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AGE
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ERIKSON'S DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS
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TRAY CONFIGURATION
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FIGURES
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3 & under
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trust
vs. basic mistrust autonomy vs. shame, doubt
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uncontained;
track the process rather than the finished tray.
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Sharks,
monsters, babies parents; anything they can reach off the shelf
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4
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initiative
vs. guilt
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ordering
- look for disruption, lining the tray
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categories
of figures, farm animals, family figures, bathroom fixtures
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5
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industry
vs. inferiority
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order
- beginning story "magic"
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fantasy
figures, babies, houses
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6
- 8
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industry
vs. inferiority
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very
busy - "random" story telling
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cars,
weddings, fantasy, ego figures, setting fires
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9
- 10
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industry
vs. inferiority
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sequential
story telling; beginning abstract images
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knights,
soldiers, horses, family constellations
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11 - 14
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identity
vs. role diffusion
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beginning
of journey - approach of the ominous
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mythic
fantasy, dungeons, princesses
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Older
adolescents
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identity
vs. role diffusion
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resemble
adults - journeys
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all
- more abstract
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Young
Adulthood
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intimacy
vs. isolation
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Journeys,
gatherings, centering
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Ego
figures; ideal masculine, feminine, churches, temples, wedding items, couples
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Middle
Adulthood
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generativity
vs. stagnation
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Journeys,
gatherings, mounds and voids
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Babies,
children, eggs, mother and child, father and child, gardens, treasures, families
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Late
Adulthood
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ego
integrity vs. despair
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Journeys,
quests, centering, meeting of ego and divine, obstacles, scarcity
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Mystery,
unknown, hidden spiritual figures
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