ERIK ERIKSON

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 INTRODUCTION
 CAREER
 CONTRIBUTION
 ERIKSON 8 STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
 INTORDUCTION

 ERIK ERIKSON WAS A GERMAN / AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTAL

PSYCHOLOGIST AND PSYCHOANALYIST KNOWN FOR HIS THEORY OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN BEINGS.
 HE COINED THE PHRASE IDENTITY CRISIS.
 HE RECEIVEC A FORMAL DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY, WHILE STUDYING DAS
HUMANISTISCHE GYMNASIUM IN FRANKFURT GERMENY.
 CONTRIBUTION

ERIKSON’S HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL 8 STAGES OF THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT

ALSO EXPANDED FREUD’S ORIGINAL 5 STAGES TO ENCOMPASS THE YEARS OF
LIFE AFTER EARLY CHILDHOOD. WITHIN THIS THEORY ERIKSON INTRODUCE
AND DESCRIBED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ADOLESCENT IDENTITY CRISIS
AND THE ADULT’SMID LIFE CRISIS
ERIKSON’S 8 STAGES OF PSCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Stage Psychosocial Crisis Basic Virtue Age

1. Trust vs. Mistrust Hope 0 - 1½

2. Autonomy vs. Shame Will 1½ - 3

3. Initiative vs. Guilt Purpose 3–5

4. Industry vs. Inferiotrity Competency 5 – 12

5. Identity vs. Role Confusion Fidelity 12 - 18

6. Intimacy vs. Isolation Love 18 - 40

7. Generativity vs. Stagnation Care 40 - 65

8. Ego Integrity vs. Despair Wisdom 65+

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