Erik Homburger Erikson

Erik Erikson

A German-American psychoanalyst

Theodor Homburger

Who is the Second Father of Erik Erikson which is also his Jewish Pediatrician?

1970

What year did Erik Erikson Retired?

Theory of Psychosocial Development

Erikson proposed an eight-stage model of human development, each stage characterized by a specific psychological conflict that contributes to personality formation

Identity Crisis

He introduced the term "_______________" to describe the internal conflicts individuals experience during adolescence, emphasizing the role of social and cultural factors in identity formation.

Erik Erikson

He extended Sigmund Freud's five stages of development by emphasizing the influence of culture and society, and by proposing that development continues throughout the lifespan

Erik Erikson

He is one of the originators of ego psychology, focusing on the role of the ego as more than a servant of the id and highlighting its importance in personal development.

Epigenic Principle

a theory that describes how people develop through stages that build on one another-- series of predetermined stages.

Infancy, Early Childhood, Play Age, School Age, Adolescence, Early Adulthood, Adulthood, Old Age

What are the stages of Psychosocial Development

Infancy

Basic Trust vs. Basic Mistrust

Infancy

Basic Strength = Hope

Early Childhood

Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

Early Childhood

Basic Strength = Will

Play Age

Initiative vs. Guilt

Play Age

Basic Strength = Purpose

School Age

Industry vs. Inferiority

School Age

Basic Strength = Competence

Adolescence

Identity vs. Identity Confusion

Adolescence

Basic Strength = Fidelity

Early Adulthood

Intimacy vs. Isolation

Early Adulthood

Basic Strength = Love

Adulthood

Generativity vs. Stagnation

Adulthood

Basic Strength = Care

Old Age

Integrity vs. Despair

Old Age

Basic Strength = Wisdom

Lifespan Perspective

Unlike Freud, who focused mainly on childhood, Erikson's theory covers development from infancy to old age

Karla Abrahamsen

Who is his Mother?

1927

Accepted an invitation to teach art at a school in Vienna, where he met Anna Freud, who encouraged him to study psychoanalysis

1933

Completed psychoanalytic training during what year at the Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute, specializing in child analysis