Greg, a 4-year-old, has been referred to you by the mother who has concerns regarding her son's social interactions with his peers. Every time she sees him playing at the park he is only by himself even though other kids his age are nearby. What is the problem and what solution and intervention do you recommend (justified by Erikson’s theory)?What is the central process? (This suggests how you might go about your intervention)What is the prime adaptive ego quality? (This should be encouraged, so how would your intervention encourage this quality to develop?)What is the core pathology? (This should be avoided, so how would your intervention discourage this quality?)

Erik Erikson was a psychologist, a neo-Freudian, who gave the psychosocial stages of development. As…

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Greg, a 4-year-old, has been referred to you by the mother who has concerns regarding her son's social interactions with his peers. Every time she sees him playing at the park he is only by himself even though other kids his age are nearby. What is the problem and what solution and intervention do you recommend (justified by Erikson’s theory)?

What is the central process? (This suggests how you might go about your intervention)
What is the prime adaptive ego quality? (This should be encouraged, so how would your intervention encourage this quality to develop?)
What is the core pathology? (This should be avoided, so how would your intervention discourage this quality?)

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