One of the reasons that school-age children (5–12 years of age) tend to enjoy working on worksheets, or making collections of objects, or practicing their hobby is because they are in Erikson's _________ stage of development.

The Erikson Development stage, called industry vs. industry. inferiority, is the stage that occurs along with a child's school stage and just before adolescence. For Erikson, at this age the child already feels capable of producing, but this degree of productivity is closely related to the way the child resolved conflicts in earlier phases.

For the child to be able to produce, she must have gained the confidence of the first phase, the autonomy of the second phase, and the initiative of the third phase. With confidence, autonomy and initiative, the child in his fourth stage (which is "industry vs. inferiority") should be able to produce and feel competent. It is at this stage that the child begins to enjoy working on spreadsheets, making collections of objects or practicing his hobby.

On the other hand, this is a sensitive phase and if the degree of demand is too great, the child may feel that he cannot respond and, as a consequence, regress to earlier stages of development, establishing a feeling of inferiority that may lead to blockages. cognitive At this stage the child should feel integrated into the school as new interpersonal relationships will be important in building their own identity.