Psychology in the Sandlot Erosion’s theory of of psychological development looks at development throw GHz the entire lifespan. It consists of seven stages: infancy, early childhood, preschool, school age, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and maturity. Erikson focus sees on an idea called ego identity, the conscious sense of self that we develop through social interaction. According to Erikson our ego identity continually evolves throughout our lives.
His theory also offers to a “psychological crisis”, an internal conflict or struggle that must be o overcome. The movie The Sandlot shows examples of the fourth stage, where children need t o cope with new social and academic demands, and fifth stage, where children develop a sense of self. Scotty has to cope with making friends in a new neighborhood. He gets pulled into a sport that he knows next to nothing about and; consequently, has to learn how to play. He also has to try to build a relationship with his new stepfather.
Benny develops a sense of elf and gains confidence as the story progresses. Kohlrabies theory of moral development breaks development into three level s of two stages each. The first level is presentational morality, consisting of a stage w here infants base their morality on whether or not they are punished and a stage where c hillier act according to their needs. The second level, conventional morality, is comprise d of a stage focused on social approval and a stage where people focus on maintaining la w and order.
The third level, observational morality is composed of a stage where people account for differing values of others, and a stage where people apply their own ethics. In the sandlot there are a few examples of Kohlrabies theory. For example, Scotty shows pre conventional morality when he is upset about losing the ball because of the punishment he will receive. Scotty also shows conventional morality throughout the movie, attempting to conform. At the end of the movie Benny shows observational morality when he climbs the fence even though it is inadvisable, because he thought it was the right thing to do.
