Full screen

Share

Click!
A child well-taken care of. They learned to trust their mother and grandmother whom were their primary parental figures at this stage, and would remain so for a majority of their life.
Stage 8
Stage 7
Stage 6
Stage 5
Stage 4
Stage 3
Stage 2
Stage 1
My Psychological Profile
Masilang, Marianne Jamille Masilang || BSY15
Ages 0 - 1 year
Stage 1: Trust VS Mistrust
The infant is uncertain about the world in which they live, and looks towards their primary caregiver for stability and consistency of care.
Want to make interactive content? It’s easy in Genially!

Transcript

The infant is uncertain about the world in which they live, and looks towards their primary caregiver for stability and consistency of care.

Stage 1: Trust VS Mistrust

Ages 0 - 1 year

Masilang, Marianne Jamille Masilang || BSY15

My Psychological Profile

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

A child well-taken care of. They learned to trust their mother and grandmother whom were their primary parental figures at this stage, and would remain so for a majority of their life.

Click!

Erik Erikson: Trust VS Mistrust My parents and other caregivers at this stage in life successfully provided an adequate amount of warmth, love, and physical care. They were attentive to my needs which allowed me to develop my sense of trust and safety with the people I was always around. According to my mother, I was a quiet infant and she had little difficulties in taking care of me outside of the usual pains of parenthood. She also had a lot of help from her mother—my grandmother—who was just as hands-on with taking care of me as my own mother was. Furthermore, during this time, our house was often filled with relatives from different branches of the family tree. I can assume that this fostered a deep sentiment towards familial connection in my mind as I've noticed how eager I often am to visit and reconnect with distant relatives. My parents' value for family was a trait they taught me and something I've felt since the earliest stage of my life. Sigmund Freud: Oral Stage According to my parents, they did not like seeing me suck my fingers, so they opted to let me use a pacifier—which proved successful in satiating my sucking reflex. However, it seems that I became overly fixated with using a pacifier and baby bottles for drinking as my parents could not extinguish the behavior until I was around 5-6 years old. This overstimulation could have contributed to my current habit of nail-biting, which noticeably started since I was around 7 years old. I admittedly have difficulties getting rid of this behavior, especially because it helps me relax when I'm nervous or stressed which happens often.

Children at this age are becoming increasingly independent and want to gain more control over what they do and how they do it.

Stage 2: Autonomy VS Shame & Doubt

Ages 1 - 3 years

Masilang, Marianne Jamille Masilang

My Psychological Profile

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

Independent in her own ways. She was allowed to choose her own clothes, toys, and food with moderate restrictions just to prevent her from becoming spoiled.

Erik Erikson: Autonomy VS Shame & Doubt According to my parents, my first expression of wanting independence was insisting on choosing clothes for myself, and they had no qualms on giving me the freedom to do so. From my clothing choices, my mother had assumed I had my personal sense of style. I would express distaste if someone picked clothes out for me that I didn't like and would refuse to wear them. This wasn't to the extent that I threw unreasonable tantrums, but my parents eventually left me to make those decisions on my own. They only ever exercised control in my choices when it came to toys and food—not indulging my every wish for a new toy and not allowing me to always skip vegetables in my meals—though, they were never overly strict about these. Additionally, my mother also said that she actively encouraged my creativity at this stage and often communicated with me as if I was an older child since my grandmother rejected the notion of easing a child into talking through 'baby talk'. This is a major part of parenting in our family. Admittedly, there were times that my parents were overly protective of me. I think this is what made me very dependent on them even as I progressed into later childhood. They were also quick to correct my mistakes but said that they opted to talk about the situation with me in a calmly strict manner in hopes that I would remember their advice better that way, in contrast to shouting and angrily reprimanding me. Sigmund Freud: Anal Stage My mother started my toilet training when I was about 1 year old. According to her, she had no difficulties in teaching me and I was fully toilet-trained by the time I was 2 years old. Minor mistakes such as not going to the toilet on time were rare, and my mother never punished me heavily for such mistakes. Taking this into account, I'd say that my development at the anal stage was a success. I can also assume that my current messy personality is not a result of failure during this stage, but most likely attributed to by some other factor in life.

It is important for caregivers to encourage exploration and to help children make appropriate choices

Stage 3: Initiative VS Guilt

Ages 3 - 6 years

Masilang, Marianne Jamille Masilang

My Psychological Profile

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

Their curiosity was near-insatiable, people said. But, if there was one thing that dimmed their bright personality, it was their lacking in social skills.

