Psychosocial Development
This theory deals with conflicts that occur in the social world and one's identity. It was originally proposed by Erikson, and it has consistently grown and changed over time. The button below will explain Erik Erikson's original theory and ideas.
This theory deals with conflicts that occur in the social world and one's identity. It was originally proposed by Erikson, and it has consistently grown and changed over time. The button below will explain Erik Erikson's original theory and ideas.
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Erik Erikson explained that there is a series of stages that are based on issues that children go through as they develop. as Erikson was originally influenced Freud's work, he focused his work on psychosocial development. He described the psychosocial stages as being issues that are rooted in social experiences and are typical of each stage of development. At each age, he believed that there is a central conflict to be resolved, and the way we handle these conflicts foreshadows how we will continually develop, which he called the epigenetic principle. The central and first conflict is Trust vs. Mistrust, because he believed that infants have to develop trust in the world around them to move on to more conflicts.
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