Decide in which stage this individual may have experienced
difficulty, if any, and explain why (connect the behavior to the stage)
- A college student is obsessed with her appearance, and
the way things are around her. Everything has to be perfect and in perfect
order or she gets extremely anxious.
- A ten year old boy continues to suck his thumb,
including at school, and he is constantly being teased about it, but he will
not stop doing it.
- A 52 year old man decides that he will leave his job
as a corporate lawyer and becoming a mountain hiking guide.
- A teenager behaves promiscuously, sleeping with at
least two people a week.
- A couple who have been married 60 years decide to
separate so that the woman can move in with her 56 year old lover.
- A young teenager is highly anxious, afraid to try new
things and particularly fearful of school.
- A thirty-seven year old man has never had a long-term
relationship; his longest relationship has been two months.
- A highly intelligent woman drifts from low paying job
to low paying job, never being fired because she always shows up for work,
but often being the first person laid off when the company has to reduce its
staff.
- A business man, vice-president of a highly successful
marketing firm, is always checking behind his employers work and does not
trust anybody, even his secretary, who has worked with him for over 15
years.
- A woman goes through life trying to get as much as she
can without paying for it; she doesn’t “steal” in the traditional sense but
she takes advantage of the occasions when she can get away with something or
take something that she considers alright – such as stealing a computer
program from work, etc.