POST-FREUDIAN

THEORY
ERIK ERIKSON
Erik “Homburger”
Erikson
Born June 15, 1902
Died May 12, 1994
German-American
psychologist,
psychoanalyst and
artist
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 First bullet point here Class Group 1 Group 2
 Second bullet point here Class 1 82 95
 Third bullet point here Class 2 76 88

Class 3 84 90
Post -Freudian Theory
 Acts as an extension to the infantile developmental stages of Sigmund Freud
incorporating stages of adolescence, adulthood and old age.
The Ego in Post-Freudian Theory
=Three interrelated aspects of Ego=

 The body Ego- Refers to experiences with our body; a way of seeing our
physical self as different for other people.

 The Ego Ideal- Represents the image we have of ourselves in comparison

with an established ideal.

 Ego Identity- Is the image we have of ourselves in the variety of social roles
we play.
 *Society’s influence – The Ego develops within a given society and is
influenced by child-rearing-practices and other cultural customs.

 *Epigenetic principle – This principle says that we develop through a

predetermined unfolding of our personalities in eight stages. Our progress
through each stage is in part determined by our success, or lack of success, in
all the previous stages.
 STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
Old Age
Adulthood
Young
Adulthood
Adolescence
School Age
Play Age
Early
Childhood
Infancy
Erickson’s Methods
of Investigation
 Anthropological Studies
 Erikson explored the links between psychology and anthropology in order to
better understand human personality
 He led the first two important Anthropological studies of Native American
Tribes: Sioux Nation of south Dakota and Yurok Nation of Northern California
Psychohistory
 The study of individual and collective life
with the combined methods of
psychoanalysis and history.
 Most notably Gandhi and Luther