Middle Adulthood Interview Report

On November 16, 2014 I interviewed “Regina George”, age 45. Based on my interview I believe that Regina is in the Middle Adulthood or Stage 7, of Erik Erikson’s Theory of Development for many reasons. When in the Middle Adulthood stage, you are 45 to 60 years old and the important event in this stage is work and parenthood, which Regina spends most of her time doing. Erik Erikson’s theory describes 8 developmental stages through which a healthy developing human should pass from infancy to late adulthood. These stages include Infancy, Toddlerhood, Preschool, Elementary, Adolescence, Young Adulthood, Middle Adulthood, and Late Adulthood. Erik Erikson’s Theory of Development is made up of 8 different stages, and each stage faces their own issues.

The Middle Adulthood stage is when you spend most of your time caring for your family and society through work and will lead to feelings of accomplishment. This stage could also mean that you only car for one person’s well being and not your family or society. This will lead to feelings of failure. In question number two, Regina answered that her family is the most important thing in her life right now, and in question number 3 she said that her children are the most important people to her. This shows that she cares for her family and is most likely to pass the Middle Adulthood stage with generativity. The important event in this stage is work and parenthood which is very accurate because that is what Regina spends most of her time doing. It is also very accurate because when you work and are a parent, you are showing characteristics of

The issues in this stage are generativity and stagnation, which Regina clearly faces. She spends the majority of her time working or spending time with her family. This is means that she will most likely pass stage 7 with generativity. The important event in this stage is work or parenthood, which Regina spends most of her time doing. I didn’t know a lot of things about Regina before I conducted this interview. I knew her very well, but I didn’t know the little details in her life. For example, I didn’t know that she would fix the problem of poverty in the world. That detail about her shows that she cares for the society. I also didn’t know that her favorite holiday was Christmas because she likes to see people happy. From this experience I learned a lot of new and exciting things. I learned about how there are 8 stages in your life and how each stage you face issues. This interview project gave me great knowledge on how the human body grows mentally, and how we each face issues in our