L1.3.4: Industry vs Inferiority

• Industry VS. Inferiority (6-12 Years Old) School Age

  Basic Virtue = Competence

  Major Question = How can I be good or bad?
• Industry VS. Inferiority

  Children develop a sense of pride in their accomplishments and abilities, while needing to cope with new social and academic demands.
• Industry VS. Inferiority

  Peers and Classmates play a Role:

  ● Social interactions help realize that his ability is better than those of his peers or if his talents are high-prized to others or the opposite

  School work also helps build competency as commended by parents and teachers
• Industry VS. Inferiority

  ● If a child fails to navigate this stage, they feel inferior and are associated with adults who usually equate achievement with acceptance and love.

  ● Children are:

  ○ Overly critical

  ○ Refer to themselves as unlucky