Psychosocial Development Case Study In this paper this author will introduce three different characters in the movie The Joy Luck Club. The characters that will be analyzed in this paper are June, Lindo and Rose These characters will be in different life stages of their life with different challenges. This author will identify the life challenges the character is facing at that point in their life. Then the author will identify the cultural challenges each character facing and how they impact their life in the movie. Character 1 – Identified Life Stage June is the first character that will be analyzed. First, she was just rebounding from her mother’s death. She had thought for a long time that she had never done anything to make her …show more content…
In the middle adulthood life stage the developmental task are “managing a career, nurturing intimate relationships, expanding caring relationships, and managing the household”. (Cite From Book) June is experiencing the psychological crises of generativity versus stagnation. June is comfortable taking her mother’s place at the table in the United States and not even looking for her sisters. However, when her aunties told her that they had received a letter from her sisters she fought the stagnation part of the psychological crises. According to Newman and Newman generativity is “to bring into existence”. (CITEp.513). This could be though “introducing new things, ideas, beings, or bonds to relationship-all of which not had existed before”. (CITE) June then switch to generativity in where she wanted to do what was best for her mother’s future generations. June wanted to meet her siblings to discuss the type of person their mother was and tell the sacrifice their mother made for them. June felt obligated to meet her sisters to contribute and bring forth the bond with her …show more content…
She is the daughter of An-Mei. This character is in the later adolescence life stage. According to Newman & Newman in the later adolescent phase the developmental task are: autonomy, gender identity, internalized morality, and career choice. The psychological crises that this character is facing is individual identity versus identity confusion. Individual identity is when an individual looks at their past and examine their childhood identifications. Then the person will evaluate their interest, aptitudes, and capabilities. According to Newman & Newman identity confusion is “unable to make a commitment to any single view of themselves.” Newman & Neman also discuss that a person in identity confusion may be “confronted by opposing value systems or by lack of confidence in their ability to make meaningful
In The Joy Luck Club, the novel traces the fate of the four mothers-Suyuan Woo, An-mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Ying-ying St. Clair-and their four daughters-June Woo, Rose Hsu Jordan, Waverly Jong, and Lena St. Clair. Through the experiences that these characters go through, they become women. The mothers all fled China in the 1940's and they all retain much of their heritage. Their heritage focuses on what is means to be a female, but more importantly what it means to be an Asian female.
During this stage, Erikson believes that the individual’s successful identity formation relies on social, cognitive and physical maturation (Pittman, Keiley, Kerpelman, & Vaughn, 2011). The individual tries out different roles for who they see in themselves and who they portray to others, eventually committing to their own personal role and occupational choice. Pittman et al. (2011) describe the identity formation as “consisting of decisions, investments, and commitments tied to current and future roles, goals, and relationships.” Additional considerations for identity formation include the context of the culture which is available to the adolescent during this time. After successful resolution of this stage during adolescence, individuals will typically progress into Erikson’s Intimacy versus Isolation stage during young
Identity is a group of characteristics, data or information that belongs exactly to one person or a group of people and that make it possible to establish differences between them. The consciousness that people have about themselves is part of their identity as well as what makes them unique. According to psychologists, identity is a consistent definition of one’s self as a unique individual, in terms of role, attitudes, beliefs and aspirations. Identity tries to define who people are, what they are, where they go or what they want to be or to do. Identity could depend on self-knowledge, self-esteem, or the ability of individuals to achieve their goals. Through self-analysis people can define who they are and who the people around them are. The most interesting point about identity is that some people know what they want and who they are, while it takes forever for others to figure out the factors mentioned before. Many of the individuals analyzed in this essay are confused about the different possible roles or positions they can adopt, and that’s exactly the reason they look for some professional help.
June is one of the Boatwright sisters, that Lily and Rosaleen stay with once they get to Tiburon, South Carolina. June is unsure about Lily at first, but after they get to know each other better, they become close. June never wants to admit that she loves Neil, but finally one day she agrees to marry him and they get married on October 10th.
