Question

Kristi's mother finds 4-year-old Kristi in the kitchen, mixing up a muffin mix and making a marvelous mess! Kristi announces: "Surprise! I'm making dinner!" Kristi's mother squelches her desire to yell at Kristi and with great control says "Oh, how nice! Can I help?" She responds in this way because she has been studying Erik Erikson's theory in her psychology class and she knows that Kristi's behavior is typical of a child in the stage of _________.

Answer 1

Initiative versus guilt

Step-by-step explanation:

Erik Erikson was referred to as a stage theorist.The third stage of Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development involves initiative versus guilt.This stage occurs in children between the ages of 3 and 5.

In the initiative versus guilt stage,children normally assert themselves more and if this propensity is suppressed through criticism or control children develop a sense of guilt.

Answer 2

Initiative versus guilt.

Step-by-step explanation:

Erik Erickson proposed a theory of psychological development in which he categorized development from infant to adulthood, into eight stages.

Kristi's behavior in the question can be categorized in the third stage of Erik's psychological development i.e., "Initiative versus guilt".

In this stage of Erik's theory, which spans from 3-5 years, the child begins to take initiative. when children's take initiative they began to develop an interpersonal skill. But if parents squelched at their children during this stage they will develop a sense of guilt which will stop children from taking initiative and will restrict themselves.

So, the correct answer is "Initiative versus guilt.