Psychosocial Development Erik Erikson in Term Paper

" (Harder 2002) This stage depends on the ability to help others and care for others in order to find strength, as one's family is usually grown and new goals must be developed. This ability Erikson calls "generativity." Success during this stage means not feeling inactivity and meaninglessness. (Myers. Stages)

The article discusses the father's success at generativity, or ability to find meaning in life and the ability to transmit values of culture through the family. The results of the research studied in the article is surprising because it found that just caring for their children did not predict the fathers' ability to achieve generativity, as one would think it would

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Harder, a. (2002).The Developmental Stages of Erik Erikson Learning Place Online.com Retrieved October 10, 2006 at http://www.learningplaceonline.com/stages/organize/Erikson.htm

Myers, Robert (Editor).Stages of Social-Emotional Development in Children and Teenagers. (1998- 2006). Child Development Institute, LLC Retrieved October 10, 2006 at http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/development/erickson.shtml

A. (2006) Erik Erikson. The Psy Cafe: A Psychology Resource Site: http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Erikson.htm

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