stagnation from Erikson’s theory of development. People face this stage when they are around the ages of 35-55 years old. Generativity is all about teaching and guiding the next generation as well as being concerned for them. Stagnation is basically the opposite of that, it is being inactive with younger people and being more self-involved. In I Am, Shadyac really tries to communicate that we are one, we are not separated but connected to each other. He says sympathy is the strongest trait and that we were born to be a community, a democracy, and to help one another. That is exactly how it should be and what generativity is about. One important thing Shadyac said really related to the idea of stagnation; when he said that if we keep seeing our enemies as separate from us, then we’ll continue living the same way we do now, instead of making a change. With stagnation, people don’t care about the next generation, some even despise them because of the way they live, but like Shadyac said if we continue this separation we will never see the change we
When one thinks of identity the idea of who they are might surface. A personal identity persists over time because one retains memories from different period of their life. None of us became who we are until our first memory. If a 3-month-old baby is asked who they are there mostly likely won’t be able to answer. First and foremost, because of lack of speech but mainly because a baby is still trying to comprehend the world around them to be able to form an individual identity. A baby for example most definitely has an identity however they do not have a sense of identity. In At Risk Amina Gautier presents many characters which have identities however they lack a sense of who they are. For instance, in Girl of Wisdom, Melanie in the quest of
Generativity versus stagnation, Erikson's seventh developmental stage, occurs during middle adulthood. By generativity Erikson means primarily “a concern for helping the younger generation to develop and lead useful lives. The feeling of having done nothing to help the next generation is stagnation” (Santrock, 2013, p. 23). Both individuals indicated that they were content with the amount of help and mentoring that they had performed for the younger generation. Both are currently involved in mentoring college-aged individuals.
adulthood, In the end of the story, June is not a child anymore. Neither is
While the identity discovery might not be as severe, crucial, or alone, readers will remember what it was like once they discovered it. This might be as simple as figuring out one’s favorite color, or song and picking out one’s own clothes when going shopping. Figuring out oneself is part of growing up, an idea that Hale may wish to convey to the readers. During Ani’s journey, she is growing up and no longer is the child she was in Kildenree. She discovered it was perfectly fine to create her own identity, no need to be somebody else’s copycat for the rest of her life. Ani thinks “She was little like her mother, though that was all she had ever longed to be. She lacked the gift of people-speaking, that power to convince and control that laced every word her mother uttered. She did not possess that grace and beauty that all in a room turned to watch. But had the queen ever told a nursery story to a room of captivated listeners? Or handled fifty head of geese? I've done that much. What more can I do?” That is part of what growing up
Identity is crucial to one’s life. It determines what one wants to do, how one acts, and why one is the way one is. In Sherman Alexie’s short story “Superman and Me”, the author shows a great example of how his life story shaped these characters. Amy Tan’s short story “Fish Cheeks” gives another example of how identity is shown throughout her life. One’s identity is created by motivation and family.
An-Mei feels like that her daughter is just like her because of how her marriage is turning out. An-Mei thought that she had cursed her daughter and because she was born a girl. Since in China, girls were not worth as much as boys. Every family wanted their child to be a boy instead of a girl. This was why An-Mei feels like that her daughter’s marriage is falling apart. I feel like that it was falling apart because her daughter was unable to stand up to herself. While An-Mei tried to raise her daughter into a better person, it didn’t work out since she turned out like her.
Biological influences combined with societal and social expectations contribute to how well people learn to adapt to their environments (2013). According to Erikson, there are eight stages of development. Within these states, there are different psychological, emotional and cognitive tasks. In order to adjust, individuals must learn to develop these tasks. During adolescence, Erikson states that each person needs to navigate through the development task of ‘‘Identity vs. Identity confusion ’’ (2013). He defined this task by stating that adolescent children must learn to develop a sense of self and establish independence. Prior to this stage of development, a person’s parents largely influence their identity. In this stage the adolescent children begin to explore and develop their identity outside of their parents’ influence (Hill, Bromell, Tyson, & Flint, 2007). Adolescents are generally more egocentric at this stage and have an increased sense of self-consciousness. They also have a strong desire to conform to peer influence and develop concerns regarding their appearance. They develop concern about their level of competence in relation to their peer group as well. As peer influence increases, during this stage, parental influence decreases (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013; Hill et. al, 2007). Conflict generally increases between parent and child at this stage of development (2007).
With perseverance of stage six, I have now entered the seventh stage of life. The seventh stage focuses on generativity vs. stagnation. McAdams (2009) states, “To be generative is to generate a legacy of the self for the good of future generations,” (p. 382). There are four types of genera...
This assignment’s main focus will be centred on Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, which consists of eight stages however only the fifth stage ‘identity versus role confusion’ will be discussed. Aspects such as identity crises, exploration of autonomy whilst developing a sense of self, factors that may contribute to identity formation as well as the successful/unsuccessful resolution of this particular stage will be discussed thoroughly. Erikson’s theory was also expanded by James Marcia, who identified certain identity statuses. The discussion will then progress to the psychosocial development of a case study based on Anna Monroe in connection to the difficulties she faced, such as gender, sexuality, peer pressure,
In Erikson’s Identity vs. Role Confusion stage, I thought, “Who am I?” countless times like many other adolescents. I occupied much of my time trying to construct a firm identity of myself, which I now realized did more harm than good. Letting myself explore different interests would have helped me find my identity than me trying to fake some firm identity.