Analysis Of Essence Sklodoski Life

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Developmental psychology emerged from the scientific study of orderly psychological changes that typically occur in a person's life from birth to old age. This branch of psychology signifies the importance of the accumulation of knowledge a person gains in response to the surrounding conditions throughout their life to expand their range of development. (Lerner, 1976) People of all ages are continuously growing and developing: physically and mentally. All things physical and mental are bridged creating a connection of correspondence, especially when the idea of development comes into play. The advancement in a persons growth is ultimately caused by the brain, which functions as the center of sensation, intellectual and nervous activity. The whole idea of maturation is deeply infused with the conception of cognitive and psychological development. Concepts of development and how they are relative to a certain individual and the accomplishments that this particular person has made physically, psychosocially, and cognitively can be explained throughout this paper. The person that will be analyzed within this paper is Essence Using all of the knowledge known about Erikson and the stages of psychosocial development, Essence seems to be stuck in the identity versus identity confusion stage. This stage explores the ability of a person to find true identity; a trueself amongst society while using all of the skills and knowledge gained throughout a life lived so far. Essence has spent her life from age 10 through quite recently, living for other people and protecting other people from detrimental abuses, emotionally and mentally, to the point where she could not find who she was as person. She says “I lived to make sure my siblings, better yet all of my family, lived well, to make sure they had everything they could ever need, even if I, myself struggled to meet certain goals and

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