Erik Erikson

Erik Erikson, previously known as Erik Homberger, was born in Frankfurt, Germany and lived from June 15, 1902 to 1994. As Erikson’s dad abandoned Erik and his mother, Karla Abrahamsen, before Erik was even born there is not any information known about the biological father other than he was Danish. After raising Erik by herself for three years, Karla married Erik’s pediatrician Dr. Theodor Homberger. After they got married the family moved to Karlsruhe in southern Germany where Erikson got his…

In this paper I will provide an analysis of a developmental interview, I performed on April 10, 2016, for about 20 minutes. My interviewee, Joan Murray agreed to sit down with me in conversation and answer a few questions about her life. This opportunity gave me the chance to explore developmental themes and think about how to apply developmental theory in live situations. I will demonstrate my ability to integrate principles I have learned over the past 12 weeks and put them into practice. I…

“A man’s conflict represents what ‘he’ really is.” (Erikson, n.d.). Perhaps no other quote, then this statement by prominent developmental psychologist Erik Erikson, can summarize his beliefs and theories regarding human development so well. Erik Erikson was a German-born American developmental psychologist, whose theories and findings on human development from childhood and beyond have spread all over world. He believed strongly in the Epigenic principle, and stressed the importance of…

interviewed and asked similar questions. The questions asked were related to both Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson’s Stage of Development. From this interview, each person has similar characteristics defined by both theorists. Jean Piaget created the Piaget Cognitive Stage of Development theory to assess children’s cognitive development…

Erik Erikson 's theory of psychological development is a set of stages a healthy individual must pass through from infancy to adult hood. It is a set of eight stages, pioneered by none other than Erik Erickson and his wife Joan Erickson. They met in Vienna where Erik Erikson had been studying at a school founded by Anna Freud. It is perhaps the main reason we see similarities in between Sigmund Freud 's theory of psycho-sexual development. However where frauds work focused on the relationship in…

Erik Erikson is the psychologist, who creates “Lifespan development”. Erikson believed that personality develops in a series of predetermined stages. In each stage of development, Erikson described conflicts that act as turning points in life. In Erikson’s view, these conflicts are centered on either developing a psychological quality or failing to develop that quality. In this theory, each person has eight stages of development during all life. They are - basic trust (0-18month), autonomy (18…

Erik Erikson was a German-born American psychologist who proposed a lifespan model of development that took into account eight developmental turning points (Dobozy, 2014). He focused his theories toward the child’s social influences and how it affects their sense of self (Heffner, 2014). Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development represent the turning points that all people encounter (O’Donnell, 2016, p. 152. These are: Trust vs mistrust: This crisis occurs during the first year. During this…

physical needs, but still feel the pull to pursue stability in their home, receive love and respect of others (POH). Erik Homberger Erikson: Psychosocial Stages Erik Erikson was born on June 15, 1902, in Frankfurt, Germany. He is known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. While his ideas were influenced by Freud, Freud was an id psychologist and Erikson was an ego psychologist (McLeod 2013). • id psychologist – “The id is the impulsive (and unconscious) part of our…

ERIKSONS STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT The Eight Erikson’s Stage of Development Trust vs Mistrust is the first stage of development that mainly focuses on infants’ learning to develop a bond with their parents according to the types of caregiving ability that the baby receives from birth to 12 months old. A consistent and reliable care will create trust between the parents and the infant but if the child receives harsh and a threatening feeling, it eventually leads to the development of…

topography for personality focused mainly on the id. Being Freud, his personality topography was heavily saturated with the psychosexual. Erik Erikson, influenced by the works of Freud, developed his own personality topography. Erikson, however, focused on ego and emphasized the role of culture, society and the conflicts that can take place within a person. According to Erikson, the ego develops as it resolves crises that are social in nature. These involve establishing a sense of trust early on…