Erik Erikson: Initiative VS Guilt My earliest, most vivid memory of this stage was crying nonstop at the airport as I watched my mother shrink from my view. I was being taken to live abroad with my grandparents. Despite being emotionally close with them, my reaction was more of a response to my lack of control in the situation. I did not want to be separated from my parents, but I had no choice since I was too young to have a say. Suffice it to say, I managed to adjust well to the first year of living abroad, but without having anyone in the house that was my age, there were many times that I felt lonely. The fact also didn't help me with forging relationships with other kids my age. I had friends at school, but I always felt a constant awkwardness and unsureness in how I would approach them. Outside of school, I didn't spend much time playing with other children, and my grandmother fostered in me the habit of keeping my hands busy with books, allowing me to read anything that piqued my interest and putting me to work on activity books during spare time. This was because she valued academic excellence above many things, and I was conditioned to be the same through praise and rewards. If I did good in school, they'd agree to buy me things related to activities I wanted to try out. Mistakes were tolerated, but I was taught that I had to 'do better next time' to make up for it. Little did I know, this wouldn't be the ceiling for pressure. Sigmund Freud: Phallic Stage I don't think gender roles were ever strictly imposed on me at this stage. The only difference I registered at the time was haircut and clothing choices; 'girls' like me and my mom had long hair and wore dresses, while 'boys' like my grandfather and uncle had short hair and wore big shirts and pants. But, I distinctly remember one time when my mother questioned my choice to wear 'boy's clothes', which were just a Lightning McQueen shirt and jeans. My response was along the lines of, 'So, what if it's boy's clothes? I like Lightning McQueen and I want to wear a shirt with him on it.' This was the first time I wore clothes nonconforming to the 'girly clothes' I had always worn.

Through social interactions, children begin to develop a sense of pride in their accomplishments and abilities.

Stage 4: Industry VS Inferiority

Ages 6 - 12 years

Masilang, Marianne Jamille Masilang

My Psychological Profile

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

She was excited to do well in school and join all sorts of activities. But, she gradually attached her self-worth to her achievements and constantly sought for her family's approval through excellence in school.

Erik Erikson: Industry VS Inferiority My elementary years were hectic, to say the least. My eagerness to join extra-curriculars was coupled with the piling pressure of having to do my absolute best in my classes. Excellent scores were met with praise and a special dinner, but lower ones resulted in extra study time being strictly imposed by my grandmother. She also often compared me to my friends from my class whenever she'd hear that they did better than me at something. The pressure was overwhelming and stressful, but I never told anyone about it because, most of the time, I was convinced that it was normal and that it was for the best. So, to avoid the punishments and the negative comments, I pushed myself to become the best in everything I did. This made rejection and failures feel as overwhelming as successes and achievements to the point that I worked as hard as I did just to avoid feeling the crushing guilt of failure. Still, I always felt that I was never good enough for my family's standards. I'd say the tipping point of my academic life was when my grandmother slapped me for the first time because of a near-failing grade I got from an exam. I remember knowing that it was wrong of her to hit me because there were certain circumstances behind as to why I got a low score—I had to take the exam immediately after coming back from a contest outside of school, and I was mentally exhausted. But, the belief that I deserved that slap had overcome everything else at the time. That moment fractured my emotional bond with my grandmother and made me even more obsessive over my academics out of fear that she might do it again. Suffice it to say, I was never hit again only because I didn't dare bring home a grade lower than 90, but it took an unspoken toll on my mental health that would continue to affect me in later years. Sigmund Freud: Latent Stage Because I was hyper-focused on my academics, extra-curriculars, and hobbies, my sexual energy laid dormant, just as Freud had proposed. Instead, it was sublimated into my enthusiasm for studying, pursuing different interests, and forging friendships in my social circles. William James: Me-self & I-self I feel like it was at this stage that I began paying more attention to the me-self and I-self perspectives that James proposed. For the material self, I was very possessive of things that I deemed my own and I had a hard time letting other people borrow my stuff until the end of this stage. My social and relational self also played a big role in my self-identity. I think this was because I didn't have a lot of friends in the past stages and suddenly being surrounded by so many children my age got me emotionally carried away, making me believe that I had to be friends with everyone I met. Everything that I experienced and was exposed to at this stage forged my spiritual and individual self into someone that wanted to try everything that piqued her interests, but also someone who was hard to satisfy even by her own standards. Regarding the collective self, I felt a strong attachment toward my friend groups at the time and the things I learned in school, especially social studies, helped foster a sense of pride for my nationality and country.

Successfully completing this stage leads to a strong sense of self that will remain throughout life.

Stage 5: Identity VS Role Confusion

Adolescence

Masilang, Marianne Jamille Masilang

My Psychological Profile

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

They craved to connect with others, but in the process, disconnected from themselves. They were greatly aware of this, and that just made it all the more painful.

