ERIK ERIKSON’s STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ERIK ERIKSON’s EIGHT STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INTRODUCTION The psychosocial development theory of Erik Erikson is one of the best known theories of personality. It will help us understand how a person’s personality is shaped and what made the person who they are today. The word ‘psychosocial’ is defined in the dictionary as ‘relating to the combination of psychological and social behavior’. The word ‘psyche’
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The pioneer I chose to elaborate on is Carl Gustav Jung‚ his views and research tactics have contributed to today’s understanding of psychology and expanded our knowledge on several different aspects and elements of psychology. Jung is best known for his development of archetypes‚ studies of the human psyche‚ the dream analysis and the collective unconscious. Carl Jung was born July 26‚ 1875‚ in Kesswil‚ Switzerland; he passed away on June 6‚ 1961 in Zurich. Originally Carl studied medicine‚ but
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Carl Gustav Jung was born on July 26‚ 1875 to a Swiss Pastor and his wife‚ in Kesswil‚ Switzerland. He was raised in Basel and attended school in Klein-Huningen. As a young boy Carl was fascinated by language‚ literature and archeology but was not really interested in school. He eventually enrolled and continued his education at the Humanistisches Gymnasium in Basel‚ and excelled at Latin. Because of his father’s faith‚ Jung developed a keen interest in religious history‚ but settled on the study
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Alfred Adler Psychology PSY:330 Theories of Personality Jennifer Sullivan Instructor Gourrier January 16‚ 2011 Introduction Personality is what makes everyone unique in his or her own way. Some people are extroverts‚ some introverts‚ witty‚ or just plain quiet. “The term personality comes from the Latin word persona‚ which means mask. Those defining personality as a mask view personality‚ as one is public self. It is that aspect of ourselves we select to display to the world” (Hergenhahn
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Erik Erikson The most interesting topic that we discussed in class the semester‚ was the theory that Erik Erikson had developed. Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development is one of the best-kenned theories of personality in psychology. Much akin to Sigmund Freud‚ Erikson believed that personality develops in a series of stages. Unlike Freud’s theory of psychosexual stages‚ Erikson’s theory describes the impact of convivial experience across the whole lifespan. One of the main elements
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Delores Duncan ECE 315 Jessica Rodriguez 04/09/2012 Erik Erikson agrees with Sigmund Freud that people development through stages. Erik Erikson expand the theory of Sigmund Freud’s theory of psychosexual development to add stages that goes through adulthood‚ but Erik Erikson call his theory psychosocial development in which he believes that people develop through social and emotional relationships through the life stages. Erik Erikson name his stage after life crisis’s that might happen in a person’s
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CARL GUSTAV JUNG Carl Jung was born in Kesswyl‚ Thurgau‚ Switzerland on July 26‚ 1875. His father was kind but weak‚ while his mother was an insecure woman but with two personalities: (a) kind and loving (b) harsh and aloof. Jung was lonely at childhood making him introvert. In 1906 he published The Psychology of Dementia Praecox‚ a psychoanalytic treatment of schizophrenia. He first met Freud in 1907 and Freud regarded Jung as his son and they travelled and worked together that lasted until
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Erik Erikson Theory Social and Emotional Development Born: June 15‚ 1902 (Frankfurt) Died: May 12‚ 1994 (Harwich) Erik Erikson thought that personality develops in different series of stages. ‘He believed that the life of a human can be divided into stages.’ (Beaver and Brewster‚ 2008‚ pg 59) Unlike Freud’s theory of psychosexual stages‚ Erikson’s theory describes the impact of social experiences across the whole lifespan. One of the main points about Erikson’s psychosocial
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Erik Erikson A description of the theory and how or why it was established Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development is one of the best-known theories of personality in psychology. Main elements – ego identity (definition: Ego identity is the conscious sense of self that we develop through social interaction.) According to Erikson‚ our ego identity is constantly changing due to new experience and information we acquire in our daily interactions with others. He organized life
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Theories lecture‚ all three theorists: Freud‚ Vygotsky‚ and Piaget developed different views on social play. Erik Erikson’s play theory is similar to Vygotsky because Erikson viewed play as a necessary factor for social development. My extra credit paper is over the modern theorists. During the class lecture‚ I learned that Erik Erikson researched how the ego is the child’s personality and is responsible for a unified sense of self. Cognition and play was Piaget’s focus; Vygotsky researched a child’s
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