Why don't we study Erikson's Conflicts 5-8?

Why don't we study Erikson's Conflicts 5-8?

• A. They occur after age 12 and are less significant in child development
• B. They are not part of Erikson's theory
• C. They are too complex for study in child development
• D. They only occur in infancy and early childhood

Answer: (A)

Erikson’s psychosocial stages span the whole life, with the later stages starting around adolescence and continuing into adulthood. In many child development courses, the focus is on early and middle childhood, not on adolescence and beyond. Because the conflicts in those later stages begin after age 12 and lie outside the typical scope of a child-focused curriculum, they’re not studied in depth there. The other statements aren’t accurate: those stages are indeed part of Erikson’s theory, they don’t occur only in infancy, and the reason they’re not emphasized in child development coursework is about scope, not sheer complexity.

Erikson’s psychosocial stages span the whole life, with the later stages starting around adolescence and continuing into adulthood. In many child development courses, the focus is on early and middle childhood, not on adolescence and beyond. Because the conflicts in those later stages begin after age 12 and lie outside the typical scope of a child-focused curriculum, they’re not studied in depth there. The other statements aren’t accurate: those stages are indeed part of Erikson’s theory, they don’t occur only in infancy, and the reason they’re not emphasized in child development coursework is about scope, not sheer complexity.