Erikson psychosocial development theory

Running head: Sociology
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Exercise 1
Describe identity development and role confusion in Adolescence period through the guidance of
Erikson's psychosocial development theory.
Identity development and role confusion among adolescence period within the Erikson
psychosocial development theory is the fifth stage of ego as per the psychologist’s norm.
According to this theory this stage occurs during the adolescence period among the age between
12 and 18. Adolescence explode there independence as well as initiate in the development of a
sense of the self during this stage as highlighted in the theory of psychosocial development. As
per Erikson, human being progress through a wide series of stages while growing and changing
throughout their entire life. During each of these stages, individual phases developmental conflict
which needs to be resolved for successful development of the primary virtue of that stage
(Knight, 2017). Erikson was interested in how relationships and social interactions impact the
growth and development. Towards the discussion of the development during the adolescent
years, the model highlighted the behavior of teens which often seems to be impulsive and
unpredictable but as a part of the process of finding a specific sense of personal identity. Family
members as well as parents continues to exert and important influence over the feelings of teams
in this adolescence stage. According to the psychosocial model societal trends and social groups
together with culture plays an important role towards forming and shaping identity (Batra, 2013).
Adolescence faces identity crisis and role confusion during the stage which specifically target
towards the development of the sense of being self. In this stage the adolescence try on several
different factors to explode the several roles as well as ideas in the attempt to discover their adult
selves.