skills. It is also important because, in this stage, the child will either begin to feel purpose or guilt. Which one they end up feeling affects how they grow as a person.

In my questionnaire, the woman I interviewed chose INITIATIVE in this stage. She was always interacting with other children. It was very rare that would you find her not socializing with the other kids that she was around, whether during school or play time.

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Our textbook described this stage as children starting to learn "the productive skills their culture requires or else face feelings of inferiority" (Martorell, 2020, p. 93). This stage typically occurs between the age of 6 years old until the child hits puberty. In this stage a child is typically seeking the approval of their peers more. This becomes one of the main factors that affect their self esteem. The child is learning what their culture is expecting from them. Whether or not a child feels they can live up to the expectations of society determines whether they feel a sense of industry (competence) or inferiority.

In this stage, the woman I interviewed chose INDUSTRY. She was always very competent and knew that she could achieve any goal that she felt needed to be accomplished. Whether it was getting a good grade, or making a new friend, she could do it if she set her mind to it.

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Stage 5: Identity Vs. Identity Confusion

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Stage 5: Identity Vs. Identity Confusion

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Our textbook stated that in this stage, an adolescent is seeking to "develop a coherent sense of self, including the role she or he is to play in society" (Martorell, 2020, p. 109). The age gap for this stage is typically from the time of puberty into young adulthood. This stage is pivotal in the developmental process because it is in this stage that the now young adult, is trying to figure out their place in society. They could be in the process of deciding whether or not they want to go to college after high school, what job they are interested in pursuing, and honestly just making a lot of big life choices.

IDENTITY CONFUSION would probably be the best description of the my interviewee in this stage. She thought that she knew what she wanted to do with her life at this point, but was never completely sold on it. She struggled for a while to decide on what she was going to do in terms of her future education and career, but eventually ended up figuring it all out. She followed through with her college education and ended up working in her area of study for her career.

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In our textbook, this stage was said to typically take place during young adulthood. It is best explained as the stage in which "a person seeks to make commitments to others or may suffer form isolation and self-absorption" (Martorell, 2020, p. 14). In this stage, a person begins to share themselves more intimately with others, and typically begins to develop a long-term commitment to a significant other.

In this stage, my interviewee chose INTIMACY. She went to college and made many close friends. She also met and married her husband around this time. Not only were they married, but they also had 3 children. This stage in her life was definitely best categorized by intimacy.

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Our textbook described this stage as the stage in middle adulthood where the person is "concerned with establishing and guiding the next generation or else feels personal impoverishment" (Martorell, 2020, p. 14). In this stage, the middle-aged adult will either choose to give back in some sort of way, or they will choose to sit back and have little to no involvement in the world. At this stage an adult is given the chance to make a difference in the life of another, or to only care about themselves.

My interviewee is currently in this stage, and is choosing the GENERATIVITY stage. While her children are all either grown up, or almost grown up, she continues to give back to those around her, by investing in other people’s children as a School Administrator. She is not only the Administrator of this school, but also a Junior High/High School Teacher at the school.

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In our textbook, this is the stage in which an "elderly person achieves acceptance of own life, allowing acceptance of death, or else despairs over inability to relive life" (Martorell, 2020, p. 14). In this final stage of their life, a person is faced with choice to either look back over their life and accomplishments with a sense of pride and fulfillment, or to look back over it with disdain and a desire to redo it all. Ultimately, the way that they choose to view their life, with contentment or resentment, determines how they will live out their final years. They have a choice to either live the rest of their life happy because of the life that they chose to live, or to be sad over the things that they can not change now.

Since she is not to this stage yet, I am not 100% sure which category my interviewee will end up choosing. However, taking the best guess I can, based off her past choices, I will assume that she will take the INTEGRITY path. I know that as she looks back over her life, she will look back with no regrets of what could have been. She will most likely be nothing but pleased with the life she has chosen to build.