Erik Erikson 1902-1994

By: McKel Baker, Tony Bradshaw, and Alex Copple

Background

Born in Germany 1902

Name was Erik Homberger

Graduated High school

Teacher

Married Joan Serson

Harvard, Yale, University of California at Berkley, clinic in Massachusetts

Changed his name to Erik Erickson

Wrote Childhood and Society

Retired in 1970

Died in 1994

Influences

Influences:Sigmund FreudAnna Freud

(daughter of Sigmund Freud)

Psychologists:Henry MurrayKurt Lewin

Anthropologists :Gregory BatesonMargaret MeadRuth Benedict

Psychosocial Development Stages

Stage One – Trust vs. Mistrust

Stage Two – Autonomy vs. Doubt

Stage Three – Initiative vs. Guilt

Stage Four – Industry vs. Inferiority

Stages continuedStage Five- Identity vs. Role Confusion

Stage Six- Intimacy vs. Isolation

Stage Seven- Generativity vs. Self Absorption

Stage Eight- Integrity vs. Despair

CritiqueStage Approach (Piaget, Sigmund and Anna

Freud) Most theorists prefer an incremental approach

Same Stages completed in a different age range

How does one progress from one stage to another?

Why does one progress to the next stage?

Classroom ApplicationsStages IV and V when school has greatest

influence

Teaching Tips (stage IV) teachers must care (set them up to succeed) Students are dedicated to the rules

Teaching Tips (stage V) Aid Students to answer the question: “Who am

I?”Define what success means for the individualBe a role model and guide their identity findingRites of passage

References Educational Psychology by Robert Slavin

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/erikson.html

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