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Erik Erikson’s Eight Psychosocial Stages Of Development
Psychosocial Stages 1 Running head: ERIK ERIKSON’S PYSCHOSOCIAL STAGES Erik Erikson’s Eight Psychosocial Stages of Development Psychosocial Stages 2 Abstract Erik Erikson developed the “Psychosocial Development”, which covers eight stages across the life span. These stages permanently shape personality and experiences throughout childhood to adulthood, each stage involves a “crises” in personality, a major development issue that is particularly important at that time and will remain an issue to some degree through out the rest of life. Erikson made a major contribution to the field of psychology with his developmental theory. He can be compared to Sigmund Freud in that he also claimed that humans develop in stages. The stages are Trust vs. Mistrust, Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt, Initiative vs. Guilt, Industry vs. Inferiority, Identity vs. Role Confusion, Intimacy vs. Isolation, Generativity vs. Stagnation, and Integrity vs. Despair. Erikson believed that development is primarily qualitative because changes are stage like, but also quantitative as one's identity becomes stronger and one's convictions solidify. He believed that nature determines the sequence of the stages and sets the limits within which nurture operates. However, all must pass through one stage before entering the next in the stated order. Psychosocial Stages 3 Erik Homberger Erikson was born in 1902 near Frankfort, Germany to Danish parents. Erikson studied art and a variety of languages during his school years, rather than science courses such as biology and chemistry. He did not prefer the atmosphere that formal schooling produced, so instead of going to college he traveled around Europe, keeping a diary of his experiences. After a year of doing this, he returned to Germany and enrolled in art school. After several years, Erikson began to teach art and other subjects to children of Am... Please login to view comments from other users.
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