What is not taken into consideration by Erikson is that the way his somewhat 8 stages are set up are quite restricting. At each stage you are given a situation that you are meant to deal with in a certain manner and if you do not resolve it the way you should, then you do not go onto the next stage. Meaning you do not gain any development in your character. And that is a limitation because there are more than 7 billion people in the world, there meaning there are many cultures and socio-contexts in the world. With that being said, a western view on development will not complement every culture and belief there is in the world, putting limitations on Erikson’s theory. Because this theory is made to raise the Eurocentric child, provided they have can have easier access to the environment, resources and history that is required to go through Erikson’s developmental stages. However in his theory what is evident is that a sense of individuality and this notion of westernised “freedom” is brought forward. There is hardly an mention of communal building and communal socialization , but rather sense of doing whatever you can to please yourself, financially, emotionally and
What is not taken into consideration by Erikson is that the way his somewhat 8 stages are set up are quite restricting. At each stage you are given a situation that you are meant to deal with in a certain manner and if you do not resolve it the way you should, then you do not go onto the next stage. Meaning you do not gain any development in your character. And that is a limitation because there are more than 7 billion people in the world, there meaning there are many cultures and socio-contexts in the world. With that being said, a western view on development will not complement every culture and belief there is in the world, putting limitations on Erikson’s theory. Because this theory is made to raise the Eurocentric child, provided they have can have easier access to the environment, resources and history that is required to go through Erikson’s developmental stages. However in his theory what is evident is that a sense of individuality and this notion of westernised “freedom” is brought forward. There is hardly an mention of communal building and communal socialization , but rather sense of doing whatever you can to please yourself, financially, emotionally and