Assignment 2: Emotional and Social Development in Middle Adulthood
Perspectives
Your final product will be a 3- to 5-page Microsoft Word document written in APA format. Utilize at least three scholarly sources.
Tasks:
According to Erickson (1964) the middle adulthood stage is a time of increased generativitygiving back to the community and guiding the younger generation. The negative outcome of this stage is stagnation.
Analyze personal and contextual factors that promote emotional and social development in middle adulthood and explain how adults in this stage demonstrate generativity through work community service and their family.
Conversely discuss how adults with a sense of stagnation may present in a clinical setting.
Discuss how negative parent-child influences are carried forward.
Include a discussion on what mental health clinicians might consider when working with clients in middle adulthood. Recommend treatment goals that synthesize theories and models of individual cultural couple family and community resilience to address a middle adult client’s system.
Your document should be written in APA format utilizing at least three scholarly sources. Your document should be written in a clear concise and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling grammar and punctuation.
Submission Details:
Note: This assignment is required but nongraded.
Reference:
Erikson E. H. (1964). Insight and responsibility. New York NY: Norton.

ORIGINALQUESTION:
Developmental Psychology
STUDENTRESPONSE:
Professor and fellow classmates
Threw unit one developmental psychology and the importance of the field withthe many areas are discussed. In this week’s discussion board questions expandon these topics.
1. Why is it important for psychology professionals to have an understanding ofdevelopmental psychology even if they do not work specifically with children?
Psychology professionals have to have an understanding of developmentalpsychology scientific study of changes in human behaviors and mentalactivities as they occur over a lifetime (Bukatko 2008 p.4) weatherthey work with children or adults since every single person starts out thesame way no matter the cultural background. This information helps psychologyprofessionals form treatment plans for their clients threw out theirtreatment.
2. Piaget Erikson and Vygotsky are important theorists in developmentalpsychology. In your own words describe briefly the focal point that eachtheorist places on childhood development.
Piaget’s focal points placed on childhood development include four stagesSensorimotor (Birth until 12 years) Preoperational (17 years)Concrete operational (7-11 years) and Formal Operational (11 years andabove) (Bukatko 2008 p.22). During each stage the child develops at thesame rate and stages threw out differing cultures.
Erikson focused on psychosocial theory that includes eight stages ofdevelopment basic trust vs. mistrust (birth-1 year) autonomy vs. shameand doubt (1-3)Initiativevs. guilt (3-6) industry vs. inferiority(6 years topuberty) indentity vs. indentity confusion (puberty toadulthood) Intimacy vs. isolation (young adulthood) generativity vs.stagnation (middle adulthood) and integrity vs. despair (old age)(Bukatko 2008 p.26). Erikson theorized that people deal with the demands onthem from society threw each of these stages threw out life.
Vygotsky forced his work in childhood development on sociohistorical theoryemphasizes the unique collective wisdom compiled by a culture andtransmitted to the child through ongoing daily interactions with the moreknowledgeable members of that society (Bukatko 2008 p.30); as well thedynamic systems theory and ethological theory.
Each Piaget Erikson and Vygotsky has points in each of their work withindevelopmental psychology on childhood development. Taken together the greatestunderstanding of how and why a person develops in to the person they are helpsprofessionals in all fields of social services such as psychology psychiatry andothers.
Thank you for reviewing this first discussion board post. I look forward toreading your feedback and continuing the discussion.
References
Bukatko D. (2008). Child and adolescentdevelopment. A chronological approach. Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin.