Erik erikson

Erikson's theory outlines 8 stages of psychosocial development from infancy to late adulthood. At each stage, individuals face a conflict between two opposing states that shapes personality. Successfully resolving the conflicts leads to virtues like hope, will, purpose, and integrity. Failure leads to outcomes like mistrust, guilt, role confusion, and despair.

Erikson was born in 1902 in Germany. He was a developmental psychologist, psychoanalyst, and one of Sigmund Freud's contemporaries who coined the term "crisis." Rather than focusing on the sexual...

Erik Erikson

Erik Erikson was a German born psychologist who emigrated to the United States. He developed the theory of the Identity Crisis and influenced Eric Berne.

According to Erik Erikson’s theory, there are eight stages of psychosocial development. Read more about these stages in this article.

Pete Shaw-002: Erik Erikson, one of the fathers of Psychosocial Development modified Freud's theory and extended it through the adult years.

“Once you realise that there is nothing in this world which you can call your own, you look at it from the outside as you look at a play on the stage, or a picture on the screen, admiring and…

Erik Erikson's own struggle with identity led to his later explorations of identity crisis and psychosocial development. Learn more about Erik Erikson's life.

Erik Erikson developed a stage theory of psychosocial development that consists of 8 stages covering the entire human lifespan.