Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial
development is one of the best-known theories of personality in psychology.
According to Cherry (2010), much like Sigmund Freud, Erikson believed that
personality develops in a series of stages. Unlike Freud's theory of
psycho sexual stages, Erikson's theory describes the impact of social experience
across the whole lifespan. Erikson has developed the eight stages of human
development. M. Lerner (2009) sates that within each of eight stages of
development that Erikson specified we see the inclusion of an emotional crisis
in development which is conceptualized in different terms. Moreover Erickson
stages of human development theory leads empirically to the differential
classification of people based on their age groups. In addition Erickson psychosocial theory of
development considers the impact of external factors, parents and society on
personality development from childhood to adulthood.
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