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Sophia Idea of Me or Others : Industry versus Inferiority
At the age of 11, Sophia was a really good student. She would always finish first in athletics and academics. This leads her to be popular and not worried about making friends, but she did not care about what they thought about her. In Erikson stage four - Industry versus Inferiority, the crisis is that Sophia learned that she did not need any validation among her friend group to be accepted or is any type of self-conscious about her. -
Sophia's last year of high school : Identity versus Role Confusion
Sophia has a strong sense of what she wants to do after high school. She wants to help a lot of people and in order to do that she wanted to become a nurse. In the Erikson timeline - Identity vs. Role Confusion - The crisis is that Sophia had a strong sense of what she wanted to become by knowing what she liked doing the most. -
Sophia's life work : Intimacy versus Isolation
Sophia (age 32) has been a single mother for 6 years and has recently been in an abusive relationship with her past boyfriend. She kept to herself and decided that she would raise her daughter on her own with no help. In Erikson's timeline Intimacy versus isolation, the crisis of it is that Sophia chose to be alone other than being intimate with a partner.