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Title: List Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development in order and explain the conce
Post by: colleen on Jun 19, 2012
List Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development in order and explain the concept behind this theory


Title: Re: List Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development in order and explain the conce
Post by: ThePsychic on Jun 20, 2012
The whole point to Erik Erikson’s theory was to show how a healthy or unhealthy personality develops. His theory is one of the only theories on personality development that encompasses the entire lifespan. The idea is that successful resolution of the crisis at each stage lays the groundwork for the successful resolution of the next stage. The stage are basic trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. role confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, and ego integrity vs. despair.