Connect Erikson’s terms of industry and inferiority and describe the challenges of middle childhood.

 

Connect Erikson’s terms of industry and inferiority and describe the challenges of middle childhood.

Third, Erikson (1959) characterized middle childhood as a time of “industry versus inferiority” when the child’s attention is focused on acquiring new competencies and skills and learning how to get along with others, including peers and adults across a variety of contexts.