ADOLESCENCE 101
What age range is middle adolescence?
Answer: 14–16 years old
What is Erikson’s first psychosocial stage?
— Answer: Trust vs. Mistrust
What is the conflict experienced from ages 3–5?
— Answer: Initiative vs. Guilt
What is the psychosocial conflict during adolescence?
— Answer: Identity vs. Role Confusion
What is Stage 7 called?
— Answer: Generativity vs. Stagnation
What age range is considered late adolescence?
— Answer: 17–20 years old
What age does Trust vs. Mistrust occur?
— Answer: 0–18 months
A student receives recognition for improving in Math. Which positive side of Stage 4 is being strengthened?
— Answer: Industry
What age range is associated with Identity vs. Role Confusion?
— Answer: 12–18 years old
What age range is associated with Generativity vs. Stagnation?
— Answer: 40–65 years old
Aside from physical development, name two other areas in which adolescents develop.
— Answer: Any two of cognitive, psychological, social, and spiritual development
A 2-year-old insists, “Ako na!” while putting on shoes. What psychosocial conflict is being demonstrated?
— Answer: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
If a child experiences too little success because of harsh teachers or rejecting peers, what may develop?
Inferiority or incompetence
A teenager experiments with hobbies, beliefs, and possible careers. What is the teenager trying to discover?
Answer: Personal identity or “Who am I?”
An elderly person looks back on life with acceptance and satisfaction. Which side of Stage 8 has been achieved?
— Answer: Ego Integrity
What physical process marks the beginning of adolescence according to the lesson?
— Answer: Puberty
What negative feelings may develop when a toddler is constantly criticized for trying to do things independently?
— Answer: Shame and doubt
What is the main developmental task involved in Intimacy vs. Isolation?
— Answer: Forming close, meaningful, loving relationships
What unfavorable feelings may result when an older adult fails to achieve ego integrity?
— Answer: Regret, bitterness, despair, or a sense of loss