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Question

Using the Perez family in the case study, explain Erikson's theory of psychosocial development. For each family member, identify Erickson's psychosocial development, ensuring you explain if each person is following the typical development pattern for their stage. Support your answer with evidence  from the case study. Explain why or how do you feel that person is, or is not following the typical development pattern for that stage.

Case Study: Perez family

Lorenzo and Maria Perez are both 41 years old, married with four children, 2 girls and 2 boys. Maria's mother Elena 75 years old also lives with them. The whole family moved from Colombia to Canada 2 years ago. Spanish is their first language.

Lorenzo works full time and is away from home a lot working in oil and gas industry. Maria works full time in the city. They are busy with their family and work so don't have much time for exercise. When Lorenzo is home, he is usually tired and expects quiet obedience in the house. Maria suspects he has a drinking problem, which may be the reason that he is so angry and demanding.

Due to Elena's health, Lorenzo and Maria are considering daycare for the younger children instead of having Elena take care of them. Elena (75 years old) usually cares for the children while the parents are at work, including doing most of the cooking. She was widowed 1 year ago. She misses her home country and has no friends. She has always been overweight. Lately she has been having issues with arthritis in her hips. Maria has been noticing that Elena seems to be more disoriented and confused lately.Lucia (9-month-old girl) has started crawling and is always putting her toys in her mouth. She is a happy baby and enjoys the game of peekaboo when her siblings play with her.

Mark (2-and-a-half-year-old boy) is very chatty and insists on dressing himself each morning even though he generally selects mismatching outfits and wears his rubber boots on the wrong feet. His mother gets frustrated when Mark does this. Ariana (10-year-old girl) is a very quiet child and is struggling with reading and math in school. She is overweight and her father insists she should be taking horseback riding lessons, however she wants to take piano lessons. She has recently been questioning whether she may be attracted to girls.

Carlos (15-year-old boy) is not very interested in school, however he does like his science class. He has chores to do after school but he prefers to spend time with his friends at the mall. His parents want him to get a part time job on weekends but he isn't interested and he has been arguing more with his parents lately. His friends have been pressuring him to smoke marijuana and his parents suspect he has been stealing their alcohol.