discuss the research of Erik Erikson in the area of socio emotional development
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Erikson was a follower of Sigmund Freud who broke with his teacher over the fundamental point of what motivates or drives human behavior. For Freud it was biology, or more specifically, the biological instincts of life and aggression. For Erikson, who was not trained in biology and/or the medical sciences (unlike Freud and many of his contemporaries), the most important force driving human behavior and the development of personality was social interaction.
Erikson left his native Germany in the 1930's and immigrated to America where he studied Native American traditions of human development and continued his work as a psychoanalyst. His developmental theory of the Eight Stages of Man (Erikson, 1950) was unique in that it covered the entire lifespan rather than childhood and adolescent development.
Erikson's view is that the social environment combined with biological maturation provides each individual with a set of "crises" that must be resolved. The individual is provided with a "sensitive period" in which to successfully resolve each crisis before a new crisis is presented. The results of the resolution, whether successful or not, are carried forward to the next crisis and provide the foundation for its resolution. This is different from other theories such as Piaget's theory of cognitive development or Maslow's theory of human needs where the level must be satisfactorily addressed before one can move on to the next level.
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erikson's eight stages of psychology development including
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first point trust vs mistrust. this stage begins at birth and lasts through around on years of age...
second point autonomy vs shame and doubt.
third point industry vs inferiority.....
fourth point identity vs role confusion......
five point intimacy vs isolation....
sixth point generativity vs stagnation..
seventh point ego integrity vs despair
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