Erik Erickson Research Paper

The theorist we would be looking at is Erik Erickson. He's focus in the psychosocial stages of development. Erikson was an ego psychologist, were he emphasize on the role of culture and society. According to Erikson, the ego develop as it successful passes the 8 stages of psychosocial development, and with each successfully resolves crises that are distinctly social in nature. These help in the development in individual life to establish trust in others, developing a sense of identity in society, and help in preparing them for the future. According to he's theory on the failure to succeeded in completing a stage can result in a reduced ability to complete development in the other stages and therefore being forth an unhealthy personality and a senses of one self. Even though theses stages will resolve at a later time in an individual. So out of the eight (8) stages from the Erickson's theory. We well be looking at one stage in which we well be focus on is the five stage with refer as the Identity vs Role Confusion were there will be breaking down on the different component and giving a clear explanation on this stage of development.
She dyed her beautiful black her red, wearing different style of clothing. She even start to not listen to her parent as much any more. In recent days she told her parent that he might not be going to University of Technology (UTECH) as they like her to or any university. As you can see from the example Marie is in her adolescence, or the period in life where she is between childhood and adulthood. This type of rebellion is usually found at age 12 and 20 according to Erickson. At this at this stage adolescent like Marie begin to change and rebel. They want to explore new ideas about themselves and the world they life in. Erickson (2013), stated that this exploration is part of a psychosocial crisis, or development period when a person has to resolve a conflict in his or her own