1. Psychosocial Development EDU 330: Educational Psychology Daniel Moos

2. Social and Personal Development: Introduction (1) What factors influence people’s personal and social development? (2) How do personal and social development relate to academic achievement and satisfaction with school? Tony Soprano Life is unpredictable Good command of will power Self-absorbed Life full of missed opportunities

3. Social and Personality Development: Introduction, cont.

4. Development of identify and self-concept (I) Assumptions of Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development Stages Psychosocial challenge (crisis) opportunities for development Negative resolutions = Personality imperfections Move through stages, regardless of resolutions

5. Development of identify and self-concept (III) StageAction+ Resolution- Resolution Trust v. Mistrust (0-1) Initiative v. Guilt (3-6) Autonomy v. Shame/ Doubt (1-3) Trusts develops Independence fostered by mastery Exploratory attitude Trust, relaxed, optimistic See life as unpredictable Good sense and command of their will power Fear being exposed as inadequate Clear sense of what they want in life Self-restrictive and fear of making mistakes

6. Development of identify and self-concept (IV) StageAction+ Resolution- Resolution Industry v. Inferiority (6- 12) Intimacy v. Isolation (Young adulthood) Identity v. Confusion (12-18) Enjoyment of mastery comes through success and recognition Identity through experimentation Openness to others Relish achievement and like to tackle challenge Feel inadequate, incapable, lack ambition Know who they are, what their goals are, and where they are going See conflict in who they are and what they would like to be Commitment to partnerships and ethics to abide by the commitments Self-absorbed; identity too fragile to maintain uncertainties in relationships

7. Development of identify and self-concept (V) StageAction+ Resolution- Resolution Generativity v. Stagnation (Middle adulthood) Integrity v. Despair (Old age) Concern for next generation Acceptance of one’s life Concern for creation of better world. Focus on service to others Lack long term- goals; live for short-term gratification Feel their lives have meaning and significance View life as filled with missed opportunities

8. Erikson: Application (II) -TONY SOPRANO- (1)Life is unpredictable (1)- resolution of trust v mistrust (2)Self-absorbed (1)- resolution of intimacy v. isolation (3)Life is full of missed opportunities (1)- resolution of integrity v. despair

9. Preview: Cognitive Development (1)In your opinion, what are some challenges in teaching your developmental group? (2)To what extent does your content area/concentration require students to think abstractly, hypothetically, and/or of others? (3)At what age do you think it is appropriate to ask students to think think abstractly, hypothetically, and/or of others? Abstractly? Symbolically? 3x = 9 Read Interpreting art, poems? Hypothetically? If you were living during the Civil War, what would you do… Of others? Empathizing (role play, peer mediation)