Interview with Middle-Aged Woman

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This paper provides a summary of an interview with a middle-aged American woman. It looks at different theories by Piaget, Erikson and Freud to examine the woman's behavior and social awareness.

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"In examining these issues, I decided to take the interview a step further and see if I could support these conclusions with an understanding of Erik Erikson's psychosocial studies. According to Erikson, each individual passes through eight developmental stages ("psychosocial stages"). Each stage is characterized by a different psychological "crisis," which must be resolved by the individual before the individual can move on to the next stage. If the person copes with a particular crisis in a maladaptive manner, the outcome will be more struggles with that issue later in life. To Erikson, the sequence of the stages are set by nature. It is within the set limits that nurture works its ways."

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