What is Fixation? How does it affect the child/a person?

Evaluate Lesson 6

Instruction: Read the situations below. (15 pts.)

A.

1. It's Christmas and Uncle Bob is giving " aguinaldo" to the children. Three year-old Karen

did not want to receive the one hundred peso bill and instead preferred to receive four

20 peso bills. Her ten year-old cousins were telling her it's better to get the one hundred

bill, but they failed to convince her.

1. Siblings, Tria, 10; Enzo, 8; and Riel, 4 were sorting out their stuffed animals. They had

7 bears, 3 dogs, 2 cows and 1 dolphin. Mommy, a psychology teacher, enters and says,

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"Good thing you're sorting those. Do you have more stuffed animals or more bears?"

Tria and Enzo says, "stuffed animals." Riel says, "Bears"

2. While eating on her high chair, seven-month old Liza accidentally dropped her spoon

on the floor. She saw mommy pick it up. Liza again drops her new spoon, and she does

this several times more on purpose. Mommy didn't like it at all but Liza appeared to

enjoy dropping the spoons the whole time.

Answer these questions: (5 pts. each)

On situation 1: Why do you think did Karen prefer the 20-peso bills?

Answer: Karen preferred the four 20-peso bill because a three-year old kid can say its many when she
sees its more than 1 or 2 things. Kids are has a very simple minds so that’s why they don’t prefer a whole
but small but instead they want a small but many.
On situation 2: Why do you think Riel answered "Bears?" What does this say about how she

thought to answer the question?

Answer: Reil only answered “Bears” because a 4year-old doesn’t know what’s a stuffed animal could be,
Reil only answered “Bears” because it’s the word was naturally used from his parents

On situation 3: Why do you think baby Liza appeared to enjoy dropping the spoons?________

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B. Answer briefly. (10 pts.)

In your own words and understanding, what is the importance of Piaget’s Stages of

Cognitive Development?

C. Answer briefly by honestly giving a score between 0-3 to yourself. (30 pts.)

Erik Erikson's Stage Theory of Development Questionnaire

This contains selected items from Rhona Ochse and Cornelis Plug's self-report questionnaire
assessing the personality dimensions associated with Erikson's first 5 stages of psychosexual

development. It can serve to make the stages personally relevant to you.

Indicate how often each of these statements applies to you by using the following Scale:

0= never applies to you

1= occasionally or seldom applies to you

2= fairly often applies to you

3=very often applies to you

Read the

instructions at

the end before

putting scores

here.

Stage 1: Trust Versus Mistrust (Infancy and Early Childhood) Score

_______ 1. I feel pessimistic about the future of humankind.

_______ 2. I feel the world's major problems can be solved.

_______3. I am filled with admiration for humankind.

______ 4. People can be trusted.

______ 5. I feel optimistic about my future.

Total Score Stage 1

Stage 2: Autonomy Versus Shame and Doubt

(Infancy and Childhood)

Score
_____ 1. When people try to persuade me to do something I don't

want to, I refuse.

_____ 2. After I have made a decision, I feel I have made a mistake.

_____ 3. I am unnecessarily apologetic.

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_____ 4. I worry that my friends will find fault with me.

_____ 5. When I disagree with someone, I tell them.

Total Score in Stage 2

Stage 3: Initiative Versus Guilt

(Infancy and Childhood)

Score

_____ 1. I am prepared to take a risk to get what I want.

_____ 2. I feel hesitant to try out a new way of doing something.

_____ 3. I am confident in carrying out my plans to a successful

conclusion.

_____ 4. I feel what happens to me is the result of what I have done.

_____ 5. When I have difficulty in getting something right, I give up.

Total Score in Stage 3

Stage 4: Industry Versus Inferiority

(Infancy and Childhood)

Score

_____ 1. When people look at something I have done, I feel embarrassed.

_____ 2.I get a great deal of pleasure from working.

_____ 3. I feel too incompetent to do what I would really like to do in life.

_____ 4. I avoid doing something difficult because I feel I would fail

_____ 5. I feel competent.

Total Score in Stage 4

Stage 5: Identity Versus Identity Diffusion

(Adolescence)

_____ 1. I wonder what sort of person I really am.

_____ 2. I feel certain about what I should do with my life.

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_____ 3. My worth is recognized by others.

_____ 4. I feel proud to be the sort of person I am.

_____ 5. I am unsure as to how people feel about me.

Total Score in Stage 5

Stage 6: Intimacy Versus Isolation

(Early Adulthood)

Score

I feel that no one has ever known the real me.

I have a feeling of complete "togetherness" with someone.

I feel it is better to remain free than to become committed to marriage for

life.

I share my private thoughts with someone.

I feel as though I am alone in the world.

Total Score in Stage 6

Scoring: Items on the Questionnaire were derived from Erikson’s statements about each stage.

Scores for each subscale range from 0 to 15, with high scores reflecting greater strength

on a particular personality dimension.

1. The response to item 1 should be reversed (0 = 3, 1 = 2, 2 =1, 3 = 0) and then added to the

numbers given in response to items 2, 3, 4, and 5 to obtain a trust score.

2. Responses to items 7, 8, and 9 should be reversed and added to items 6 and 10 to assess

autonomy.

3. Answers to 12 and 15 should be reversed and added to items 11, 13, and 14 to measure

initiative.

4. Answers to 16, 18, and 19 should be reversed and then added to 17 and 20 to calculate
industry.

5. Responses to 21 and 25 must be reversed and added to 22, 23, and 24 to obtain a measure of

identity.

6. Answers to 26, 28, and 30 are reversed and added to 27 and 29 to give intimacy.

(Source: Ochse, R ., & Plug, C. (1986). Cross-cultural investigation of the validity of Erikson's theory of

personality development. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50, 1240-1252. Copyright @
1986 by the

American Psychology Association.)

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D. What did you discover about yourself in this questionnaire? (5pts.)

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Have these scores in mind as you read about Erikson's stages and see how the stages can guide

you in self-understanding and in understanding others as well.

Evaluate Lesson 7 (20 pts.)

Answer briefly 20 pts.

Suggest at least 6 ways on how Erikson’s theory can be useful for you as a future teacher.

Source:

Corpuz, Bella B, Lucas, Ma. Rita D. Borabo, Heidi Grace L and Lucido, Paz I. (2018).

Lorimar Academix. pp 196.