Question

Aaron is a middle-aged physician. he gives back to the community by acting as a mentor to teenagers interested in entering the medical profession. erikson would say that aaron is experiencing ________.

Answer 1

Erikson would say that Aaron is experiencing Generativity.

Answer 2

Answer:

When Aaron shares his knowledge by mentoring teenager interested in entering the medical profession he is experiencing Eriksons's Generativity vs. stagnation.

Explanation:

To understand this answer we need to remember a little bit of Erikson's theory. First of all Eriksson Pyschosocial stages are classified by age, actions, and achievements. It is a social, psychoanalytic, developmental theory and in our case generativity is the stage that ranges from 40 to 60-year-old people. In which they try to leave their mark in the world. Aaron in his attempt of guiding youngsters interested in his field is working to achieve it. Because he looks to get something personally-socially significant out of it. Not wealth, he looks for personal growth.