PSYCHOLOGY

Psychological Development

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Psychological Development

Erikson's Stage theory of psychosocial development

The psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson (1902 - 1994) extended his work in the classical psychoanalysis to the psychosocial and psycho-historical dimension. Erikson studied include the dependence of the self-identity of historical and social changes. In his model, he translated the stages Phase into the social teachings of Freud and describes eight life crises, from early childhood behaviors into adulthood. The child's identity unfolds in tension between the needs of the child and the requirements of the social environment. The interaction of the child with his environment is, therefore, central to its ...