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= ﻿Erik Erikson = Born: June 15th, 1902 Death: May 12th, 1994  Ego-psychologist && Psychoanalyst. ﻿"Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure.  Do not mistake a child of his symptom." Perspective : Erickson believed that social relationships are the most important factors in personality/identity development. He also believes that every humam is capable of making real and meaningful choices. To him, there is 8 stages of personality development. (Stages listed above) He believes in a lot of this because of his own experiences of going to school and not feeling accepted. Education: Erickson graduated from a regular school after studying Latin, Greek, German literature, and history. During this time he would be made fun of because he was Jewish. After graduation, Erickson traveled through Europe as an artist. He could sketch, do woodcuts and etchings and freely being an artist. At the age of 25, he got an invitation to teach at an English and American school. He taught history and art. While teaching he meet a the Freud family, who believed he would be a good candidate for psychanalytic training. He graduated from Vienna Psychoanalytic society in 1933.

Accomplishments: 1. Erickson made up, with Freud's help, the stages of Pyschosocial development. 2. He discovered the Identity Crisis Theory. He believes that everyone loses or does'nt know who they are during life. 3. He also was an author. He published many books on the subject of personality development.

"Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inhe﻿﻿rent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired" Contributions: 1. He used psychoanalysis to address anthropological, religious, and historical questions to add onto his life span model of psychological development. He used Freud's theory as a base and added to it. Freud only focused on the psychosexual aspects of development. Erickson added other influences which helped to expand the psychoanalytic theory. 2. Erikson taught at Harvard Medical School, University of California, Yale, San Francisco Psychoanaltyic Institude, Austen Riggs Center and the Center for Advanced Studies of teh Behavioral Sciences. Erik Erikson Psychosocial Development 8 Stages media type="custom" key="6897923" <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Sources: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[]