ERIKSON'S PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY

Erikson's Psychosocial Development Theory

Executive Summary

Erikson's model of psychosocial development is a very significant, highly regarded and meaningful concept. Life is a series of lessons and challenges which help us to grow. Erikson's wonderful theory helps to tell us why. The theory is helpful for child development and adults too. Erik Erikson first published his eight stage theory of human development in his 1950 book Childhood and Society.

In this paper the stages of human psychology are been discussed and the psychological changes at each stages are reviewed. From the birth till death a person is developed continuously. Now it is very important to know the significance of these eight stages in individual's life. Each stage plays great role in development of an individual. Specially the initial stages are highly important and crucial that's why it is necessary for the parents to know about these stages and the factors related to these stages for better growth and development of a child.

Erikson's Psychosocial Development Theory

I'm sure most of the people must have heard the term "identity crisis" before. She thought of as a conflict of individual and society and its introduction came from a psycho-analyst of the most famous 20th century.

During life we are all changing and evolving. However, in the field of development psychology, the process of growth, maturation and change, has traditionally been seen as a process inherent in childhood. Erik Erikson was one of the first theorists who believed that development continues throughout life. He developed a theory of development, according to which a person throughout life is eight stages of development. At each stage there is a particular conflict that the individual must resolve in order to successfully develop further. At each stage there is a particular conflict that the individual must resolve in order to successfully develop further. It is believed that the crisis remained unresolved or poorly resolved, continue to occur throughout life, they can be accessed and resolve them at a later stage.

Erik Erikson nation in Frankfurt, Germany on June 15, 1902, your estate is surrounded by mystery. His biological father was an unknown Danish mother who left her just when Erik was born. His mother, Karla Abrahamsen, was a young Jewish woman who raised him alone for the first three years of the life of Erik. At this time, she married Dr. Theodor Homberger, a pediatrician from him and moved to Karlsruhe in southern Germany.

After finishing high school, Erik decided to become an artist. When not attending art classes, he wandered through Europe, visiting museums and sleeping under bridges. He lived a rebellious life long neglected, just before seriously consider what to do with his life.

Erikson is known for his work on the redefinition and expansion of the stage theory of Freud. Our progress through each stage is determined in part by our success or failure in the previous stages. As if a pink button that hides its petals, each of these will open at a ...