Growth and Development

Running head: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 1
Growth and Development
Name
Institution
Introduction

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Psychoanalyst Erikson theorized middle adulthood as the stage of Generativity-
versus stagnation as the middle adulthood; this is where people considered their
contribution to society work ,family and community .This is basically the seventh
stage in Erikson psychoanalyst stage of development. It approximately occurs during
middle adulthood of 40-60 years.
Generativity stage, this means that one has to make a positive effect on the world
by showing concerned to others, contributing and participating in the world a
conducive environment to be. However stagnation is where an individual fails to
contribute. As a result a person tends to stop participating in almost everything.
People, who may go through the Generativity versus stagnation stage successfully,
may feel sense of accomplishment towards their contribution to the society or
community.
In contrast, a self-centred individual is not able to assist a community in any
development, this person is said to have developed a stagnation feeling .A self -
centred person is one who is unable to create the urge of togetherness with mates and
hence find difficulties in accepting the kids of his/her other mates.
In a family set up it is evidence that parents widens their relationship with their
children by involving their belief and expectations .They care and show concern to
their while they are still living with them this is Generativity. Stagnation comes when
the children has to go different places to settle down and start their own life and have

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families due to this the parents will remain with no one to care and show concern to
same to the children they won't have anyone to take care of them.
Erikson talks about the closeness in intimacy, identification and Generativity.
When talking about Generativity it simple means caring which comes in as an initiate
connection among intimacy and identity as spoken by Erikson .Therefore intimacy is
termed as an individual that one would care to be with, identity is what a person
would care to be and do .Stagnation comes in when a person would not care to be
with, be an individual who one cannot take of or when an individual doesn't love to be
and help a society in any development.
Snarey complemented a study that stated parents who involve themselves in taking
care of their kids during development and growth tends also to help themselves in
development (Bee & Boyd, 2009). This also increases their skills in their perspective
careers which include showing concerned to colleagues, being responsible to their
work and developing the need to getting involved in the nurturing of their children.
Integrity versus despair stagnation
Erikson stated that so many writers and authors try to look on the stages of
development. Erikson on his articles talks about eight hierarchical orders. In this stage
an individual is intended to experience a sense of mortality, this may be due to
retirement, death of close relative or friends.
This also checks or identifies the success or failure of an individual according to
Bullers. The review of this career failure or success can either be positive or negative.