Human Growth and Development / Unit 6 HGD 0751 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Initiative Versus Guilt
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The idea
Erikson's third crisis, initiative versus guilt, from about three to six, is gaining confidence to reach out to others and act independently.
In practice
A four-year-old asking to pour her own juice and lead the game at recess.
Where people slip
Encouragement builds initiative; rejection or being taught that approaching others is rude can build guilt and wariness.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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