Analyzing Erikson's Eight Stages Of Social Development
Erik Erikson was born in Frankfurt, Germany on June 15th 1902, and died in 1994. He is a theorist that created “Erikson’s Eight Stages of Psychosocial development”. His theory on social development is a method to the behavior that extends on Freud’s psychosexual theory. Erikson believes that one’s surrounding culture has a lot to do while one’s development while Freud see’s that it’s the nature of one that will determine their personality. Freud’s theory also focuses more on the sexual aspect of each stage in development, while Erikson’s theory takes almost everything into consideration, including the whole lifespan. He also believes that children should have the freedom to explore and discover their own path in life. These are just some of
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This is stage five out of his eight stages of psychosocial development theory, which is the teen identity crisis. He says, “Parents need to allow teens to explore many different roles and different paths. If a teen explores such roles in a healthy manner, they should arrive at a positive path to follow, therefore, a positive identity will be achieved.” I strongly agree with this, as I am an adolescent going through this and can relate to some of the things Erikson has said. Compared to most of my friends, I would say my parents give me a lot of freedom. Some may see this as wrong, but looking at my life so far I haven’t made any “bad” decisions that will have a great impact on my life. I feel that if parents give their kid this type of freedom, it could go either way, but hopefully their smart enough not to steer themselves down the wrong path.
Erikson had strongly believed that culture influenced one’s development. I agree with this, as when one is born into a certain environment, they will act according to their surroundings. For example if one is born in China, they will most likely speak Chinese, and act the way others around them will; dress the same, eat the same food, etc. Whereas if someone is born in Canada, they will most likely speak English or French, and they will dress a certain way, and act a certain way, because they think they won’t be accepted into society if they act
This is stage five out of his eight stages of psychosocial development theory, which is the teen identity crisis. He says, “Parents need to allow teens to explore many different roles and different paths. If a teen explores such roles in a healthy manner, they should arrive at a positive path to follow, therefore, a positive identity will be achieved.” I strongly agree with this, as I am an adolescent going through this and can relate to some of the things Erikson has said. Compared to most of my friends, I would say my parents give me a lot of freedom. Some may see this as wrong, but looking at my life so far I haven’t made any “bad” decisions that will have a great impact on my life. I feel that if parents give their kid this type of freedom, it could go either way, but hopefully their smart enough not to steer themselves down the wrong path.
Erikson had strongly believed that culture influenced one’s development. I agree with this, as when one is born into a certain environment, they will act according to their surroundings. For example if one is born in China, they will most likely speak Chinese, and act the way others around them will; dress the same, eat the same food, etc. Whereas if someone is born in Canada, they will most likely speak English or French, and they will dress a certain way, and act a certain way, because they think they won’t be accepted into society if they act