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Erik Erikson (Psychological stages of development)

Erik Erikson (Psychological stages of development). 1902-1994. By: Leighana Jagow . BIO. Born in Frankfurt, Germany on June 15 th , 1902 Karla Abrahamsen raised him alone for the first three years of his life Tall, blond, blue-eyed boy who was Jewish

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Erik Erikson (Psychological stages of development)

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  1. Erik Erikson(Psychological stages of development) 1902-1994 By: Leighana Jagow

  2. BIO • Born in Frankfurt, Germany on June 15th, 1902 • Karla Abrahamsen raised him alone for the first three years of his life • Tall, blond, blue-eyed boy who was Jewish • Know as Erik Homberger during his childhood and his early adulthood • Immigrated to the United States in 1933

  3. BIO (Continued) • Focused on being an artist during high school • 1938-began his first studies of cultural influences on psychological development • Had a special interest in the influence of society and culture on child development • Studied groups of American Indian Children

  4. BIO (CONTINUED) • Married Joan Serson and had three children • Taught at Yale and at the University of California at Berkeley • 1950-wrote Childhood and Society • Taught at a clinic in Massachusetts for ten years and ten more years at Harvard • Retired in 1970 • Died in 1994

  5. TheoryInfancy: birth to 18 monthsEgo Development Outcome: Trust vs. MistrustBasic strength: Drive and Hope • Also known as the Oral Sensory Stage • Big emphasis on visual contact and touch • Most significant relationship is with the maternal parent • Major emphasis on the mother’s positive and loving care for the child

  6. TheoryEarly childhood: 18 months to 3 yearsEgo Development Outcome: Autonomy vs. ShameBasic Strengths: Self-control, Courage, and Will • Learn to master skill for ourselves • Opportunity to build self-esteem and autonomy • Gain more control over our bodies and acquire new skills • Can be very vulnerable • Most significant relationship are with the parents

  7. TheoryPlay age: 3 to 5 yearsEgo Development Outcome: Initiate vs. GuiltBasic Strength: Purpose • Experience desire to copy the adults around us • Take initiative in creating play situations • May up stories • At this stage we usually become involved in the classis “Oedipal struggle” • Resolve this struggle through “social role identification” • Most significant relationship is with the family

  8. TheorySchool age: 6 to 12 YearsEgo Development Outcome: Industry vs. Inferiority Basic Strengths: Method and Competence • Often called Latency • Capable of learning, creating, and accomplishing numerous new skills and knowledge • Very social stage of development • The world expands a bit • Most significant relationship is with the school and neighborhood • Parents are no longer complete authorities

  9. TheoryAdolescence 12 to 18 yearsEgo Development Outcome: Identity vs. Role ConfusionBasic Strengths: Devotion and Fidelity • Development mostly depends upon what is done to us • Life getting more complex • Find our own identity, struggle with social interactions and grapple with moral issues • Task is to discover who we are as an individual • Moratorium- the process where adolescence go into a period of withdrawing from responsibilities • Establish a philosophy of life • Most significant relationship is with our peer groups

  10. Theory Young adulthood: 18 to 35Ego Development Outcome: Intimacy and Solidarity vs. IsolationBasic Strengths: Affiliation and Love • Initial stage of being an adult • Try to find mutually satisfying relationships • Begin to start a family • Negotiating this stage is successful, we can experience intimacy on a deep level • If not successful, isolation and distance from others may occur • Significant relationship is with our marital partners and friends

  11. Theorymiddle adulthood 35 to 55 or 65Ego Development Outcome: Generativity vs. Self absorption or stagnationBasic Strengths: Production and Care • Work is most crucial • When we tend to be occupied with creative and meaningful work • Transmit values of culture through the family • Working on establishing a stable environment • Generativity-strength through care of other and production of something that contributes to a betterment of society • Fear inactivity and meaninglessness • Significant relationship within the workplace, the community and famiily

  12. Theorylate adulthood: 55 or 65 to deathEgo Development Outcome: Integrity vs. DespairBasic Strengths: Wisdom • Recovering from much of life • Integrity-able to look back on our lives with happiness and are content, feeling fulfilled with a deep sense that life has meaning and have made a contribution to life • Strength comes from wisdom • May fear death as they struggle to find a purpose in their lives and feel despair • Significant relationship is with all of mankind-”my-kind”

  13. Videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGFKAfixHJs • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdPPXGadRAU • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC2G5oFliyk • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZS33b1Ki6I

  14. REFERENCES • Enrich Your Life and Your Relationships- http://www.support4change.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=108/Erikson.html • Personality theories-http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/erikson.html • Bio .True Story- http://www.biography.com/people/erik-h-erikson-37751

  15. References (Cont.) • Brief Biography of Erik Erikson-http://www.ericberne.com/people/erik_erikson.htm • Enrich you life and you relationships- http://www.support4change.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=108/Erikson.html • www.youtube.com

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