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Eric Erikson developed a theory that divides an individual’s life into eight stages that extend from birth to death (unlike many developmental theories that only cover childhood). Erikson (1902-94)

Eric Erikson was one of the most famous theorists of the twentieth century; he created many theories. One of the most talked about theories is his theory of psychosocial development. This is a theory that describes stages in which an individual should pass as they are going through life. His theory includes nine stages all together. The original theory only included eight stages but Erikson‘s wife found a ninth stage and published it after his death. The nine stages include: trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. identity confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, integrity vs. despair, and hope and faith vs. despair (Crandell and Crandell,

Erick Erickson help vastly change and pave the way for psychology. One of the aspect Erickson is known for are the 8 stages of development. Erickson suggests that every person who has ever lived must go through these stages of development. The theories describe how people and personalities go through life’s stages and function in society.

Erikson’s theory of personality is based on his eight stages of development. In each of these eight stages of

This essay will demonstrate my understanding of developments which occur at each stage of an individual's life cycle. I will relate these developments to two relevant psychological theories and discuss how an individual's needs must be met to enable them to develop.

Erikson proposed his theory in line with the lifespan approach to development. This means that he believes that identity formation and development is a lifelong process (Friedman and Schustack, 2014). Erikson states that development occurs up until death and that it occurs in eight

Erickson thought development was not gradual and and occurred through steps kind of like Freud. His steps were based on biological maturation, important new knowledge, and conflicts. He developed eight steps that focused on the changing of personality and developing your identity. Erickson developments stages differed from Freud's because Erickson focused on social environment and not sexual drives. Erickson believed that each stage in a person life that have to over come a psychosocial crisis and also learn a new skill. The stages took place through out your lifespan (Funder, 1997).

Eric Ericksons theory is applied to different stages of the life span age zero to fithty plus a important stage for a individual is between 12 and 18. The theory could be used in relation to understand a individual's behaviours of a adolescent going in to care. At this key stage the individual is going through a stage where they are finding there own identity and they are face with confusion of the role they will have in life. A important factor at this stage is developing identity through social interactions of good role models this has paramount importance. The individual may have confusion when they have not yet found there career path. A career path that gives them inner self worth, motivation and belongingness of the role they have in

Erik Erikson, born in 1902, is a key German psychoanalyst primarily known for his theory of psychosocial development. His theory is laid out in eight stages with each stage focusing on a crisis. These crisis’ are major and are argued to be determining factors of a human’s social personality. Additionally, Erikson looks at virtues, who the person’s significant relationship is with at each stage in life, and what existential questions they are asking themselves. With this comprehensive theory however, we will see many stones unturned and his peers argue that it is too generalized. This paper will discuss each stage, where this theory has

Berk (2014) verbalized that stage seven of Erickson’s theory of development is generativity versus stagnation, which typically occurs during middle adulthood. Erickson believes that when a person reaches middle adulthood, they commence to consider how they can leave a legacy for the next generation. This type of a person is highly concerned with what they can give rather than what they can receive. However, a person who is considered in stagnation is highly concerned about what they can receive in lieu of what they can give. This type of person has marginally any cares about what type of legacy he or she is leaving once he is no longer here.

Erickson believed that the next stage of life is made up of what happened in the previous life stage (Jalongo page 117). There are eight stages in Erickson’s psychosocial stages “four of these stages are crucial to development between birth and age twelve (117).” The other for begin in

Robins, Chatterjee, and Canda described Erik Erikson was a forward-thinking psychologist who proposed one of the first stage theories of development that spanned birth to death. They shared that Erikson used Freud’s stages of psychosexual development as a starting point for his theory then expanded the stages to include development past the age of childhood. His theoretical model hinges on the resolution of tasks during each of his eight stages of development and rests on the assumption that a successful resolution results in a healthy ego development. Erikson basically felt that a person developed one stage successfully, or unsuccessfully, before delving into the next stage. A successful resolution of each stage was needed for the next

Erik Erikson is known for his psychoanalytic theory of psychosocial development comprising eight stages from infancy to adulthood. Psychologist Erik Erikson, is a major contributor to developmental psychology, who proposed a comprehensive theory of the ways that individuals develop their identity, a sense of who they are, and society's influence on that development. Erikson stated that people go through crisis at each stage of their lives. The stages each had a developmental task to be mastered. As an individual resolved these various crises an individual would have a better harmony with their social environment that they live in. If an individual could not successfully resolve a crisis, they would be” out of step”, and the individual would have a greater difficulty in their dealing with a crisis in the future. Erikson did however recognize that an individual can develop through a stage negatively and still go on with their life. Erikson stated that each of the psychological stages have a basic conflict and important event leading to growth. The theory was developed from his hundreds of clinical observations in children.

For my life journey I have chose to use Eric Erikson’s theory I have decided to use his theory because to me his theory suited my life appropriately. Eric Erikson is a well known theorist from the twentieth century, he has produced many theories. One of his most known and recognized theory is the psychosocial development. This theory describes the steps a person goes through in life. There are nine stages in his theory. Originally his theory only eight steps, but his wife found the last step after his death and published it. The nine stages are: trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. role confusion, intimacy and soliditary vs. isolation, generativity vs. self absorption and stagnation, and integrity vs. despair. Although, I have not gone through all of these steps yet due to my age I am only twenty two. I will speak about the steps I have gone through so far.

Erik Homburger Erikson was a German-born, American sociologist, who became worldwide famous for his theory on the stages that compose life. Born on June 15th, 1902 to a Jewish family in Denmark, his biological father divorced his mother, Karla Abrahamsen, little after his birth. Although his last name was that of his biological fathers (Salomonsen), this changed when they moved to Germany, and his mother married Erik’s pediatrician. Theodore Homburger would go on to become his stepdad, since he would adopt Erik as his son. These events are believed to have played a vital role in Erik’s thought process and also, why he chose to pursue Psychoanalysis, instead of medicine, which is what his father wanted.