Kristi's mother finds 4-year-old Kristi in the kitchen, mixing up a muffin mix and making a marvelous mess! Kristi announces: "S
urprise! I'm making dinner!" Kristi's mother squelches her desire to yell at Kristi and with great control says "Oh, how nice! Can I help?" She responds in this way because she has been studying Erik Erikson's theory in her psychology class and she knows that Kristi's behavior is typical of a child in the stage of _________.
Erik Erikson was referred to as a stage theorist.The third stage of Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development involves initiative versus guilt.This stage occurs in children between the ages of 3 and 5.
In the initiative versus guilt stage,children normally assert themselves more and if this propensity is suppressed through criticism or control children develop a sense of guilt.
<u>Erik Erickson proposed a theory of psychological development in which he categorized development from infant to adulthood, into eight stages. </u>
Kristi's behavior in the question can be categorized in the third stage of Erik's psychological development i.e., "Initiative versus guilt".
In this stage of Erik's theory, which spans from 3-5 years, the child begins to take initiative. when children's take initiative they began to develop an interpersonal skill. But if parents squelched at their children during this stage they will develop a sense of guilt which will stop children from taking initiative and will restrict themselves.
So, the correct answer is "Initiative versus guilt.
I think A , because teachers would always want for the best and by doing this we get a more deeper understanding of the book we are arguing about , and we also get to know about the opponent teams book . This would enhance our book knowledge .
