Question

what happens in Joan Erikson's 9th stage of psychosocial crises?

Answer 1

ANSWER :- Erik Erikson came up with the theories regarding the development of an individual,where in he explains about the impact that a psychological aspect as well as society or social aspect creates throughout the life of the people.He described it in eight different stages,which basically starts when the child is infant,and goes on when he reaches older period,that is 65 years and above the age.He mentioned all the crises a person has to go through in each specific stage,and its both kind of influence,that is positive as well as the negative,that the person endures,if the stage has been passed in correct or incorrect manner respectively.

WHAT HAPPENS IN JOAN ERIKSON'S 9TH STAGE OF PSYCHOSOCIAL CRISIS?

Even though,Erikson has completed his theory regarding the development with complete eight stages,where he even,makes sure,that the last stage,carries forward till the time person is alive,and ends with his death itself,yet,while leading his own life,where he crossed the age 80 he considered adding an additional 9th stage.The major reason for the continuation of the theory,is that,Erikson,as well as his wife,both realized that those stage being mentioned could not clearly give out the feeling and attributes that person comes across in the late period when the person is beyond 80 years of age.So,both of them started working on it.

Erikson,could not complete the stage,as he passed away during the period,but his wife came forward,and further described the 9th stage of psychosocial crisis.According to her,there is no any new thing involve in this later old period,other than the 8 stages earlier mentioned,rather,they come across the similar stages all over again,but the thing at this point is that,earlier they were met at different age ranges,but after 80 years,they seem to come simutaneously.Moreover,the changes can be seen in the way these stages came forward in one's life.As such,when the person first of all comes across these stages,the chances of attaining the positive result is much more higher,where as when the person comes across these stages later,the chances of attaining the pessimistic or false side is much more evident.For instance,the very first stage itself,the infant when heads towards the stage 1 where in he gets to learn about trusting someone or not,where generally due to love and affection of loved ones they tend to understand trust.But here,they develop the attribute of mistrust.The reason that leads to it is that,with the growing age,their tendency in terms of physical and sometimes even intellactual tends to lower down,which makes them to develop the idea of mistrust.Furthermore,they are not even able to manage themselves properly,which makes the rely on others,thus their will and anatomy lowers down and their own esteem tends to degrade.All these negativities eventually leads them loosing their own image and making them vulnerable and inconsistence.

But if somehow any person could be able to even go through 9th stage,though he may come across various obstacles,then in such case,he possess the potential of entering the entire new stage of life.