ERIKSON PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY By Dr Suhina Chatterjee Karim
ERIKSON: PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY By Dr. Suhina Chatterjee Karim city college Jamshedpur
PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY: ERIKSON Ø Ø Ø Erikson developed the psychosocial theory which is different from Freudian psychodynamic theory. He was very much influenced by Freud but he agreed that human development process not only determined by biological factors but also by social and historical factors. Erikson also known as “ego psychologist”.
CONTINUE… Ø Ø Ø Erikson’s psychosocial theory mainly centered on development and function of “ego”. According to him every person has his/her own unique identity. Erikson’s psychosocial ego development theory can be divided into 8 stages. Every stage has optimal time and develop as sequential manner.
CONTINUE… Ø Ø In every stage personality development influenced by interaction of biological maturation and social forces. Every development stage have face some crisis. It means it’s a turning point of life which occur when there is interaction between biological maturation and social demand. Psychological crisis are composed by the different personality traits that can be considered positive or negative. This personality traits can also be innate or acquired, and they vary from one person to another.
CONTINUE…. When person can easily solve such conflict then negative component mitigate and person develop a healthy personality. Ø In every stage personality development influenced by interaction of biological and social forces. These are the basic characteristics of Erikson’s theory. Now we are going to discuss about the stages of psychosocial development. Ø
STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 8 stages of psychosocial development: 1) Infancy: Trust v/s mistrust 2) Early childhood: Autonomy v/s shame 3) Play age: Initiative v/s guilt 4) School: Industry v/s inferiority 5) Adolescence: Ego identity v/s role confusion 6) Early childhood: Intimacy v/s isolation 7) Middle adulthood: Generativity v/s stagnation 8) Maturity: Ego Integrity v/s despair to be continue…. .
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