Erik Erikson: Identity VS Role Confusion Erikson's theory on this stage says that 'kids who are not allowed to explore and test out different identities might be left with role confusion'. But, to me, it was a matter of testing out 'too many identities' and trying on too many personas that I couldn't exactly pick which one was really me. For a majority of this stage, I found myself to be an outcast among my friends because I shared little to no common interests with them. But, I still greatly valued my friendships, so I tried my best to fit in by casting aside parts of my personality that didn't fit into those social molds. I also found it hard to express myself freely because I was too aware of how people assumed I was and I felt compelled to act in those ways, even if it was suffocating. I was also struggling to make peace with some family problems which made me afraid of losing my friends, too, and being rejected by the only people who provided me with some level of escapism from personal troubles. It was also at this stage that I had to let go of something I was truly passionate about because my family couldn't afford to support me in it, and it really hurt me to let go of something that had been such a huge part of me for so long. It was only toward the end of this stage that I finally acknowledged how scattered and clouded my identity was, and I took the initiative to start rediscovering myself and cutting off people who'd damaged my self-confidence over the years. William James: Me-self & I-self I couldn't identify my various 'selves' at this stage because of my confusion as to who I wanted to be as a person and who I wanted to be in the future. I'd say that my spiritual self was the most damaged part of my identity as I had difficulties differentiating what people thought or believed that I could do from what I was only capable of. In other words, I wasn't sure if I was overestimating or underestimating myself, which led me to doubt the true range of my abilities, skills, and even my motivations. Jungian Archetypes For a majority of this stage, I over-inflated my persona because I felt shame for my shadow—the parts of my personality that I thought people would hate me for. Masking and imitating characteristics I personally thought were ideal which I saw in others were how I created my persona which I used to fit in with my peers. This was at the expense of my self-image as I 'replaced' genuine pieces of my identity with traits that I deemed ideal but made me feel as if I wasn't being authentic. A significant part of this shadow would've been my queer identity. Growing up, I wasn't actively taught homophobia, but heteronormativity was always implied especially in the school I was attending. I had developed a crush on one of my girl friends around the same time we were being taught that homosexuality was not acceptable. This made me think that I had a grave defect which I had to hide from everyone I knew.

As people enter adulthood, emotionally intimate relationships play a critical role in a person's emotional well-being.

Stage 6: Intimacy VS Isolation

Young Adulthood

Masilang, Marianne Jamille Masilang

My Psychological Profile

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

This time around, they'd learn they can't give every piece of themselves to others without leaving some for their own, and to find people who don't just keep taking from her.

Erik Erikson: Intimacy VS Isolation My experience with social relationships gave me fears of commitment and opening up to others—that is, committing myself to others and putting them before myself to the same degree as I did in the previous stage. However, as I approach this next part of my social development, I aim to repair what's broken with my self-image in hopes that I get to build new relationships knowing that I don't have to drastically change parts of my identity just to feel like I deserve those relationships. This is also a time to fully explore my sexuality by forming not just friendships, but also romantic relationships with people I'm interested in—whether they're of the same or different gender. Real and Ideal Self-Concepts There's a need to reduce the incongruence between my real and ideal selves in order to achieve harmony within myself and make up for the confusion I was left with during the previous stage. If possible, I hope to achieve a state of myself wherein there is little to no difference between the real and ideal versions of me because then I'd be living as authentically as possible.

Contributing to society and doing things to promote future generations are important needs at this stage.

Stage 7: Generativity VS Stagnation

Middle Adulthood

Masilang, Marianne Jamille Masilang

My Psychological Profile

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

I hope they get to fulfill their promise to their family while still pursuing their dreams and passions in life.

Erik Erikson: Generativity VS Stagnation I hope that, at this stage of my life, I'm living every day to the fullest by doing the things I love while still being a dependable breadwinner for my family. It's most likely that I will be supporting my younger sister's education, and that would be my way of nurturing the future generation of our family. I don't see myself in neither parenthood nor marriage, but I don't think that would lessen how much I can contribute to my family and community because the reason I chose the career path I want to take today is to be of service to others and to make a mark in other people's lives in any way possible. I think to achieve that would be as fulfilling to me in the future as it sounds to me in the present. Carl Rogers: Self-Actualization Working for and living the life I want to live sounds like the best path to self-actualization to me. Furthermore, Rogers believed that self-actualization doesn't end at a certain point, but rather it occurs when a person achieves their best potential yet still strives to become a better person. I hope that I don't forget this in the future, and that I always remember that I cannot settle for stagnation or mediocrity in life.

During this stage, people reflect back on the life they have lived and feel either a sense of fulfillment from a life well lived or a sense of regret over a life misspent.

Stage 8: Integrity VS Despair

Late Adulthood

Masilang, Marianne Jamille Masilang

My Psychological Profile

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

To be content and happy with the life I've lived, to look at my mistakes as nothing but footnotes in the vast story of my journey, and to be proud of what I've achieved.

Erik Erikson: Integrity VS Despair No one wants to leave this world with regrets, whether in the form of mistakes they never forgave themselves for or things they wanted to do but never did try. I want to be a person who lies on their deathbed with nothing but a smile on their face, knowing that I lived a life that was meaningful to me, even if I'm dying of some incurable disease that leaves me closer to death's doorstep by the day. I want to be satisfied with how my life went regardless of the choices I've made and the consequences I'll have faced by then. Carl Rogers: Self-Actualization Because I'm at the last stage of life, I hope that I'm not aspiring to be my ideal self anymore because my real self has become the same as the ideal self. I hope to be lain to rest, fully aware that I have an unconditional positive regard for myself which is something I don't have at the present.