Freaks And Geeks Psychological Analysis

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Erikson’s Stages of Development was seen most widely in Freaks and Geeks. Whenever there is a mix of freshmen age children in with older adolescents, there is always that awkward stage. When I was in the 9th grade, the school system I was in was still utilizing the junior high school and we would not enter high school until the ninth grade. The year that Freaks and Geeks was to take place, I myself was in the 9th grade, so I sympathized with the show somewhat. Sam and Rory from Gilmore Girls had trust from their mothers, where on the other hand, Danny from geeks and Lane, from Gilmore, dealt with mistrust because of how their mothers were. Danny’s mother expected him to drop everything and get what she needed, even if that meant missing school, and Lane’s mother did not allow her to …show more content…

When Sam and Lindsay’s parents left to go out of town and Lindsay decided have a keg party. Because of how their parents had raised them, this made Lane uneasy, not only because he knew it was wrong, but because it would be breaking the trust that their parents had with them. So Sam and his friends, Bill and Neal took it upon themselves to switch the keg out with a fake beer without sister’s knowledge. Erickson would call this Identity vs Role Confusion, but also could fall under Trust vs Mistrust. When Rory and her boyfriend Dean had sex while he is married, this is what Erickson would call Autonomy vs Shame for the way Loralei made Rory feel when she found out that her daughter had slept with a married man. The relationship that Lane Kim had with mother, who was a very traditional Korean mother, was very tricky, for her mother desired Lane to remain traditional, whereas Lane wished to spread her wings and explore new things. The stage that she is struggling with is the Identity vs Confusion stage, for Lane is wanting desperately to discover her identity as well as her independence from her mother, which is proving to be difficult. Just like Lane, Lindsay Weir is

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