PSYB30H3 Lecture : Week 9-lec 15
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Eric eriksons theory of psycosocial development: (advanced , reformfrom frueds) He sought to reformulized freuds theory to discuss the life long stages of social development. He extentds it beyong childhood, showing we grown and learn/development throught life, each stage has an issue and when we confront these stages we get a virtue out of it. Erikson was born from jewish and protestant family; rejected by both sides and therefore. The epigenetic principle: idea that personality unfolds in a predetermined sequence of stages that everyone must pass through in development and each stag confronts us with developmental task/issue. We do not need to succeed or resolve it. For each task there is an optimal time to undertake this task, and we will be affected if we confront it too soon. After we resove it we develop a psychosocial strenghth called virtue.
