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During early childhood, children use their perceptual, motor, cognitive, and language skills to make things happen. Erikson referred to this as______ ; failure to do so may result in experiencing________ .

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Answer: Initiative;guilty

Step-by-step explanation:

Erikson stated that the overall personality development occurs through the 8 stages starting from infancy and ending on adulthood.

During the early childhood body undergoes many changes and during this time the children uses perception, motor, cognitive and language skills and interact with children and socializes.They make initiative for things around them, they play, they interact among their friends. This is during the age of 3 to 5 years.

These skills helps in overall development of the child and helps him achieving the smaller goals during childhood. Criticism or control, of any kind during this stage children develop a sense of guilt in them.

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