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Erik Erikson

Erik Erikson. Psychosocial Development By: Elizabeth Albor. Background . Born in Germany on June 15, 1902-May 12, 1994 Mother Karla Abrahamsen Step-father Dr. Theodor Homberger Baden Art School he wasn’t interested in Medical School

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Erik Erikson

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  1. Erik Erikson Psychosocial Development By: Elizabeth Albor

  2. Background • Born in Germany on June 15, 1902-May 12, 1994 • Mother Karla Abrahamsen Step-father Dr. Theodor Homberger • Baden Art School he wasn’t interested in Medical School • Assistant professor and research assistant in Harvard and Yale • Research Associates-University of California Berkley • President of San Francisco Society and Institution

  3. Influences • Knowing his own identity • Especially after he found out his father wasn’t his biological father • Sigmund Freud • Theory of Psychosexual Development which consists of only five stages, from birth to age eighteen

  4. Other Influences • Others who influenced him were • Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson • Anthropolgy • Children within each culture learn different values, different goals, and receive vastly different kinds of nurturing and guidance

  5. Theory: 8 stages of development • A theory that consists of eight stages of development • It takes a whole life time for a full development • Infancy (birth-18 months) • Trust vs. Mistrust • care and affection • Early Childhood (2-3yrs) • Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt • Personal control, independence

  6. Preschool (3-5yrs) • Initiative vs. Guilt • Reason to do something, to much-guilt • School Age (6-11yrs) • Industry vs. Inferiority • Social and academic demands, failure-feelings of inferiority • Adolescence (12-18 yrs) • Identity vs. Role confusion • Personal identity, failure-confusion

  7. Young Adulthood (19-40 yrs) • Intimacy vs. Isolation • Strong relationships, failure-loneliness and isolation • Middle Adulthood (40-65 yrs) • Generativity vs. Stagnation • Nurture things that outlast them to feel accomplishment useful, failure-not very involved with the world • Maturity (65-to death) • Ego Integrity vs. Despair • Either wise or regret and bitterness

  8. Critique • Theory was all about males • Girls are more sensitive/emotional • Theory was too vague and difficult to test • Based on his life experiences • Stages are very similar to one another • Life experiences that make people change • Sequence of stages

  9. References • http://psychology.about.com/library/bl_psychosocial_summary.htm • http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesofmajorthinkers/p/bio_erikson.htm • http://www.nndb.com/people/151/000097857/ • http://www.interculturalstudies.org/Mead/biography.html • http://voices.yahoo.com/psychosocial-development-theory-its-impact-on-1509865.html

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