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Erik Erikson expanded on Freud's theory of psychosexual development by proposing eight stages of psychosocial development that span the entire human lifespan. Each stage presents an important crisis or challenge centered around developing trust, autonomy, initiative, identity and more. Successful completion of each stage leads to healthy development and a strong sense of self, while failure to master challenges increases vulnerability to difficulties in later life. Erikson viewed human growth and personality as continuously developing through social interaction and environmental influences at each stage.
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- 2. I. Erik Erikson •A. A student of Sigmund Freud (had pictures of Freud’s kid in his wallet). • B. Modernized Freud’s Theory. 1. Freud- by the time you are 6 or 7, tour personal growth is essentially over. 2. Erikson- expanded the ideas of stages of development into a broader framework, called the life cycle. a. Each stage of this period has a positive and a negative dimension (this helped balance and clarify Freudian theory). b. Although Erikson viewed childhood as especially significant, he saw development continuing throughout one’s entire lifetime.
- 3. II. Psychosocial Development •A. Epigenetic Principle- personality itself goes through structural elaborations in accord with a ground plan (i.e. development is not random, but proceeds according to the outline). 1. Ground plan- merely a map of potential; it is not automatic development. 2. Environment factors (e.g. social feedback) play an important role in development. B. The stages of development are consequential-one must come before the next, or else…..
- 4. STAGES Stage Age Infancy 0-1 Earlychildhood 2-3 Play Age 4-5 School age 6-11 Adolescence 12-20 Young adult 21-35 Middle age 36-65 Old age 65+ Crisis Trust vs. Mistrust Autonomy vs. Doubt Initiative vs. Guilt Industry vs. Inferiority Identity vs. Role Confusion Intimacy vs. Isolation Generatively vs. Self-Absorption Integrity vs. Despair Resolution Hope Will Purpose Competence Fidelity