Erikson
Abstract
This paper explores Erik Erikson’s theory of personality. Erikson believes that personality develops within eight stages that spans an individual’s lifetime. He calls his theory the psychosocial stages of development which places emphasis on gaining virtues that strengthen the ego. Three articles are used to give more insight to Erikson’s theory of development. Each article agrees that Erikson makes many great contributions to psychology as well as other fields. This paper uses mainly Hergenhahn and Olson (2007) findings to help relate Erikson’s theory to the life of Marie Lockhart. All names within this paper have been changed to protect the individual’s privacy. Marie was interviewed to gain information about her life. Also, since Marie is a close friend, much information came from personal knowledge and observation. For the most part Marie’s life follows Erikson’s stages of development. There are a few events that occur before Erikson’s theory plans for them, but Erikson allows for this in the overview of his theory. The Life of Marie Lockhart in Relation to
Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development
Many theorists have studied personality and developed their own theories. Hergenhahn and Olson (2007) find that there are many different theories of personality because personality has such complexity that it is impossible to cover all aspects of personality within one theory. Likewise, personality study can be taken in a number of directions, that which can be related to the biography of each theorist. (Hergenhahn and Olson, 2007). Due to the numerous theories on personalities, which theory is the most correct? According to Hergenhahn and Olson (2007), all personality theories are important. Much about personality is desired to be known. It is essential that to grasp a complete understanding of personality that one must take portions from all the theories provided about personality after deciding which aspect of personality
This paper explores Erik Erikson’s theory of personality. Erikson believes that personality develops within eight stages that spans an individual’s lifetime. He calls his theory the psychosocial stages of development which places emphasis on gaining virtues that strengthen the ego. Three articles are used to give more insight to Erikson’s theory of development. Each article agrees that Erikson makes many great contributions to psychology as well as other fields. This paper uses mainly Hergenhahn and Olson (2007) findings to help relate Erikson’s theory to the life of Marie Lockhart. All names within this paper have been changed to protect the individual’s privacy. Marie was interviewed to gain information about her life. Also, since Marie is a close friend, much information came from personal knowledge and observation. For the most part Marie’s life follows Erikson’s stages of development. There are a few events that occur before Erikson’s theory plans for them, but Erikson allows for this in the overview of his theory. The Life of Marie Lockhart in Relation to
Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development
Many theorists have studied personality and developed their own theories. Hergenhahn and Olson (2007) find that there are many different theories of personality because personality has such complexity that it is impossible to cover all aspects of personality within one theory. Likewise, personality study can be taken in a number of directions, that which can be related to the biography of each theorist. (Hergenhahn and Olson, 2007). Due to the numerous theories on personalities, which theory is the most correct? According to Hergenhahn and Olson (2007), all personality theories are important. Much about personality is desired to be known. It is essential that to grasp a complete understanding of personality that one must take portions from all the theories provided about personality after deciding which aspect of personality
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